Yes, it's "healthy" for them, ie it isn't going to "hurt" them. Many folks keep their animals in that type environment. Is it going to be heaven on earth for them? probably not. In looking to avoid getting sick, would you like to live locked inside a small room for the rest of your life?is it healthy for my 2 girls to live in a dry lot?
Doing that would kind of defeat the purpose of the dry lot... You'd be introducing the parasite eggs back into their environment. <---mostly with grass clippings and stuff off the ground. Goats are really more browsers than grazers and would prefer leaves, twigs, bark, woody type plants anyway.in the spring and summer my kids and I would have no problem picking weeds, or tree branches or lawn clipping for them.
Thhis is not an accurate protocol. Deworming for 95% is the goal however, there must be some refugia so as to not build super worms, you must also repeat the dewormer on a series as most dewormers kill 4th stage only.Ideally, I guess you would want to contain them in the smallest possible area and test them for worms/parasites and treat them accordingly to remove as many as possible and then, after 3-5 days (allow them to poop everything out), move them to a "clean" dry lot area where there are "no" parasites and leave the first area to die out/off over time.
NO NO NO you do not want to use a different dewormer everytime you deworm... that is very old info - doesn't work well, and builds resistance.The other thing to keep in mind is each time you treat them for worms you want to use a different wormer than the previous time. This helps keep the worms from building up resistance to what you're using.
The area is not too small for two goats. There are many that have a few goats in a backyard that live wonderfully.Yes, it's "healthy" for them, ie it isn't going to "hurt" them. Many folks keep their animals in that type environment. Is it going to be heaven on earth for them? probably not. In looking to avoid getting sick, would you like to live locked inside a small room for the rest of your life?