Fencing Questions

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Remember if they can get their head through a puka in the fence the rest of the goat will follow, regardless of how tiny the hole. I recently saw a goat where the owner had duct taped a piece of PVC pipe across the horns, that way the goat could not get his head through their fencing.

One of my daughters was allergic to cow milk, so we got two goats. One was a sweet nubian cross, easy to milk, easy to get along with, tasty milk. The other was a cross between a Saanan and a devil. She refused to stay where you wanted her to, terrorized the dogs, chased the chickens, busted into the feed room, the garden and the orchard, would wait until you filled the milking pail and then would manage to either step in it, or kick it over, or both, and her milk tasted "goaty" even though the two were on exactly the same pasture. Once the Saanan busted into the pantry through a small high window and ate all the hot peppers we had strung up to dry. The moral of this tale: Do not go into goat tending lightly, they will test you and your fences more than you can ever imagine.

Carol