Ideas for keeping baby goats inside

[lilhill]

Like a human baby, we go thru lots of diapers and clean butts every time we change 'em.

 

[2goats8kids]

Premie diapers, cut off ribbed part of sock and cut out for front legs, pen diaper to "shirt". Easy and cheap.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/470_elliesbottlebaby.jpg

I use one of those pack and play fold-up play pens for the kids when they need to be contained inside.

I think I just sustained an injury from the cuteness level of that photo.

 

[Roll farms]

I change them 'as needed'...probably every 2 hrs. I keep them in their playpens after feeding, they tend to pee a lot right after they eat. We have a thick pad of newspaper in the playpen covered w/ old towels...we change that out as needed.

The tarry poop should only last 1-2 days, then the little mustard turds start in. One thing to watch for is the umbilical cord being rubbed / irritated by the diaper. I try to get them big enough so that they ride above it and never leave them in a diaper for a long period of time.

edited to repair some redundancy