Nigerian goat house size?

[annabelle64]

Would a 6"x6" house be large enough for 4 wethers? We are planning on a 6x9 with room for hay storage at the 3ft end. It will be 6 ft high and have a covered porch on the front about 4 ft deep.

 

[SheepGirl]

Sheep require 12 sq ft/hd. I assume goats would be similar. The amount of space you have planned is big enough for only three goats (6x6 = 36 sq ft).

 

[annabelle64]

HI , How much do your sheep weigh? I can make the house 6x8 without hay storage. Thank you for your input.

 

[Southern by choice]

I have ND goats. Honestly a 6 x 8 would sleep 3 goats. It would not be adequate for keeping them in. For loafing or sleeping that would be ok.

Depending on the actual size of your wethers, 4 may work in that space but it would be crowded and get fouled very quickly.

 

[annabelle64]

They will have a 32x32 grazing area this is just for sleeping.

 

[Southern by choice]

That is basically a 1000 sq foot area for four goats... that ends up being 16x16 ft of grazing space per goat.
16 x16 = 256 sq ft x 4 goats = 1024 ft.

This is not a very good size UNLESS you plan on it being more of a dry lot. Which you would really need to make sure you have a good hay supplier and feed a quality feed. Parasites will be an issue if not.

What region are you in?

 

[annabelle64]

It will be a dry lot. I have a very good supplier for hay. My goats weigh about 60 pounds.

 

[chicken pickin]

Did you ever decide on a size for your goat house and build it? Id love to see what you did. Im new to goats also and have 2 new ND doelings. I ended up buiding a roughly 8x4 goat house.

(Im new to trying to upload and post pics so I don't know if my attempt at posting pics will work)

 

[danielburns271]

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[FallViewFarms]

Did you ever decide on a size for your goat house and build it? Id love to see what you did. Im new to goats also and have 2 new ND doelings. I ended up buiding a roughly 8x4 goat house.

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