| Most of our
pasture fence had been there since the mid-1950's and we've repaired it
numerous times since we bought the place in 1971. Now that we have pygmy
goats, we had to take drastic action because they were getting through
the fence and on the road daily. We had the old wood post and barbed
wire fence torn down and a new steel post fence put up thinking this would
solve the problem. It's made of steel T-Posts with a 2" pipe every
seventh pole. The fencing is 4 feet high, made of 36 inch goat wire
topped by two strands of barbed wire. We hadn't counted on Stinky,
the latest bottle baby wanting to get back in the house. She jumped
right through the new fence several times a day and passers by were constantly
ringing the doorbell to say there was a goat out. We finally gave
up and had to put up 24 inch chicken wire on top of the goat wire (held
on using 1/2" hog rings) to keep her in. In the photos below, the
fence has been up for a few weeks and the chicken wire was started on March
6 and finished up on March 18. There are no photos of the West side,
but it's all the same. The North side was originally installed in
1971 and was replaced by Bill Holley's ranch hands last year because it
separates our pastures. |
South Side Fence - 540
Feet long with chicken wire installed. |
South Side Fence - 540
Feet long with chicken wire installed. |
South Side Fence Closeup
- 540 Feet long |
Pasture Fence East Side
- about 300 feet
South End (before chicken
wire was installed) |
Pasture Fence East Side
- about 300 feet
John and Ben Elkins arrive
in John's green "tank" to finish installing the chicken wire. |
Pasture Fence East Side
- about 300 feet
John and Ben Elkins begin
stretching the 24 inch (2" mesh) chicken wire. |
Pasture Fence East Side
- about 300 feet
John and Ben Elkins stretching
the 24 inch (2" mesh) chicken wire. |
Pasture Fence East Side
- about 300 feet
John and Ben Elkins finishing
up the 24 inch (2" mesh) chicken wire. |
New
Pasture Fence
