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I do want to do electric in a second pasture area. This area is in and out of the woods so I’m a little wary of electric fence with all the trees around. The other pasture area is well or pasture. But I need to unfortunately take out the decorative bushes the last owner has planted there because most of them aren’t things my girls need to be eating like azaleas. Last time they did that I had to goats throwing up. I didn’t even know goats could do that. Your crew in the picture looks a lot like my crew . Boer goats are tricky because they’re strong they are big and a lot of people assume because their big they can’t jump in squeeze through things. Very wrong thereAnother option is electric mesh. I have been using it for my herd of Boers for 5+ years now. I have multiple fields fenced with it, and it keeps the goats IN and predators OUT. I do take it off of the step-in posts that it comes with, and install it on wood or T-posts with insulators. I "suspend" it on a strand of 17g wire woven thru the top and bottom and hand tightened, to eliminate the sagging. It works perfectly, zero maintenance aside from occasionally re-tightening the suspension wire when a deer makes it sag. I use the "shorter" mesh and top it with 2 strands of tape to increase visibility. The end product looks clean and neat.
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