The couch set-up was very funny, Art! Our kitchen sink window looks out over our goat shed and paddock where the feeders are and where our two retired Saanen pack-goat wethers hang out most (and I hang out at the sink a lot!) and the pasture "wraps" around the house. This makes it possible to watch the goats from inside the house wherever they are. We call it Goat TV! I could relate to that couch... goats (especially kids) are super fun to watch. Our boyz are not as bouncy as they were the first 3 years, but we still enjoy watching them. Our boyz loved hanging out inside a big wolf-hound dog house we got from old neighbors. Neighbors' uncontrolled "lovely" dogs have been our biggest fear. So far we've had no problems. Most of the non-electric fence would not keep a determined dog out. Your chidlers will have great fun making things for them to climb on and jump from. I'm curious to see what they come up with.
Hi Art - My mentor taught me a really great way to train my sheep to electric fence. I set up a cattle panel corral and ran a single strand of polywire on the interior perimeter. My lambs touched their noses on the polywire as soon as I electrified it. They learned very quickly. But the key was having a physical barrier fence (cattle panels) vs just using netting. Having the physical barrier ensures they won't charge through the fence once they are shocked. No entanglement or strangulation issues that way. After the lambs learned to stay away from the polywire, I put them out on pasture with the netting. No problems at all! :)
I lost a Mom and her twins to one of these fences. I'll never get over feeling guilty about their deaths. It's so important to keep a watch on the voltage of the fence each day. You're training your Goats properly.
Great job! It's hard to watch and hard to do but it's necessary. It's like disciplining your own kids. It's hurts your heart but it's necessary. Good job
Art, put a large box or two in the middle for the little ones to climb on and jump off. that is huge play, agility and a means to burn off AMAZING amounts of baby energy.
Great advice! Not to mention if there is something just on the other side of the fence they want to nibble on. I've had to help many goats get out of this predicament with regular fence, never thought about the danger of electric net fence.
Suggestion: Check out 50 ducks in a hot tub. He has a stock entry and exit video where he asks for support and has a beginning and ending screen and reminder where his viewers can get information and to like, subscribe and share the videos. I think you can build your viewer/subscriber base if you use a stock entry and exit video to "brand" your channel. Also, if you would set up a method of indexing your videos, so they can be found/referenced it would be great. You can put the index in the description as well as a title overlay on each of the vlogs. Love seeing the participation of your little ones in the farm and vlogging effort. Would like to see more of the chickens/ducks/goose that Justin left your guys as well as the new livestock. Good looking families, both human and animal :)
The best one is 'goat stampede', 45 seconds. There's a Bible verse talking about Heaven, saying 'They shall leap as calves let forth from the stall'. Makes me think of baby kids.
Lessons learned, one day at a time. Those babies are so adorable, one just wants to pick them up and hug them! God is good and you are blest! Blessings!
Watching you makes me wish I was back on my farm, I so miss working with the animals. I only have 7 chickens, a dog and a Degu now and live in a small bungalow 😕. You are doing a great job with goats and the training is exactly how I used to do it, firstly with my sheep then with my goats. I also bred and trained Border Collies to work the sheep and cattle and sell on. Shame we live in different countries. Your children are delightful and a credit to you both. Blessings to all 😊👩🏼🌾
ART and BRI we did have a fair time and my 4 chitlers grew up loving animal and doing something in the farming line 😀. We had a pig too who I called Ma pig, she was that tame I fed her her scraps with a spoon lol those were the days. She was a Gloucester Old Spot x Landrace, both very large breeds and she had beautiful piglets. We had about 300 ewes and followers, for meat not milk. Lambing time was my fav time. Sorry I'm rabble going a bit. Love to all, Claire x
We trained ours by offering treats from the outside of the fence ...this sort of ensured they came close and touched the fence in the first place, and usually with their nose. A couple of experiences is all it took, and then even luring them with very tasty tidbits they would stand back. Also, using the hot gate was necessary. But you are correct that it needs to be REAL hot.
