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Choosing the Right Type of Farm Fencing for Goats

At Edge Wholesale Direct, we know that choosing the right type of farm fencing for goats can make all the difference when it comes to the overall safety and health of your livestock. That is why we carry a wide array of farm fencing options that are perfect for helping you keep your goats happy and healthy.

The Importance of Proper Farm Fencing for Goats

Choosing the right type of farm fencing for enclosing goats can prove to be a unique challenge because goats tend to be curious and playful by nature. Since goats chew, climb on, and dig under just about anything, it is important to ensure that the type of farm fencing you choose is strong enough, secure enough, and tall enough to keep them contained. If you have different breeds of goats that grow to different sizes, you will need to make sure that the farm fencing you use is suitable for all of them.

Farm Fencing for Goats

Farm fencing is key to the safety and health of your goats. In order to keep them properly secure, you will need perimeter fencing around the entire goat area or your property boundary, as well as cross fencing within the goat area to keep goats separated from each other (this can be temporary or permanent).

Temporary Farm Fencing for Goats

Temporary farm fencing can be used to keep bucks away from does and weaned kids from does. This type of farm fencing can be poly tape or wire, electric netting, or high-tensile electric wire. If you decide to use high-tensile wire, you will need five to seven strands of wire spaced about six inches apart at the bottom and about eight to ten inches apart at the top.

Permanent Goat Fencing

Permanent farm fencing can also be constructed from high-tensile wire; however, if your goal is to keep out smaller predators like foxes, they can easily crawl under a six-inch-high wire. Woven wire fencing is a better bet for perimeter fencing. The addition of a strand of electric or barbed wire along the top is an ideal solution for helping keep goats in and more predators out.

If you would like to learn more about choosing the right type of farm fencing for goats, or if you are interested in one of our products, please contact Edge Wholesale Direct at 604-857-2496.