I've been keeping goats for over 20 years. I don't believe there is a solar charger made that has enough juice to stop a goat. You want something that will put out at least 5-6 joules. The TSC type "30 mile" fencers are a joke. Look into CYCLOPS brand chargers or if you can't swing one then get the heaviest shocking other brand you can find. They will tell you to use at least 3 ground rods, 10 foot apart, connected with real copper ground wire. DO IT! Goats have very dry hoofs and it takes a good ground to hit them. Running a series of ground wires between the charged HT hot wires might help. They will also jump like a deer. And after all that , if there's nothing they want to eat (which is different than having plenty available TO eat) inside the fence they will work to get out. You need to train them to the fence from a young age. If you get a jumper or one in particular that challenges the fence, then remove her from the herd ASAP or she'll teach the others to challenge the fence.
I keep goats and sheep in with 42" Premier brand electronet and a battery charger. But my goats are trained, are bonded to the sheep herd and get moved often so they have something interesting to eat and play on. Goats get bored easily. Sounds weird, but it's true. A bored goat is trouble. A hungry goat is trouble. A got that knows she can zip through the fence is trouble. I had a 5 strand HT fence with alternating hot/ground wires and the goats (and sheep) laughed at that.
Goats are not impossible to keep in, you just have to understand they are smart. Diabolically clever would be more accurate. You have to be smarter and more persistent than the goat. And if your goats are "people goats", and most are, that's a whole other issue. They have to feel secure in their herd without you (or your wife/kids) there to "protect" them.
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