Art I recall even before they came home and you put up the fence in your barn a friend of yours showed us all how the goats would test it by pressing their full body weight against it and she gave it a thumbs up ...I could see them doing that in this video if it WASN'T ELECTRIC ..so AWESOME STUFF so ADORABLE when they frolic and jump thanks for sharing
Our whole family semi-accidentally tested the electric fence before the animals did, so when the critters touched it and jumped we knew exactly what they were feeling.
Thanks for the helpful information. I'm a little nervous about betraying their trust!! But I want them to have the space that they do not have now and the option to add/change that space. It is one of those tough life lessons that really tests and confirms your devotion to your animals. The same with giving shots, really!
I really want one of these! We just moved in on an almost 5 acre property and the entire perimeter is fenced. We have 3 enclosed pastures in which all are built mainly for cows and not goats. I only currently have 5 goats 3 of which are babies and i havent let them out to browse yet because improper fencing. This would really help to rotate them. I guess saving is in order for us to afford these.
CREAM Pop and Sugar spice .lol are so cute... I just love watching the babies play... We had our goats, but she was a good mamma, she kept close to the yard, never wonder off..
ouch those zaps made me jump. One of my concerns was the charge to baby goat weight...but I'm sure you researched it. Not sure I'm sold on this fencing (I always see chickens that escape them) but I'll keep watching you guys to see if it's safe against predators & keeps the goats in. :) Thanks so much for sharing.
True, any fence of this height chickens can get over. I think in about a month only one of our has flown. Otherwise we would consider clipping wing feathers. Just not a big enough problem yet.
What an excellent humane way to train the goats and their kids! I'm sure that once they learn not to cross the fence they'll all be safe and sound inside the enclosed area. Are you going to put up a playground for the little ones to play? ... tree stumps, 2X6 boards and a whole lot more?
Keep the fence hot all the time they learn quickly when it is not hot and WILL test it when you think they won't . Just my experience with keeping goats
Keeping your goats fed and not crowded makes all the difference, it's only a desperate goat that challenges a fence. Or a buck fenced next to does in heat.
DO NOT put the fence up hot, let the goats out and head to town on day one. Also, don’t let them out with the fence off! Our second day with electro netting, a goat took a hit, jumped into the netting and got tangled. We were 5-6 seconds away to unplug and detangle. Day three, no problem.
I am not afraid of anything except electricity and being shocked. One time touching the fence and I am staying away from it. I never had a desire to jump out of a perfectly good airplane either but I would do that before I would let someone shock me if I did not jump. One other thing I do want a parachute if I have to jump.
Aren't you afraid that coyotes can jump over the fence? Excellent idea about supervising them. Have you decided on a name for the two girls? Latte would be good for the light brown one and Cappie (short for cappuccino) for the whiter one.
Generally this is not a problem from what we hear. They can jump that high, but usually get a shock investigating and don't stick around. Agree with Laurie S.
ART and BRI I have found that it is helpful to remind animals that the fence is there ! I do that by tying strips of white cloth about every 5 or 6 feet that will flutter in a breeze. They remind the animal about the fence ! I used to use a hot wire around the top of my yard fence to keep my dog inside. I have no idea of how he knew but he always knew when the wire was turned off !
Coyotes would put their front feet up to jump in. One might bolt forward and hop in but it's far from likely. Coyotes are pack hunters, pack everything-ers, so one coyote would be in a panic to get back out, and the goats would be at the back wall of the barn.
Have yall ever had problems of babies escaping? Just bought a 2 week old Nigerian dwarf and she stepped through our premier on poultry fence with no problem 😳 worried about getting a goat fence
Is your barn completely surrounded by a fence? Or is your barn fully enclosed? we have been given a barn which isn't fully enclosed. the stall has walls around 6ft hight. Im not sure if we need to surround the barn with a fence? Would you have any advice? thanks so much!
I'm sure you will secure them inside at night still, but I just wondered: Are coyotes a true problem there? Couldn't one jump over the cement wall next to the barn where there is no fence?
