I have had an awful time keeping my buck goat confined. I have spent lots of time & money trying to keep him where I want him, instead of where he wants to be. I prefer to let the goats roam where ever they want, but at times they just can’t roam. I have tried different fences, and if he wanted out he would put those horns to work and make a hole to let himself & the others out. I would get that hole patched, and then he would decide to jump over it. So one day while researching goats & fenceing methods online, I ran across a company called Premiere1, and looked over there website & ordered me one of their catalogs. Once I got the catalog, I looked through it and decided on an electric mesh for goats, which was called Estop. It is approx. 42 inches tall & 164 ft long. So I ordered me a few roles of it, was still kinda skeptical if it would hold him, but I went ahead and installed it, I did add several step-in posts just to make it sag less, but overall it has stopped the goat from coming out. I know of him getting into it one time, and he never liked that. Now he stays about 1 foot away from the fence, and he stays where I want him to stay. Also, this netting will also help keep predators out such as dogs and that sort of thing. I am gonna buy more netting very soon that is electrified, in order to fence the perimiter of my entire homestead. I think this is gonna be invaluable to keep predators away from my poultry & waterfowl.
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