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? asked in PetsHorses · 9 years ago

I need fencing to hold in sheep goats cows horses and chickens for homestead.?

We are looking to convert our backyard (approx 120 ft by 150 ft rectangle) into a homestead farm. We need to figure out what type fencing is most affordable and durable. Not considering electric fencing.

We can divide the homestead into two portions, which would be 120 ft x 75, OR would you recommend a different division?

Thanks!

Update:

Right now we are looking into acquiring one horse, and two cows max, a few sheep and goats. Adding a dozen chickens or more for good measure.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Are you sure your measurements are right? You will never fit all of those animals in that amount of space - according to my math, that's not even a single acre!

    You can have chickens, if your zoning laws allow it, and maybe a few goats or sheep (though it will be expensive). Cattle and horses are out - you'll spend a fortune in feeding them as they won't be able to graze and there won't be much space for them to move.

    For the goats/sheep, I'd recommend wire panels similar to this:

    http://www.tractorsupply.com/feedlot-panel-hog-16-...

    You can find them at any farm store. You can choose to line with chicken wire as well along the bottom to keep the chickens in, or you can create a separate area for the chickens, but you're running close on space. The chickens would be fine as long as they can't fit through, but baby *chicks* would easily fit through, so that's something to consider.

  • 5 years ago

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  • Ducky
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    You don't have enough room to hold these animals. Your backyard measures only enough for a couple goats (20x20ft indoor space, 60x60 ft outdoor spaces). Goats need a lot more room than people think, so you couldn't fit anymore than that in there..... there isn't any room for a dozen chickens or sheep either, unless you want them unhappy, cramped, and sick.

    Secondly a horse should have about 1acre of room to be happy (over 40,000sq feet).

    A cow would need several acres, as they need plenty of land to graze on.

    I'd stick with some sheep and chickens, but no goats, horses, or cows.....

  • .
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Skip it. With that many animals in that small of a space, your footing will be nothing but feces and mud in less than 2 weeks time. Not to mention the fact that the animals will be crowded and subsequently aggressive toward eachother, causing a whole other host of problems.

    MAYbe 2 sheep and a dozen chickens can live in that area, but even that is pushing it. And expect to feed them copious amounts of grain and hay because your grass will be gone in no time.

    Now, if by some chance you're measuring in yards instead of feet ( and your'e still pushing it with that many animals), I might suggest 2"x4" wire fencing. But anytihing larger and your horse's hooves will get stuck in it if they kick. And you'll still need to offer plenty of grain and forage, and separate each grain for each species, because goats can't eat sheep food (copper) and horses need lower protein than cow food or chicken food, blah blah blah.

    Have you thoroughly though this out?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Right now I handiest have a kitty. When my children have been small we had a pony and chickens. Later on we had a number of goats, and my sons might milk them. Although I was once born within the town my mum and dad left there whilst I was once handiest four-five years-historic. We had a situation within the nation with one hundred fifty chickens and 2 mischievous goats named Johnny and Marion. My mum and dad bought the eggs as a facet time, further process. It was once my chore to aid gather the eggs. I additionally had a donkey named "Moses".

  • Snezzy
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Build a ten-storey building, with separate kinds of animals on each floor. Install lifts or hoists to get the feed up and the manure down. You will then begin to have enough space for your animals.

    If you really have your heart set on using your small space without installing a hotel, plant petunias and get a few small tanks for raising goldfish. Do not try to raise seahorses. I'm certain it won't work.

    ))) MORE (((

    You just might get away by having two wether goats and three chickens. on your four tenths of an acre. The usual way to figure the space is 500 pounds of livestock per acre. You would have to do intensive work to ensure the animals remained healthy.

    Personally, I'd plant petunias.

  • 9 years ago

    You could never have horses in cows in that amount of space comfortably. Horses need a minimal of 1 acre to themselves to be comfortable. Please dont even try to put that amount of animals in that amount of space, the animals would be in very porr conditions and could get sick and give you a big bill. Are you even horse people?

  • Finley
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    newsflash: you should not crowd so many animals onto a puny area.

    if you're talking about toy animals...then yeah...that's a good size.

    REAL animals... 1 horse = 1 acre.

    etc.

    you live in Disney land or something?

    lol

    totally unrealistic.

    Source(s): common sense
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