They are around but not generally aggressive predators. Yes this is a possible route of entry. In fact I think I coyote could jump the fence itself. The idea is that they are wandering, following their noses at night, try to push through the fence and get a shock and leave.
yea works great for the first year, now my goats dont respect the fence, my fault i guess. 2 sections on one controller. Anybody run into this problem? Is there a fix or do I need to sell them & start over?
How do you handle wild animals and predators and your children? I've watched Justin Rhodes and your videos and whenever someone brings up protecting their herds/flocks from predators I can't help but think about the children going out of the house at night and being presented by a predator themselves. Do you have conversations with your children about not going out at night?
Our kids are young enough this is not generally a problem but there are not really significant predator risks to humans where we live. Potentially coyotes could be problem but there have only been two confirmed coyote attacks resulting in death ever. About 5 people get attacked every year, but mostly in California, LA county specifically where I imagine there are lots of coyotes and lots of people, lots of trash raiding and perhaps a lost respect for the wild. Coyotes steer clear of humans here, you can hear them, but they stay out of sight.
Cool was curious about that, prior to routine city life these questions would have seemed odd. But being raised in a urban city life it's unfamiliar to me and its cool to see. Perhaps someday live in a similar situation.
This is goat netting. You can use poultry netting for goats. This particular goat / sheep netting is called "semi permanent" and is for longer term use.
Better to use straight lines with corners if possible. When you run the fence in a curved line all the posts are pulled towards the inside of the curve and the posts tend to lean in. This is the same force that would pull a corner post in if unsupported, but less strong. When you use straight lines the tension pulling post one direction, in line with the fence, is balances by the pull from the other direction and there is no force causing the fence to lean perpendicular to the fence line. Make sense?
Those goats are so sweet! Love the tag line. And I can't believe you all have done 149 episodes! ~ Rebekah
We can't either!!! Here's to 149 more!
Justin Rhodes you are so right The only Chanels I watch is your videos and art and bris
The couch set-up was very funny, Art! Our kitchen sink window looks out over our goat shed and paddock where the feeders are and where our two retired Saanen pack-goat wethers hang out most (and I hang out at the sink a lot!) and the pasture "wraps" around the house. This makes it possible to watch the goats from inside the house wherever they are. We call it Goat TV! I could relate to that couch... goats (especially kids) are super fun to watch. Our boyz are not as bouncy as they were the first 3 years, but we still enjoy watching them. Our boyz loved hanging out inside a big wolf-hound dog house we got from old neighbors. Neighbors' uncontrolled "lovely" dogs have been our biggest fear. So far we've had no problems. Most of the non-electric fence would not keep a determined dog out.
Your chidlers will have great fun making things for them to climb on and jump from. I'm curious to see what they come up with.
Awww... that sounds lovely Joyce Jay!!!
Thanks. That would be nice to watch the goats from the house. The kids do have ideas for toys.
Hi Art - My mentor taught me a really great way to train my sheep to electric fence. I set up a cattle panel corral and ran a single strand of polywire on the interior perimeter. My lambs touched their noses on the polywire as soon as I electrified it. They learned very quickly. But the key was having a physical barrier fence (cattle panels) vs just using netting. Having the physical barrier ensures they won't charge through the fence once they are shocked. No entanglement or strangulation issues that way. After the lambs learned to stay away from the polywire, I put them out on pasture with the netting. No problems at all! :)
That is a smart plan.
I lost a Mom and her twins to one of these fences. I'll never get over feeling guilty about their deaths. It's so important to keep a watch on the voltage of the fence each day. You're training your Goats properly.
Great job! It's hard to watch and hard to do but it's necessary. It's like disciplining your own kids. It's hurts your heart but it's necessary. Good job
Art, put a large box or two in the middle for the little ones to climb on and jump off. that is huge play, agility and a means to burn off AMAZING amounts of baby energy.
We will get some toys.
Great advice! Not to mention if there is something just on the other side of the fence they want to nibble on. I've had to help many goats get out of this predicament with regular fence, never thought about the danger of electric net fence.
