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[superchemicalgirl]

Hope your not too allergic. I'd like to get a goat or two or three. Lots of brush for them to eat. Just have to figure out the fencing as the neighbors frown on goats eating their garden. Will have to get rid of fox tails first though. And then there's the predators.

We built "movable" fencing units that snap together.

 

[Pensmaster]

We built "movable" fencing units that snap together.

Oh gosh I'm thinking far too big. This might work. Property here is very hilly. I recently picked up 28 pieces of wrought iron. 7 feet long 42 inches high. Free

 

[perchie.girl]

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Another way to do it is to stake the goats out. Providing your property is fenced for dogs. My cousin takes a tractor tire and chains the goat to the tire then putts a water tub in the middle of the tire... cant be knocked over. When ever she wants to move the goat she just rolls the tire to the next location replaces the tub and fills with fresh water.

The wrought iron fence is an excellent idea though. Or cattle panels.... as long as you can anchor them some how.

deb

 

[Pensmaster]

Another way to do it is to stake the goats out.  Providing your property is fenced for dogs.  My cousin takes a tractor tire and chains the goat to the tire then putts a water tub in the middle of the tire... cant be knocked over.    When ever she wants to move the goat she just rolls the tire to the next location replaces the tub and fills with fresh water. 

The wrought iron fence is an excellent idea though.     Or cattle panels....  as long as you can anchor them some how.  

deb

I'll have to protect them much better. Coyotes and occasionally a mountain lion in the area. Although I think neighbors got the mountain lion haven't seen it in a couple years. However one usually does not see them they see you.

 

[Pensmaster]

Another way to do it is to stake the goats out.  Providing your property is fenced for dogs.  My cousin takes a tractor tire and chains the goat to the tire then putts a water tub in the middle of the tire... cant be knocked over.    When ever she wants to move the goat she just rolls the tire to the next location replaces the tub and fills with fresh water. 

The wrought iron fence is an excellent idea though.     Or cattle panels....  as long as you can anchor them some how.  

deb

I anchor with t-post. Forgot to say that on last post. But it's granite boulders in some areas which will make anchoring difficult

 

[perchie.girl]

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fences are no protection against mountain lions. Goats and sheep are too close to their natural food such as deer. The only protection against coyotes is fencing.... thats why I said you needed perimiter fence. for the stake out method.

Hot wire is helpful... both for critter containment and predator exclusion. and you can use fiberglass posts that push in with little to no tools.

Chainlink is useless. easy to breach goats stretch it out at the bottom and eventually make their own doors.

I am doing perminant construction with cattle panels and Posts with hotwire on top and on bottom.

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Oh gosh I'm thinking far too big. This might work. Property here is very hilly. I recently picked up 28 pieces of wrought iron. 7 feet long 42 inches high. Free

Another way to do it is to stake the goats out. Providing your property is fenced for dogs. My cousin takes a tractor tire and chains the goat to the tire then putts a water tub in the middle of the tire... cant be knocked over. When ever she wants to move the goat she just rolls the tire to the next location replaces the tub and fills with fresh water.

The wrought iron fence is an excellent idea though. Or cattle panels.... as long as you can anchor them some how.

deb

We are very hilly, lots of granite so can't put stakes down. These fence units work great and I have big goats. I do lock them up at night in their house.

 

[Pensmaster]

fences are no protection against mountain lions.   Goats and sheep are too close to their natural food such as deer.   The only protection against coyotes is fencing.... thats why I said you needed perimiter fence.   for the stake out method.

Hot wire is helpful...   both for critter containment and predator exclusion.   and you can use fiberglass posts that push in with little to no tools.

Chainlink is useless.   easy to breach  goats stretch it out at the bottom and eventually make their own doors.   

I am doing perminant construction with cattle panels and Posts with hotwire on top and on bottom.  

deb

Which is what I was afraid of. Don't want to feed the other wild life. One thing if a chicken gets taken once and awhile. Different with goats.
Good to know about chainlink as I have some of that as well

 

[Pensmaster]

We are very hilly, lots of granite so can't put stakes down. These fence units work great and I have big goats. I do lock them up at night in their house. 

I figured I'd be locking them up at night. It's just too risky otherwise. Friend of mine lost 4 sheep one night. Coyotes or cougar or neighbors dogs. We are not sure.

 

[1kluckychik]

From your CCL?

They do not lay eggs well but the eggs are pretty.

One of mine died last week. As a breed, they do not do well at my place.

Yes a cream legbar.
The auto sexing feature is convenient. But Im thinking of going with Lav Ams for my blue eggs.
I could get easilly make Lav olive eggers crossing to these

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