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Need the OB's help with pigmy goat pen building.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:20 pm
I am building a pen that is roughly 800 sq ft for 2 pigmy goats. Do I need to use the goat panel fencing made of steel or would the Home Depot welded 14ga wire fencing suffice?
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:23 pm to iamalter
I may have to get my girlfriend a pygmy goat or 2 or 25 one day. She saw that video of the army of them chasing those two girls and can't get enough.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:24 pm to iamalter
They'll get out of whatever you put them in, unless it's a concrete bunker.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:26 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
Problem with women is they think it's cute until they have to deal with the army of goats.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:28 pm to ZacAttack
That's what I'm thinking so I don't see the need to add an additional cost of $500 to $600 dollars to the project to use these steel panels versus welded wiring.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:33 pm to iamalter
You really need chain link or a smaller size panel wire. Regular old "hog wire" is perfect size for them to get their heads through, then get stuck because they can't get their horns back out.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 2:41 pm to Clyde Tipton
I was looking at the 2" mesh. I would think this is small enough to keep them from sticking their heads through the fence. Am I correct?
Posted on 6/12/14 at 3:18 pm to iamalter
I have a BBQ pit they can't get out you can borrow.
You can use the welded wire too. Get it five feet tall.
You can use the welded wire too. Get it five feet tall.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 3:29 pm to Churchill
I had six for my kids for years. The key is whatever fence you use, to double up your T-posts and pull it tight. They will try to push there head under it and stand up on it. I used the welded wire rolls at Home Depot and never had one get out. I did 4x4 corners and t-post every 8 or 10 foot.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 3:36 pm to iamalter
quote:Not Pygmy goats.
ZacAttack
They'll get out of whatever you put them in, unless it's a concrete bunker.
quote:Truff. I lost a boer goat by using cattle panels instead of goat ones.
TClayboy99
You really need chain link or a smaller size panel wire. Regular old "hog wire" is perfect size for them to get their heads through, then get stuck because they can't get their horns back out.
To the OP, what I ended up with was electric fence for pastures and the smaller sized panels. Not the cattle ones, the size down.
You could do that and run a single hot wire too. That'll keep them away from it.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 3:39 pm to iamalter
My dad buys the cattle panels from tractor supply for a little under $20 each. They are 52"x16' long and are made of heavy gauge wire that is welded together. Holds goats and his two cows and two miniature horses. No problems yet.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:34 pm to bayoudude
Thanks for everyone's answers. It's been a lot of help.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:57 pm to iamalter
I would personally just get a 4-foot wide roll of 2X4 welded wire and some T posts...no need to spend more than necessary and you have a fence that will hold most any farm animal...had everything from goats to chickens in pens made with that...
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:02 pm to Spankum
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:24 pm to DownSouthDave
man, that made me laugh...
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