They will need shelter at kidding time. The shelter need not be heated but heat lamps are required if kidding during cold winter months. We advise a barbed wire be stretched next to the ground on the inside. A second barbed wire on the inside at the top of the woven wire and a third barbed wire 3 inches above the woven wire. This will keep goats from going through, under or over the fence.
Electric fences work very well but training is required.
They do eat and grow rapidly on grass-alfalfa hay with some grain, but also thrive on brush, weeds and leaves. This is why they are a great animal for farm diversification, or when brush and weed control is needed. It is important to understand that protein builds muscle. Oats, barley, corn wheat bran, rice bran, soy meal and canola meal are grains that can be used. This does not need to be rolled.