Rotational Grazing: With Goats and Sheep

Chicken tractors make amazing goat/sheep shelters while rotational grazing! Here is a complete how-to: www.twentyacrefarms.com/chick...
We have spent much of the spring and summer with our goats helping others on weed management. They have done such an amazing job and now its time for them to come home. Here I wanted to share how we move these critters from paddock to paddock and how effective they are at taking care of those unwanted pesky weeds. They do a great job and I have decided now to also film updates on how we rotational graze on small acres with a limited amount of animals.
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[@tritchie6272]

Not only land management,but food for some of your livestock as well. Sounds like a win win to me. I can't fault you for it.

[@terrylindsey3255]

loved the show. Keep it up and hope you do well .I am fixing to retire and really want to get some more goats and do this,great info God bless

[@downbntout]

Good thinking, man, you're doing good. Over to the next vid to see whether you leave em on too long or what

[@jerrywilliams9101]

I don’t goat time for this, but I watched anyways

[@caninedrill_instructor5861]

To paraphrase the line from "Jaws"... "You're going to need a bigger goat herd."

[@larryr.johnson3048]

I’ve hear that premier one is a great fence system is costly but versatile, and a good way to build temporary pastures.

[@SimplifiedPiano]

We have had really good luck with PowerFields electric netting and would recommend them for sure

[@rosaperez9074]

Do they need a bell in case one jumps out. ??

[@Tser]

Random comment on a very old video, but I've just been browsing (ha ha) goat videos for land management, and I noticed your shirt. I spent a lot of my childhood in Tillamook because that's where my grandparents lived :>

[@SimplifiedPiano]

That’s cool. Honestly we just went for a visit and love the cheese. Great place so beautiful as well. Thanks for the fun comment.

[@Tser]

@@SimplifiedPiano Tillamook cheese is really superb. And the rolling green pastures, the Coast Range, the Wilson River, the bay... it's a lovely place, and you get used to the overwhelming smell of cows very quickly.

[@rumyanakoprinkova3295]

Very useful information. Thanks! What is the name of your breed goats ?

[@listentorpo9521]

Good video man

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Appreciate it

[@suchandradasi]

awesome video. I'm planning a fence soon.... but I have a permanent situation. I have a small area that I want to split in two, cause it's what I have... I noticed you have sheep in your herd. I want to do that too. I have 5 goats and a sheep.

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Hey thanks so much for watching! I think splitting up what you have permanent is still very beneficial. You can split it up very small and move them even twice a day, and that can be really great for you grass growth.

[@ronfontenot4534]

Bravo!!

[@lovingivyfarm4931]

Been trying to do this for years. Where I am now though is hard steep hills almost too hard for me to slip down and setup the netting I have is for goats but it keeps getting snagged and broken which kind is yours?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

I used Premier1 netting for goats in this video. What I have found though is that it is bulky and way more then I need. If you watch my more recent videos with the goats I have switched to PowerFields electric netting that is for sheep. It is shorter and less bulky with a single stake. I can set it up easily and have not had one single incident of goats getting out of it. I, on the other hand, am dealing with flat land here in South Dakota nothing like what you are trying to graze. One thing is I do have tree groves and I often times will weave in and out of trees or around different obstacles with no problems at all with the PowerFields netting. Here is a link if you would like to check that out....www.amazon.com/Powerfields-P-89-G-Electric-Fence-Netting-40-Inches/dp/B00MELLX1I/ref=pd_sbs_86_1/135-6171441-6642237?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0042L5FOY&pd_rd_r=dc156ea3-a1f4-48e1-9bb0-2ee2966ec999&pd_rd_w=qPMwj&pd_rd_wg=Wp7OB&pf_rd_p=1c11b7ff-9ffb-4ba6-8036-be1b0afa79bb&pf_rd_r=DFY4M3YS6BKFAK4BPCJG&refRID=DFY4M3YS6BKFAK4BPCJG&th=1 This link is for their goat/poultry netting so is a bit taller then what we have but if you do raise chickens it could be a nice deal for goats and chickens.....also one more thing, I really honestly haven't had any problem using the smaller sheep netting on my goats. You will see that people say don't buy the sheep netting for goats it doesn't work but the thing is that is is so much less bulky and easy to set up that I just love the stuff!

