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18 SHEEP AND GOAT FENCES • 1-800-282-6631
Temporary…
Boundary sites?
Electric netting is the best temporary
boundary fence. Why? Because sheep,
goats, dogs and most coyotes cannot
penetrate it and, after a single shocking
event, don’t try to jump it.
Specific suggestions:
• Us only if animals are
trained to netting and are neither tall
nor flighty. It’s less $$ and easier to use
than other netting.
• Use the talle or
for flighty animals.
Internal sites?
• Netting is more reliable but also more
expensive per ft to purchase.
• But 2 to 3 strands o or
on reels are much cheaper
per ft than netting.
Multi-strand fences like this will
stop most adult ewes and feeder
lambs. But it is less able than netting to
stop coyotes, dogs, young lambs/kids,
dairy goats, hungry sheep or rams/billies
during the breeding season.
IntelliFence® solutions for…
Sheep &Goats
Unique situations…
Floodplain sites?
We use a 5-strand fence composed of:
a below the normal
high-water level.
above that.
Semi-Permanent…
What do we define as a
semi-permanent fence?
One that will be moved monthly to once
a year (we reset some of our
10/48/6 fences in the spring and leave be
until the next spring).
Characteristics are taller and thicker
posts and more conductors than
temporary fences.
Specific suggestions:
• or
Faster to install and
remove than 4 or 5 strand fences. More
expensive but more reliable. All must
be electrified.
• 3 to 5 strand multi-strand fences.
Much less expensive but also less
reliable than the netting options.
c. Wood line posts. (Wood posts resist
the side pressure created by floods
better than or fiberglass.)
The flood will break th and
leave the posts and in place.
It’s easy to fix th
Field gates?
• For electrified netting—just remove
the end post and pull the net back to
let animals/machines in/out.