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What is the bare minimum for goat-proof fencing? Does it differ if I am trying to keep them in a small area (think 1/4-acre) vs if they were roaming the whole property (10 acres)? Does it differ by type of goats, e.g. fencing for pygmy goats might not have to be as high as fencing for full-sized goats?
I'm obviously still going back on forth on getting goats for the farm. I really think they'd be great complimentary grazers for the horses, and I hope they'd keep the brambles down, too. But I don't want to have to fence the whole property ten feet high with chicken wire just to keep them in.
The way I'm currently imagining it, I'd have a completely enclosed (roof, too) hot-wired pen for them at night (due to us having bears, coyotes, and the occasional mountain lion) and then they'd free-range the whole place in the day.
I'm obviously still going back on forth on getting goats for the farm. I really think they'd be great complimentary grazers for the horses, and I hope they'd keep the brambles down, too. But I don't want to have to fence the whole property ten feet high with chicken wire just to keep them in.
The way I'm currently imagining it, I'd have a completely enclosed (roof, too) hot-wired pen for them at night (due to us having bears, coyotes, and the occasional mountain lion) and then they'd free-range the whole place in the day.