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This Spring our plan is to move from our 65 acre rental to the 2.2 acres we actually own. We will be staying in a camper and building as we go, paying cash so the project will be slow and piecemeal, but no mortgage when we are done. I have got the herd down to 7 goats (four packers, two milkers & a buck) and hope to keep it at about 7, although I might keep one of this spring's doelings and make it 8 total, plus the LGD (the area is bad for bear & lions, who have already demonstrated a taste for goat meat). Here is what I have come up with for fencing. Fencing will probably be 7 wire (could have used 4 wire if it wasn't for one escape artist) with a solar electric charger. In the winter when there is snow on the ground and they don't venture far from the barn anyway, the goats will probably be in paddock #1 most of the time. Winter access will be from the main road (gate 4). With goats in paddock #1 gates 2 & 3 can be left open in the winter. In the summer, we can access from the lower road (gate 1) and keep gate 4 shut. By opening or closing gates 2, 3 & 5 the goats can have access to any one or all paddocks. It's not much pasture so I will have to hay them year round, but I am hoping to be able to lease pasture on the adjoining lot to the west. Any suggestions or recommendations? Nothing is final yet but I really have been thinking about the lot layout a bunch and want to get is as close to ideal as possible. The lot is in the bottom of a valley, but gets good sun. Second pic puts the overall lot in better perspective.
