They do have a barn thing - they just aren't in it at the moment, they get put in it in winter, and taken for walks and all that other stuff. They don't seem miserable, it has to be said, they seem quite fat. They get branches and whatnot to munch on, so it isn't just grass.
Are goats not like sheep in that bringing them in increases disease risk?
How different are all the feral goats that you see in mountain ranges? I mean, it gets bloody cold in the Atlas mountains, and it has goats, I think.
I understand they don't have lanolin, but they do have a thick coat on em, greasy or not.
The hedge is pretty thick is mostly still in leaf, I'd shelter under it.
What I'm trying to see is if they actually need it - people bring sheep in, but everyone knows that that is a higher risk to the animal than keeping them out, its just the risk you take if you want to monitor lambing so you get an increased percentage, for greater profit (which is not a bad thing per se). Its an acceptable risk, if you will.