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Electric Netting for Kidding Pen
Author: Nancy Tate 
Date:   05-26-09 14:20

We need to fence a kidding pasture and the permanent fence isn't done yet. We live in Southern MO and have resident coyotes and bobcats, neighboring dogs and our live-in LGD. We are also fencing OUT pushy, obnoxious, always-think-they're-hungry cows that would scale the Andes for a morsel of sweet goat feed or alfalfa hay. I have narrowed my decision down to the 12/48/3 (that is out of stock at the moment), the 10/48/6 and 10/48/6 Pos/Neg double spikes. We have available a plug-in fencer attached to a nearby fence. I have concerns about kids crawling through or getting hung up in the 6 inch and goat horns in the netting. We have goats that rub their horns on a hot electric tape in another pen. Which would be the best and safest way to go for a kidding pen?

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Re: Electric Netting for Kidding Pen
Author: Mandy 
Date:   05-27-09 09:53

The safest way would probably be the 12/48/3. That being said, we use the 10/48/6 with our horned goats and their kids every year and have no trouble. The key is to make sure the moms are aware/respective of the netting when it's hot. The babies learn from mom that it's best not to challenge it. They will of course be curious and probably get their noses zapped a time or two on their own. Make sure that the current energizer is consider 'Low Impedance' or 'Wide Impedance'.

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