Best Flooring For Goat Barn

The upkeep of some types of flooring is easier than others.

Best flooring for goat barn.

Mar 9 2020 explore dale johnson s board goat barn followed by 338 people on pinterest. You want a well drained soil like sand for your barn floor. I have not ever used lime so could not help you with that. May 28 2018 explore mary millward s board goat barn followed by 336 people on pinterest.

15 things i wish i knew before i got goats and the best resources for goat care. In this post learn the best ways to keep a shelter and barn clean when raising goats. I definately wouldn t use concrete unless you went with rubber mats. See more ideas about goat barn goat farming goat care.

Twice a year i flush our barn dirt floors with baking soda and vinager then add more soil from different places on our property. The barn smells good and the wood floors are easy on the feet. Could you use pigs to create an impervious barn floor to put bedding on top of the way you can use them to make an impervious pond through animal compaction. The type of floor you will choose for a new barn will depend on the existing natural soil what materials are available to you and your budget.

The method for a pond is to dig it out corral the pigs in the dry pond bottom for a few weeks feeding and watering them in there and maybe now and again adding some clay to let them trample it into the pond bottom. I worked at a farm that had concrete floors in the goat barn and even with heavy bedding the owner also owned a lumber mill so bedding was free and plentiful some of the goats developed foot and leg issues. Don t forget to check out my other posts about raising goats. See more ideas about goat barn pygmy goat goat care.

Keeping their barn clean. Linda wood floors and concrete hold and breed insects and disease.