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["Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>]

I have had good luck with electric fence containing my goats, but only since
I added extra wires. I now have them spaced every six inches. I have the
fence very well grounded, having pounded in 8 foot copper grounding rods. I
have the wires stretched very taught. The fence now packs enough of a
whallop that they bleated pathetically when they tested it. I should
definitely "knock on wood" in saying my luck at containment is now good. :)

Barbed wire - I hate the stuff and will not use it on my place. Long ago I
had barbed wire on another homestead. It was very costly in terms of an
emergency vet call and a field surgery.

Gloria

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Warren <mogrits AT gmail.com> wrote:

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> What's the best fence to contain goats? Electric or barbed wire?
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> Warren
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