Those babies are such sweeties! If they were reindeer they could be named Dasher and Prancer! LOL
Suggestion: Check out 50 ducks in a hot tub. He has a stock entry and exit video where he asks for support and has a beginning and ending screen and reminder where his viewers can get information and to like, subscribe and share the videos. I think you can build your viewer/subscriber base if you use a stock entry and exit video to "brand" your channel.
Also, if you would set up a method of indexing your videos, so they can be found/referenced it would be great. You can put the index in the description as well as a title overlay on each of the vlogs.
Love seeing the participation of your little ones in the farm and vlogging effort. Would like to see more of the chickens/ducks/goose that Justin left your guys as well as the new livestock. Good looking families, both human and animal :)
More chickens coming up! We have just been so excited about goats around here. But I assure you they are still getting lots of attention.
looks like you're doing a great job on the fence training. Oh my, those babies are soooo cute- have always loved watching baby goats
The best one is 'goat stampede', 45 seconds. There's a Bible verse talking about Heaven, saying 'They shall leap as calves let forth from the stall'. Makes me think of baby kids.
Lessons learned, one day at a time. Those babies are so adorable, one just wants to pick them up and hug them! God is good and you are blest! Blessings!
Great stewardship, Art. Their safety is paramount. Look forward to your video every day. Love the peaceful beginning and ending.
Very interesting video, thanks for sharing. The baby goats are adorable.
Watching you makes me wish I was back on my farm, I so miss working with the animals. I only have 7 chickens, a dog and a Degu now and live in a small bungalow 😕. You are doing a great job with goats and the training is exactly how I used to do it, firstly with my sheep then with my goats. I also bred and trained Border Collies to work the sheep and cattle and sell on. Shame we live in different countries. Your children are delightful and a credit to you both. Blessings to all 😊👩🏼🌾
Sound like a neat time you had on your old farm.
ART and BRI we did have a fair time and my 4 chitlers grew up loving animal and doing something in the farming line 😀. We had a pig too who I called Ma pig, she was that tame I fed her her scraps with a spoon lol those were the days. She was a Gloucester Old Spot x Landrace, both very large breeds and she had beautiful piglets. We had about 300 ewes and followers, for meat not milk. Lambing time was my fav time. Sorry I'm rabble going a bit. Love to all, Claire x
Thank you, I really appreciate the education I'm getting by watching your channel.
Thanks.
We trained ours by offering treats from the outside of the fence ...this sort of ensured they came close and touched the fence in the first place, and usually with their nose. A couple of experiences is all it took, and then even luring them with very tasty tidbits they would stand back. Also, using the hot gate was necessary. But you are correct that it needs to be REAL hot.
They are learning fast.
Art I recall even before they came home and you put up the fence in your barn a friend of yours showed us all how the goats would test it by pressing their full body weight against it and she gave it a thumbs up ...I could see them doing that in this video if it WASN'T ELECTRIC ..so AWESOME STUFF so ADORABLE when they frolic and jump thanks for sharing
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the baby goats are so cute!
UGH!! Those baby goats are so darn cute!! I can't wait 'til we add those to our homestead :)
When I saw the couch I thought 9 out of 10, but the cushions did bump it to 10.. LOL . I love every one of your video. Merci beaucoup.
The baby goats r so cute.
Great job Art, the goats are all looking good. I love the markings on one of the babies ❣🐐
Our whole family semi-accidentally tested the electric fence before the animals did, so when the critters touched it and jumped we knew exactly what they were feeling.
Oops. I have been shocked many times by fences, some pretty high powered. It is shocking.
Love the couch for viewing, lol! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the helpful information. I'm a little nervous about betraying their trust!! But I want them to have the space that they do not have now and the option to add/change that space. It is one of those tough life lessons that really tests and confirms your devotion to your animals. The same with giving shots, really!
I love seeing Grace with them...tell her I said she is doing great!
Good start. Heard that fence snap. Keep up the good work and love your Videos.
I could watch your videos all day!!!...oops, I actually did because I was sick 😷😷😷😷🌻
Funny.
Thanks to Justin I found your channel I'm enjoying your videos
Thanks Nilufar and thanks Justin.
