Timeline for How to modify a wooden fence to keep Nubian goats from extending their heads over and eating dwarf tree on the other side
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| Feb 7, 2023 at 18:38 | comment | added | FreeMan | Excellent point, @Martha. Make the "horizontal" fence part not so horizontal. Slope it back into the yard so the silly goats jump on and slide off. The first one who tries will be laughed at by the pack and they'll all learn quickly. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 17:01 | comment | added | Martha | I dunno, seems to me a goat would look at that and go "ooh, nice, a ledge I can jump on to make getting over the fence easier!" :) | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 0:58 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | Elegant solution, +1. Only needs to be where the tree is provided they aren't inclined to jump. Goats and deer are very much alike, and a deer can jump a 7 foot fence. I never saw a goat jump a 7 foot fence, but they can destroy them if they're determined. (Our goat enclosures were 6 feet tall, but mostly they were free. They were penned in at night for their own safety.) | |
| Feb 5, 2023 at 4:28 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |