Rural Gardening: Goats on pasture, 1 by ImaTulsaDawg

ImaTulsaDawg wrote:
Cajun, it looks like there's alot of sag in the polywire. You might want to put a fence strainer on each run of wire and keep it taunt. If the wire is loose the goats can slip right through it with out making solid contact. Put a metal or wood t-post in every corner (or turn if it's not a true 90 degrees) and attach a plastic insulator donut to the post with 12 ga wire (you can use your poly wire if you thread it through some hose to keep the post from breaking it) and run your poly wire through the donuts. Set all your step-in posts, and then tighten the wires with the strainers. You should only be able to flex the wire an inch or two. The goats need to have to try and push through the wire and then they'll get zapped. You can see 2 strainers on my fence in the photo.