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    Help with goat shelter is this gonna work? Ideas?

    We were planning on doing straw and lots of fresh hay. I was also thinking of putting boards on top of the studs inside and stuffing them with straw too like housing insulation essentially. We want to rig up some kind of no freeze water system but also we are full time on the homestead so we do...
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    Help with goat shelter is this gonna work? Ideas?

    Thank you for the tips! We probably raise the roof somehow add the overhang when we do the roof. I'm wondering how you keep the balance between properly ventilated and warm in the winter/cool in the summer. Right now the house has 4x4 beams as a base so its raised up. I'm not sure if we should...
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    Help with goat shelter is this gonna work? Ideas?

    Thank you for all the advice! We currently have the entire backyard it's big enclose in a 6 foot chain link fence. And I was going to put a wood fence around thier area. I will definitely be adding ventilation now thank you! As well as an easy way to muck out the enclosure. It was totally...
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    Help with goat shelter is this gonna work? Ideas?

    This is it from farther away I have a nice area around it I was thinking of growing alfalfa for them
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    Help with goat shelter is this gonna work? Ideas?

    I have two nigerian dwarf goats both females coming to us the last week of July they will both be 8 weeks old and weaned. We found this for super cheap and it's very sturdy but it definitely needs some work. It was designed for a rather large and aggressive dog so Im thinking it will hold up...
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    New here!

    Hey tiny herd here two Nigerian dwarf goats are coming to us in 7 weeks! They can't be separated from thier mama till then. We are so excited! We also have a dog and 8 chickens and out human baby lol
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