[@ClissaT]

In previous videos you discussed setting up the fence, what was necessary to keep it tight to make a good charge running along it. But in this video you didn't seem to mow or clear the fence line. What's changed? Is it a new type of mesh electric fencing?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

ClissaT that's the difference between using premier1 style where you pound in your ground seperate and the runnings brand that has ground in the fence.....what I've found is premier 1 just does such a better job with electric netting then any other one we have tried so far! So in this video i used all premier 1 equipment. Thanks for watching as well!

[@mikecanaday5731]

You’re quite correct the area should be weed whacked or mowed where the fence is going to be put up to keep it clean and to avoid the fence being shorted out. Goats can see when somethings not symmetric and will work on getting out where they think the fence is weak. Double spikes don’t work in rocky or dry clay ground. Check you voltage it takes 5500 volts to keep Coyotes out and goats in.

[@BRWfilms]

@@mikecanaday5731 I'm in GA, we have coyotes, never have they bothered our goats. I don't worry about weed wracking around fence to much and my goats have never escaped. Soo

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Can anyone see the floating kombucha bottle?😁

[@suchandradasi]

yeah the one that rose up and tried to feed you hahahahah

[@mcbunjo]

Does it work with goats to get rid of small young trees so i would gain pasture grass again. Will they kill it as they will eat all green parts?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

what I found is that not only do they eat the greens but the also will strip very young trees of any bark. This process seems to kill off the young trees rather quickly.

[@mcbunjo]

@@SimplifiedPiano amazing, thanks

[@Rok_Piletic]

any links for the fence/nett

[@SimplifiedPiano]

I use all Powerfields electric netting now! This netting is just wonderful. You can buy this stuff at tractor supply or runnings or on Amazon as well. www.amazon.com/Powerfields-P-89-W-Electric-Fence-Netting-40-Inches/dp/B002YTJIVM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Powerfields&qid=1563339667&s=gateway&sr=8-1 . This is the goat netting they have. I currently am using the orange sheep netting and although it is shorter than this I have not had a goat escape since I started using it.

[@sureshots98]

Have you had any problems with horned sheep and goat grazing together or handler injuries?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

We haven't.

[@tessieheadley3924]

Can you recommend where to buy that kind of fence ? Thank you 🙏

[@SimplifiedPiano]

You can find them at your local farm and ranch supply store?

[@maryronan9758]

“Premeir one netting”-

[@Gunner-ll1zd]

Will it ground and stop working in the tall grass?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Yes Yes YES! What I found is most of the time I set up the electric netting and do a quick weed eat job and then put the fence in that path! Thanks for the question and thanks for watching.

[@walterweaver522]

@@SimplifiedPiano b

[@davianclarendon1874]

Like the shirt..

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Nov. 29, 2020----Too bad California, Oregon and Washington don't do this for their weeds and brush.

[@sandradelvecchio6894]

They do

[@maryronan9758]

What about water?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

I have to deliver water to each site as needed. That is the cumbersome part of this type of rotational grazing for sure.

[@hunterphung3638]

The problem with goats is that they try to run away all the time. you will constantly look for them.

[@SandraNelson063]

Do my eyes deceive me? Is there a sheep among the goats?

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Indeed there is!😆

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Good combination - start with goats , follow with sheep . Need numbers tho

[@shermananderson700]

Sandra Nelson there are two sheep.

[@anthonypettid1786]

Hi

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

1:11 star of the show should have been the kid 🧒 6:03

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

What a cutie

[@philcoppa]

for twenty acres you'd need more like a hundred goats

[@nisigate]

Are you a missionary kid I noticed your shirt have an 🌍 Africa map

[@SimplifiedPiano]

yep sure am!

[@sctpc]

The sheep thinks its a Goat quite funny as normally they would not eat what yours is, all in the training

[@canelocafe467]

Enlocospat

[@rodrigopedrosa1958]

Winner of a video, been searching for "spotted boer goat history" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Chloetey Boer Goatify - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.

[@SimplifiedPiano]

Rodrigo Pedrosa never heard of that but will check it out......thanks!

[@downbntout]

Boers are not normally spotted btw. White body, red head n neck, often some random here n there. Occasionally a solid red animal. Good workers. Originated in Southern Africa by the Boer (Dutch farmers) and selected for a thick meaty carcass for over a hundred years. These Nubians are a dairy breed