jenlynn4
Chillin' with the herd
I have a wood floor and was wonderring if I would put down srtaw, woodchips, horse pellets, or WHAT???? What have you found to work best? Any suggestions much appreciated.
What does everyone use on the floor for thier goats?
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Don't have goats, but we've always had a dirt floor for the sheep. Sometimes we will put straw down, but 95% of the time it's just dirt.
ksalvagno
Alpaca Master
Dirt floor with straw.
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jenlynn4
Chillin' with the herd
well my floor is up off the ground so cant do dirt...so I may go with a layer of horse stall pelletts with straw on top. IDK anyone else have a building with a floor that is not dirt?
Is it possible for you to get rid of your wood floor? It will rot out real quick especially with critters peeing on it.
If you can't, to help slow down the rotting, can you paint it with exterior/waterproof paint or put a sealer on it? Or maybe put rubber stall mats down and then use your bedding of choice (usually whatever's most absorbent/economical)?
If you can't, to help slow down the rotting, can you paint it with exterior/waterproof paint or put a sealer on it? Or maybe put rubber stall mats down and then use your bedding of choice (usually whatever's most absorbent/economical)?
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Ours is dirt. During the summer months, I keep the floor bare, cleaning up berries and waste hay about once a week. During the winter, I let the hay be pretty much and just sweep the sleeping shelves off. I used to have hay down but found that if I keep the floor cleaned up, they urinate outside instead of inside because they like something soft to squat in.
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jenlynn4
Chillin' with the herd
the floor is pressure treated lumber planks (an old deck) with painted wooden sideing pannels (like t 1-11) on top of the treated decking boards.Its raised off the ground about 1 foot. This building was used for other uses before we decided to use it for the goats...I hope it will work.
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
It will work for awhile. Once those boards go, it might be nice to just take them out and maybe add in some fill dirt. I would leave it bare though if it is possible so as to not encourage peeing on the boards so they last longer
Catahoula
Overrun with beasties
My neighbor has rubber stall mats on top of the wood floor. She uses pine shavings for bedding and in the winter time, she add straws. I have dirt floor and rubber stall mats. my goats only pee in the dirt area.jenlynn4 said:
DonnaBelle
True BYH Addict
The floor of the barn is dirt. We spread straw on top.
Occasionally I sprinkle Stall Dry granulated on top to soak up urine and reduce smells.
We clean it out at least once a year, haul in some fresh dirt, an inch or so, and put down barn lime.
We don't have any problems using this method.
DH shovels up the nannieberrie piles each morning and puts the straw/berrie mixture on the compost pile.
DonnaBelle
Occasionally I sprinkle Stall Dry granulated on top to soak up urine and reduce smells.
We clean it out at least once a year, haul in some fresh dirt, an inch or so, and put down barn lime.
We don't have any problems using this method.
DH shovels up the nannieberrie piles each morning and puts the straw/berrie mixture on the compost pile.
DonnaBelle
