Omelet wrote:

>>
>>> How high of a fence is needed to keep goats contained?
>> When clearing the field, she just used a regular fence and they didn't
>> escape. Their pen fencing was higher... maybe six foot chain link.
>
> Huh, ok. Was just curious if a 3ft. temporary fence would contain them.
> I have grass that needs mowing. <g>

Goats are notoriously hard to keep contained. They won't be content to
graze on your lawn and keep it neatly manicured. They will go for
flowers and shrubs.



Here are a couple links to videos of goats escaping. In the first one, a
goat climbs a 4 foot hardware wire fence. In the second one, the goat
takes a run to scramble up a wall and jump over a 5 foot fence.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLram2pV7A&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiS1ZGLDIX0&NR=1