Housing for 3 week old kids.

[Misty vansickle]

We have two alpine kids a little over three weeks old. We have been keeping them in the chicken coop at night. To keep them warm and dry. I have a coop from tractor supply that was broken (interior only) by a bear, they use as shelter right now through the day. If I inclose it make it where they are not laying on the wet ground (they have hey but still reall rainy here. Would it be ok to keep them in it at night, will they be warm enough. They are making a mess out of my chicken coop. Lol. I can add pics but of what it looks like right now. Of needed.

I will I close it with plywood. And put a floor of plywood on it also. Then somehow make it where it will be a few inches off the ground.

I am worried about predators and them getting cold. Which I don’t think they will get cold if they are dry and have lots of hey to lay on.

Advice needed plz....

 

[B&B Happy goats]

We have two alpine kids a little over three weeks old. We have been keeping them in the chicken coop at night. To keep them warm and dry. I have a coop from tractor supply that was broken (interior only) by a bear, they use as shelter right now through the day. If I inclose it make it where they are not laying on the wet ground (they have hey but still reall rainy here. Would it be ok to keep them in it at night, will they be warm enough. They are making a mess out of my chicken coop. Lol. I can add pics but of what it looks like right now. Of needed.

I will I close it with plywood. And put a floor of plywood on it also. Then somehow make it where it will be a few inches off the ground.

I am worried about predators and them getting cold. Which I don’t think they will get cold if they are dry and have lots of hey to lay on.

Advice needed plz....

You are better off putting dirt or sand down for a floor and using hay for beding , a wood floor will rot out from urine and is a pain to keep clean. The last thing you want is a ammonia build up that can cause breathing issue's. ...they should have a shelter no less than 4 'x 8' and 4' high....you can build a slant roof, and if you want to make the outside water repellent, paint it with laytex enamal paint or oil paint......best of luck to you on your goat journey

 

[Misty vansickle]

You are better off putting dirt or sand down for a floor and using hay for beding , a wood floor will rot out from urine and is a pain to keep clean. The last thing you want is a ammonia build up that can cause breathing issue's. ...they should have a shelter no less than 4 'x 8' and 4' high....you can build a slant roof, and if you want to make the outside water repellent, paint it with laytex enamal paint or oil paint......best of luck to you on your goat journey

Thanks, we are only keeping them for summer and some of fall then Saling them. My kids wanted to have the experience of goats. They sure will be missed. But we really can’t keep them through our bad winters. I want better for them than that.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Thanks, we are only keeping them for summer and some of fall then Saling them. My kids wanted to have the experience of goats. They sure will be missed. But we really can’t keep them through our bad winters. I want better for them than that.

I raised goats in New Hampshire winters, and they thrived....if your children become attached to them , they will do fine in Maryland if you should choose to keep them

 

[Misty vansickle]

I raised goats in New Hampshire winters, and they thrived....if your children become attached to them , they will do fine in Maryland if you should choose to keep them

Shhh, don’t tell my kids that. I would probably keep them if I had a better set up. But they were a spur of the moment thing this year. So maybe later on we will but not this year. Thanks for the advice

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Shhh, don’t tell my kids that. I would probably keep them if I had a better set up. But they were a spur of the moment thing this year. So maybe later on we will but not this year. Thanks for the advice

mum's the word !

 

[Misty vansickle]

We explained to them before we got them that we would have to sale them in the fall. They are older and understand. 11and 13...