Goat housing, does anyone have pics of theirs?

[craftymama86]

My DH and I are going to buy 3 pygmy goats in the morning but at this moment we don't have any housing for them. We can build them something but I need to know how much space would they need to be comfortable and happy. Can I see your goat housing?

 

[MetalSmitten]

i dont have any photos at the moment, sorry, but mine is a big shed, i think about 20' by 12' or so (guessing) that we divided into two stalls and one storage/people area.

i've heard that at bare minimum, a large doghouse is fine for the mini goats. they hate getting wet, so as long as they have some shelter from rain and wind, you're pretty good.

 

[craftymama86]

A shed would be great....

A large doghouse? lol.... interesting...

 

[key west chick]

Heres mine for 5 Nigi's.

 

[craftymama86]

That's nice. Do they sleep in their at night or is that just something they can go inside to get out of rain, etc?

 

[craftymama86]

Anyone else?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I am getting two wethers the first of June. They are Nigerian dwarfs. My goat house looks alot like the one pictured above, half of the opening is closed off tho. I will have a 35 by 50 lot for the two of them. I was told 20 by 20 would do for wethers. Here is a site with lots of pics of goat housing. I'll try to get pics when the weather is nice.

http://www.google.com/search?q=pics...jIYyusAOdsKj6DA&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1003&bih=442

 

[weimarmama]

This is the best picture I could find of the outside of ours. It's our larger one for the does & kids & the length of it probably extends 4 or 5 ft past the edge of the picture. There are 2 stalls inside at the back of it. The stalls are fixed so that we can just have one large stall or two smaller ones. There's also a shelf that 's at least 6ft off the floor & goes the whole length of the building where we keep a few supplies & a bale of hay.

It's off the ground quite a bit on one side (so much so that I can easily crawl under it) & they tend to spend more time under it than actually inside the building. We also have one of those igloo dog houses out there & just about all of the kids had rather sleep in it with the pig than with their moms.

ETA: Found this pic of the inside of it before we put in the stalls.

 

[StormyMoon]

We just threw together some scrap wood with some metal roofing material. Pallet for the floor and filled it with hay ......we plan to put a fence up around it for when our goat kids we can keep a closer eye on them. But this can work for a few goats as just a shelter.

 

[craftymama86]

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We could totally do that. I may even be able to convince DH to buy some siding.

It would be nice if we could build it maybe twice as high and add a second floor to one side for them to climb on. At least in my mind it seems like a good idea, lol.