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MAKING A FENCE<br />
SETTING<br />
BOUNDARIES<br />
From docile cattle to cantankerous goats,<br />
there’s a creative fencing solution out there<br />
that will keep your animals where they belong<br />
BY NANCY MAYFIELD<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
Amanda Hoerschelman<br />
stood outside a five-strand,<br />
electro-net fence last<br />
fall watching three goats<br />
inside an enclosure frolic<br />
around a large birch tree branch.<br />
“These ladies were bottle babes,” she<br />
said of the trio that initially lived in the<br />
garage when they arrived at the family’s<br />
rural Maquoketa farm in February 2023.<br />
And while Ginger, Georgia and<br />
Mocha seemed mild-mannered on a<br />
sunny morning, looks are apparently<br />
deceiving.<br />
“Oh they’re naughty. They’re so<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / BROOKE TILL<br />
The Hoerschelman family, which includes Amanda and daughters Ava and Autumn, pictured here, and also husband, Chris, and daughters Emma<br />
and Elly, raise goats, stock cows, hair sheep and chickens.<br />
eifarmer.com SPRING 2024 | EASTERN IOWA FARMER 79
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