posted 13 years ago
If you are going to confine them, it needs to be built like Alcatraz. They will destroy ANYTHING when they are bored and their waste is so corrosive it will melt concrete faster than seawater.
If you are just letting them stay there for shelter and can go out freely, then you can get away with a lot less. We protect the walls with cattle panels and leave the floor plain (sloped to drain) with old hay or straw bedding. They root the bedding around but don't dig into the floor.
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