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09-08-2016, 05:49 PM
Hello Moses, that's good advice you've given. Security is something I've been thinking a lot about lately.
Small acreage like ours is easier to secure than thousands of acres and fortunately it is very quiet around here. There's not much trouble. The neighbours are far enough away to enable a good level of privacy but close enough and friendly enough to advise us of any suspect activity at ours (and vice versa). That's one of the most important reasons why we make it our business to get on with our neighbours and act in kind. You never know when you're going to need them and fortunately they happen to be very nice people.
Strangers are not a (current) threat here, it's marauding dogs. So good electric fencing and livestock guardians are key for the security of our goats. The guinea fowl are the first to alert us of any issue, followed by the alpaca and/or our Australian Shepherd. Even if we did have thieves, using a firearm would not be a legal option.
The other biggest security issue for us is the annual threat of bushfire; but that's probably a discussion I should start up in a separate thread.
Small acreage like ours is easier to secure than thousands of acres and fortunately it is very quiet around here. There's not much trouble. The neighbours are far enough away to enable a good level of privacy but close enough and friendly enough to advise us of any suspect activity at ours (and vice versa). That's one of the most important reasons why we make it our business to get on with our neighbours and act in kind. You never know when you're going to need them and fortunately they happen to be very nice people.
Strangers are not a (current) threat here, it's marauding dogs. So good electric fencing and livestock guardians are key for the security of our goats. The guinea fowl are the first to alert us of any issue, followed by the alpaca and/or our Australian Shepherd. Even if we did have thieves, using a firearm would not be a legal option.
The other biggest security issue for us is the annual threat of bushfire; but that's probably a discussion I should start up in a separate thread.
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