Hahahahaha!!!!!!!! Front row seat couch!! Classic! Love it! Great composition on those shots too!
Y'all are awesome and soooooo good at this!!! 😀😀
Thanks so much BTL. Love you too.
Oh goodness 😍 baby goats are everything to me. They are so sweet!
They are amazing.
I really want one of these! We just moved in on an almost 5 acre property and the entire perimeter is fenced. We have 3 enclosed pastures in which all are built mainly for cows and not goats. I only currently have 5 goats 3 of which are babies and i havent let them out to browse yet because improper fencing. This would really help to rotate them. I guess saving is in order for us to afford these.
great way to get them started!
CREAM Pop and Sugar spice .lol are so cute... I just love watching the babies play... We had our goats, but she was a good mamma, she kept close to the yard, never wonder off..
Great Video. I love the way you all care so much for your animals. Good job!
Oh wow I missed it!!! Congratulations on 10k subs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Y'all are awesome!!
ouch those zaps made me jump. One of my concerns was the charge to baby goat weight...but I'm sure you researched it. Not sure I'm sold on this fencing (I always see chickens that escape them) but I'll keep watching you guys to see if it's safe against predators & keeps the goats in. :) Thanks so much for sharing.
True, any fence of this height chickens can get over. I think in about a month only one of our has flown. Otherwise we would consider clipping wing feathers. Just not a big enough problem yet.
The same company has this fence in tighter mesh.
good job love your channels
Thanks for watching!
What an excellent humane way to train the goats and their kids! I'm sure that once they learn not to cross the fence they'll all be safe and sound inside the enclosed area. Are you going to put up a playground for the little ones to play? ... tree stumps, 2X6 boards and a whole lot more?
We will give them at least a box and board to walk on very soon. Probably a nice rock pile in the future.
great job!
Thanks! Great video!
Thank you, very helpful!
Nicely done video, very helpful, very humane. Thank you.
good job nice information
Great video! I always love watching you guys and I know it must have hurt the goats but its for their own good.
I have a poultry Fence for my broilers it is fantastic... I want those babies....nice they can get some greens🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good video
looks like they are extremely tasty ,
looking forward for the video tat your cute family tastes this goat family
Very informative, great music.
thank you for making this. great info
you're doing a good job.
Keep the fence hot all the time they learn quickly when it is not hot and WILL test it when you think they won't .
Just my experience with keeping goats
Will do.
Keeping your goats fed and not crowded makes all the difference, it's only a desperate goat that challenges a fence. Or a buck fenced next to does in heat.
Can't wait till the others are born. Your heard is growing fast and you just got them. Don't know if it's called a heard, Lol.
It's herd :) No worries, I got 'em mixed up until I actually started herding with my collies!
Caroline Baines 😊 thank you
Great job on training! :)
Good job :)
Where do you get your music from in the beginning of videos i love it.
A couple sources. Mostly the youtube library. Also soundcloud - but most of that music you have to pay for.
DO NOT put the fence up hot, let the goats out and head to town on day one. Also, don’t let them out with the fence off! Our second day with electro netting, a goat took a hit, jumped into the netting and got tangled. We were 5-6 seconds away to unplug and detangle. Day three, no problem.
I am not afraid of anything except electricity and being shocked. One time touching the fence and I am staying away from it. I never had a desire to jump out of a perfectly good airplane either but I would do that before I would let someone shock me if I did not jump. One other thing I do want a parachute if I have to jump.
Something about that shock and the associated fear is hard to let go of. I got shocked on a job site once and was jumpy around electricity for months.
Can a fence like that be used in snow? Are those Nigerian Dwarfs? Super cute!
Aren't you afraid that coyotes can jump over the fence? Excellent idea about supervising them. Have you decided on a name for the two girls? Latte would be good for the light brown one and Cappie (short for cappuccino) for the whiter one.
Typically they have to touch the fence to get over it. The electric fence makes that difficult.
Generally this is not a problem from what we hear. They can jump that high, but usually get a shock investigating and don't stick around. Agree with Laurie S.
ART and BRI I have found that it is helpful to remind animals that the fence is there !
