CoffeeCow
Chillin' with the herd
Hey,
I am planning on getting a few goats this year. I will be building them a house and fence really soon, I'm in the "planning" phase now. We have narrowed our choices down to Dwarf Nigerians, and Mini Nubians. I guess the first question would be, what are the Pro's and con's of these 2 breeds?
We are getting 2 females and a weathers (for company) We plan on milking for personal use and possibly for soap making.
I will be building them a nice size pen that I can close up at night. and fencing in a good size area for them to play/graze
Roughly what square footage is needed per goat inside, and outside?
I also have chickens. I was thinking of adding another coop in with the goats, do chickens and goats get along well? are there any concerns with then sharing the same living space?
I was thinking of combining a coop and goat house in one, similar to this (sorry for the bad art here )
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|...........................................|.broody..|.....chicken.....|
|...........................................|....pen....|........coop......|
|...........................................|..............|......................|
|...........goats.......................|..............|......................|
|................go.......................|..............|......................|
|..............here......................|..............|......................|
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|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
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Would a setup like that be okay? or should I build a separate coop? or not at all?
(told you I had a lot of questions)
I will post more questions as I think of them,
thanks for the help
I am planning on getting a few goats this year. I will be building them a house and fence really soon, I'm in the "planning" phase now. We have narrowed our choices down to Dwarf Nigerians, and Mini Nubians. I guess the first question would be, what are the Pro's and con's of these 2 breeds?
We are getting 2 females and a weathers (for company) We plan on milking for personal use and possibly for soap making.
I will be building them a nice size pen that I can close up at night. and fencing in a good size area for them to play/graze
Roughly what square footage is needed per goat inside, and outside?
I also have chickens. I was thinking of adding another coop in with the goats, do chickens and goats get along well? are there any concerns with then sharing the same living space?
I was thinking of combining a coop and goat house in one, similar to this (sorry for the bad art here )
_________________________________________
|...........................................|.broody..|.....chicken.....|
|...........................................|....pen....|........coop......|
|...........................................|..............|......................|
|...........goats.......................|..............|......................|
|................go.......................|..............|......................|
|..............here......................|..............|......................|
|...........................................|_______|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
|..........................................................|......................|
__________________________________________
Would a setup like that be okay? or should I build a separate coop? or not at all?
(told you I had a lot of questions)
I will post more questions as I think of them,
thanks for the help