animal production

1. Housing for Sheep and Goat Production

2. SHEEP AND GOAT HOUSING

3. Goat housing
• Suitable goat housing or shelter is very
important for goat farming business.
• Because goats also need house like other
domestic animals for staying at night, security,
preventing them from adverse climate, cold,
sunlight, predators etc.
• Some people used to keep their goats with other
domestic animals such as cow, sheep etc

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• Even in some areas, people used to keep their
goats under trees.
• But if you want to establish a profitable
commercial goat farm, then you must have to
build a suitable house for your goats.

5. Before building house for goats, read
the following tips very carefully.
• Try to select a dry and higher place for making
the goat house.
• Ensure that, the selected goat housing area is
high enough to keep the goats safe from
floods.
• You must have to keep the floor of the house dry
always.
• Always ensure the huge follow of light and air
inside the house.
• Make house in such a way so that it become very
suitable for controlling temperature and
moisture.

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• Always keep the house free from being damped.
Because damping condition is responsible for
various diseases.
• Never let the rain water enter inside the house.
• Try to make the wall of the house with concrete
or by using bamboo poles.
• The house must have to strong and comfortable.
• Keep enough space inside the house for taking
rest.
• The house must have to have the facilities of
cleaning well regularly.
• Goats are feared about cold and water. So take
extra care in rainy and winter season.
• Otherwise they may caught by Pneumonia.

7. Types of Goat House
• You can make your goat house by using various
designs.
• And specific goat housing design is suitable for
specific production purpose.
• Two types of house are most common for
raising goats.

8. Goat Housing Over Ground
• Generally this type of houses are made over the
ground.
• This is the most common house for goats.
• You can make the floor of this type of goat house
with brick and cement or simply with soil.
• It will be better, if you can spread some dry straw
over the floor in this housing system.
• But you must have to keep the house dry and
clean always.

9. Goat Housing Over Pole
• This type of houses are made over pole. The floor
of the house heights about 1 to 1.5 meters (3.5 to
5 ft) from the ground.
• This type of house keeps the goat free from
damping condition, flood water etc.
• The poles and floor in this housing system are
usually made with bamboo or wood.
• This types of house is very suitable for goat
farming, because it is very easy to clean.
• And you can easily clean the closet and urine of
goat form the house.
• Diseases are also less in this housing system.

10. Concrete House
• This types of goat houses are fully made with
concrete, and slightly expensive.
• But concrete houses have many advantages.
• It is very easy to clean the house, and easy to
always keep your goats safe from all types of
predators.
• You can construct the house over ground or
over concrete poles.
• Both types are easily maintained.
• Diseases are less in this housing system.
• But it is very expensive method of goat housing.

11. Required Space for Goats
• In accordance with increasing the body size and
weight of goats, they require more space.
• A house of 1.8 meter *1.8 meter* 2.5 meter is
suitable enough for housing 10 small goats.
• Every adult goat needs about 0.75 meter * 4.5
meter * 4.8 meter housing space.
• Every billy goat needs 2.4 meter * 1.8 meter
housing space.
• It will be better, if you can keep the nursing and
pregnant goats separately.
• You can extend or decrease the area of goat
house according to the number of goat in
your farm.
• But keep in mind that, every goat needs their
required space for proper growing and better
production.

12. Chart of Required Space for Goats
According to Their Age and Nature
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Required
Space
(Squire
Meter)

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• While building house for your goats, always
emphasis on the comfort of your goats.
• Ensure that, your goats are living happily inside
their house, and the house is suitable enough
to keep them free from adverse weather and all
types of predators.

14. Sheep Housing
• Sheep housing is not so important for sheep
farming.
• Because they are dependent on grazing in the
field.
• They are reared in yield field full with grass.
• And they eat grass from one corner to another.
• Take rest in the field at night.
• But in winter season and north area they
need housing. Besides this they also need
house for some specific reasons which are
described below.

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• For taking rest properly at night.
• Tosave themselves form other harmful
animals.
• For milking the highly milk productive sheep.
• For proper care and management of
pregnant and baby sheep.
• Toprevent them from thief.
• For providing shelter in rainy and stormy
weather.

16. Types of Sheep Housing
1. Open Sheep Housing
• Sheep's are kept in this types of house in the
area where rain is comparatively less.
• This house is made by making a fence
surrounding a certain area.
• It has no roof. Generally straw is used in the
floor.

17. Types of Sheep Housing
2. Semi Open Sheep Housing
• This types of house surrounded by fence. It has a
small roof in a corner and straw floor.
3. Bound Sheep Housing
• This types of house are fully roofed. Well
management of air and light movement. Floor
can be fully or slightly concrete.
• This types of sheep housing are very effective for
sheep farming.
• Sheep generally graze whole day and take rest at
night in the house.
• Besides this they also need this types of house to
keep them free from rain, storm and adverse
weather.

18. Required Space for Sheep
• Flat or entresol floor can made for sheep.
• Probability of virus and worm is less in
entresol floor.
• And it is very healthy. Sheep needs less space
in this system.
• Required space for different types and aged of
sheep are described in the following chart.

19. Sheep Weight/Age Entresol Floor
(Squire Meter)
Straw Floor
(Squire Meter)
Big Female (Without
Baby)
68-90 Kg 0.95-1.1 1.2-1.4
Big Female (With Baby) 68-90 Kg 1.2-1.7 1.4-1.85
Small Female
(Without
Baby)
45-68 Kg 0.75-0.95 1.0-1.3
Small Female (With Baby) 45-68 Kg 1.0-1.4 1.3-1.75
Male Sheep 32 Kg 0.55-0.75 0.75-0.95
Male Sheep 23 Kg 0.45-0.55 0.65-0.95
Baby Sheep 6 Week – 0.4
Baby Sheep 2 Week – 0.15

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