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So, dairy goats and fencing...

  • 07-01-2012 5:38pm
    #1
    johngalway
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    Oops wrong forum, I've asked for it to be moved :)

    Just doing some more idle thinking here...

    My fencing is more then adequate for blackface sheep. Half of my boundary is comprised of stone wall, topped by two foot sheep net wire. The rest is a mix of stone wall on it's own bordering a wood - sheep could easily get over it but they've never once bothered -, stakes and sheep net plus barb on top, and the hill boundary is a high enough wall with a strand of barb on top.

    I had been toying with the idea of getting in a few different types of animals in the future, a couple of dairy goats being one of them - have tried and do like their milk. But, how tough is it to keep them where ya want them?

    With a single strand of 'leccy on top of the wall plus sheep net boundaries I reckon would keep them in, but I don't think the hill boundary wall with it's single strand of barb on top would keep them in, as the wall itself has a ton of ledges. The other wall along the wood would also need beefing up, net wire on top and a strand of 'leccy over it I reckon. Maybe with the leccy wire coming in at the top towards my own land if ye know what I mean.

    I'm doing internal fencing for paddocks too, just five foot stakes mostly and the highest sheep net which I think is 3' (never measured it to be honest!). I imagine that net would need a line of 'leccy on top to keep them in a paddock?

    Thoughts? Besides pure madness for a couple of goats :D


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  • #2
    Tackleberrywho
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    It is not unusual to see feral goats in Westmeath sunning themselves on bales of.hay/straw.

    Draw your fencehigh conclusions from that.

    All feral goats were owned once, lots of them escaped down the years and can be impossible to catch.

    I'd get very dosile animals, or improve your fencing


  • #3
    theroad
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    If you have a few hours to spare, think about going to see the St. Tola goat farm, down the road in God's own county :). It's an interesting set-up, if I remember rightly they're inside most of the time - dairy goats are fussy eaters & they get sunburnt in the summer.


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