Goats are not as hardy as cows, especially during winter, and like a dry, draught-free shed but with good ventilation. Any windows should be placed high up to allow fresh air, but still draught-free. Goats also hate rain so therefore a shed is a must.
The floor should be made of concrete so that it can be easily scrubbed and cleaned when necessary and ideally it should have a bit of a slope to it for drainage. To keep the goats off the cold floor, as well as to soak up urine and the like, have a good depth of straw covering the concrete. Foot-rot is common in goats who are kept in poorly drained, wet conditions.
Keep adding clean straw to the floor until the floor has increased in height to about a foot to a foot and a half
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