Dirt Floor In Goat Barn

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.

Dirt floor in goat barn.

In the winter we deep pile straw and clean it out in the spring. I definately wouldn t use concrete unless you went with rubber mats. I scoop out manure daily but i still had to deal with urine soaked straw stuck to the floor. The floor is dirt and the previous owners put mats for the horses and then hay on top of the mats.

We have dirt floors and use straw for bedding. The downside i just had to put about 2 of crushed rock in their pen and cover it back up with dirt because there was poor irregation and the inside of their pen was completely saturated with stuff. Hello and thank you for all this information. Try that on dirt floors.

So i am wondering if ishould keep or remove the mats for my goats thank you for your time. If i didn t know better i d swear the animals are out there at night with super glue gluing it to the dirt. I have a dirt floor in the goat barn and i love it. Here s a look at the types of flooring found in horse s stables.

It just scrapes right up. I had wooden floors in my little field shelters and found they were impossible to keep clean. Since the weather was semi decent today i decided to clean out the barn. The barn smells good and the wood floors are easy on the feet.

But my barn is also a through barn design so cleanout just means a trip or two down each side with my tractor and the manure is gone. Good drainage is the important part. Lidingo wikimedia commons cc by sa 3 0. It makes cleaning very easy plus the dirt absorbs all the pee.

I am trying to convert a horse barn with stalls to a goat barn. 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. My goat barn is a dirt floor.