I would find out what sort of shelter they are used to where they are from.
Mine had a deep shed in the paddock with a low roof (which they loved to stand on sometimes!). I tried bedding but they ate it mostly (straw and hay) so I mostly put in some rice hulls; which they also ate some of; but were not that keen on.
I used to graze them in the bigger paddocks during the day and put them in with shelter in the evenings (the fence was more secure in that paddock too). This made fetching them for morning milking easier and kept the dry (non-milking) ones nice and gentle 'cause they were handled everyday.
I found the ones I had to be extremely hardy and during kidding they'd rarely be using the shed when I went to check on them at night .....keep in mind I didn't check on them at night when they weren't kidding; I slept instead.
If I had poddy goats they'd live in a dog crate on the verandah to make night feeds easier and as they got older they'd go to the night paddock in the day with some other goats then gradually in with the herd.
How old will yours be when you get them?
Just as an aside I had a chook killing goat who'd chase the chooks silly then get them in a corner of a fence and stomp them!
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