I do that by tying strips of white cloth about every 5 or 6 feet that will flutter in a breeze.
They remind the animal about the fence ! I used to use a hot wire around the top of my yard fence to keep my dog inside. I have no idea of how he knew but he always knew when the wire was turned off !
Coyotes would put their front feet up to jump in. One might bolt forward and hop in but it's far from likely. Coyotes are pack hunters, pack everything-ers, so one coyote would be in a panic to get back out, and the goats would be at the back wall of the barn.
Have yall ever had problems of babies escaping? Just bought a 2 week old Nigerian dwarf and she stepped through our premier on poultry fence with no problem 😳 worried about getting a goat fence
How did you make the fence hot around the barn opening.
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Is your barn completely surrounded by a fence? Or is your barn fully enclosed? we have been given a barn which isn't fully enclosed. the stall has walls around 6ft hight. Im not sure if we need to surround the barn with a fence? Would you have any advice? thanks so much!
Were the kids tempted to test the fence too? i would be. Also I shriek every time I see the babies. My gosh.
"the kids" being your children
No, I don't think so.
I'm sure you will secure them inside at night still, but I just wondered: Are coyotes a true problem there? Couldn't one jump over the cement wall next to the barn where there is no fence?
They are around but not generally aggressive predators. Yes this is a possible route of entry. In fact I think I coyote could jump the fence itself. The idea is that they are wandering, following their noses at night, try to push through the fence and get a shock and leave.
yea works great for the first year, now my goats dont respect the fence, my fault i guess. 2 sections on one controller. Anybody run into this problem? Is there a fix or do I need to sell them & start over?
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Are the kids twins? So does Lovey still need to give birth?
How did the fence do. I am looking into getting goats for my kids and wanted a fencing that works and we can move around.
It works great as long as you keep the fence hot>
i lost a kid to this issue.. their horns don't let them back up easily.. bummer for sure
How do you handle wild animals and predators and your children?
I've watched Justin Rhodes and your videos and whenever someone brings up protecting their herds/flocks from predators I can't help but think about the children going out of the house at night and being presented by a predator themselves.
Do you have conversations with your children about not going out at night?
Our kids are young enough this is not generally a problem but there are not really significant predator risks to humans where we live. Potentially coyotes could be problem but there have only been two confirmed coyote attacks resulting in death ever. About 5 people get attacked every year, but mostly in California, LA county specifically where I imagine there are lots of coyotes and lots of people, lots of trash raiding and perhaps a lost respect for the wild. Coyotes steer clear of humans here, you can hear them, but they stay out of sight.
Cool was curious about that, prior to routine city life these questions would have seemed odd. But being raised in a urban city life it's unfamiliar to me and its cool to see. Perhaps someday live in a similar situation.
Does it hurt humans?
What size fence is this?
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are the fences pulsating or on constantly? What charger do you use?
They pulse. Two chargers, one small one from premier one and the 12 volt parmak.
What are the babies goats?? male or female?
they are both females ...he says it in this video
ok..thanks
Is this special goat netting or is it the poultry netting?
This is goat netting. You can use poultry netting for goats. This particular goat / sheep netting is called "semi permanent" and is for longer term use.
ART and BRI thanks again!
Can the wire go round, and not have corners?
I wonder why then both them and Justin Rhodes spread the net with corners, which they have to additionally tighten. Must be some reason? :)
Better to use straight lines with corners if possible. When you run the fence in a curved line all the posts are pulled towards the inside of the curve and the posts tend to lean in. This is the same force that would pull a corner post in if unsupported, but less strong. When you use straight lines the tension pulling post one direction, in line with the fence, is balances by the pull from the other direction and there is no force causing the fence to lean perpendicular to the fence line. Make sense?
Yes, thank you for quick answer :) My thoughts were that round lining would surround the most space, but this makes more sense!
You should name one of the kids miffy
When is lovie going to give birth
Thank you for the warning. I was just too stupid to listen. boo hoo.
you guys talk way too much!
Try a constructive suggestion letting us know what you would like to see instead of just being mean. -A