Need Fencing Advice

[quicksandfarmer]

When I had goats I had to remove every piece of barbed wire they could touch, they never learned and would get cut up.

 

[vtsnowedin]

When I had goats I had to remove every piece of barbed wire they could touch, they never learned and would get cut up.

Just one of the reasons "Real Vermontahs don't milk goats"

 

[weldingisfun]

I am in the process of installing 48" tall goat/sheep woven wire fencing with one strand of barbed wire on the top. I've just about finished fencing the two sides of the property which were previously unfenced. The other two sides of the property have good, properly installed 5-strand barbed wire fence on T-posts. Can I install the goat fence on the existing fence without removing the 4 bottom strands of barbed wire? I'd like to avoid removing the barbed wire if possible. Thanks in advance.

Mike, from our experience, you will be okay putting your goat wire over the barbed wire. The only problem you may encounter is that the pre-formed wire ties made for use with T-posts may be too short. In that case, just use regular wire. It is very unlikely that you will end up with a herd of sliced up goats. Goats are tough.

Keep in mind your fence is not there just to keep your livestock in but to also keep undesireable critters out. Be sure that the goat wire is tied to the lower strand of the barbed to prevent an undesireable critter from lifting it and crawling under it. One or two ties between T-posts should do the trick.

 

[MIKE7639]

Thank you very much. I wouldn't have thought of tying the goat fence to the lower strand of barbed wire. That makes perfect sense.