Building a goat milking/kidding barn - question

[Kristi]

Hubby and I are building a shed/barn for my goat shenanigans, lol. It's going to be 12 x 16, half dedicated to hay storage, and half to a couple of kidding stalls and a milking area. I'm so excited, I have a big ol' window by the milk stanchion and everything

Question about the kidding stalls though - I have two alpine does, currently due a couple months apart. I plan to put each in a kidding stall when their time nears. The kidding stalls will be up against the wall that's attached to the outdoor goat yard. They will open to the inside, not directly into the yard.

I also plan to use the stalls to keep the babies separated from mom at night (after a couple weeks), so I can milk in the morning. Thinking mom can sleep outside and the babies inside. Then babies & mom can hang out in their yard all day. Until we sell them that is.

Do they need to be able to see each other through fencing (should I cut out the wall)? Will mom freak out if she can't get to her babies? Will the babies cry all night if they can't see/smell mom? Or will they forget about each other and just sleep? She could sleep right there if she wanted to.

No pics yet, we've just begun....

 

[Bossroo]

What may look good in theory and paper ... not so in reality. Back to the drawing board !

 

[Kristi]

Bossroo, thanks for your reply...but I don't know what it means! Maybe I need more coffee first

Are you saying my design is bad?

Leave the wall solid otherwise they'll destroy it?

Did I overexplain, and now nobody knows what I'm asking? (I tend to do that! LOL!)

?????

 

[Mike CHS]

Depending on how big your gate is - opening into the stall rather than outward may be problematic.

 

[1 old goat]

Hubby and I are building a shed/barn for my goat shenanigans, lol. It's going to be 12 x 16, half dedicated to hay storage, and half to a couple of kidding stalls and a milking area. I'm so excited, I have a big ol' window by the milk stanchion and everything

Question about the kidding stalls though - I have two alpine does, currently due a couple months apart. I plan to put each in a kidding stall when their time nears. The kidding stalls will be up against the wall that's attached to the outdoor goat yard. They will open to the inside, not directly into the yard.

I also plan to use the stalls to keep the babies separated from mom at night (after a couple weeks), so I can milk in the morning. Thinking mom can sleep outside and the babies inside. Then babies & mom can hang out in their yard all day. Until we sell them that is.

Do they need to be able to see each other through fencing (should I cut out the wall)? Will mom freak out if she can't get to her babies? Will the babies cry all night if they can't see/smell mom? Or will they forget about each other and just sleep? She could sleep right there if she wanted to.

No pics yet, we've just begun....

 

[1 old goat]

I have a goat shed 12x20, my milking area is 12x8, main room 12x8, pens 6x4 door open out to main room soild plywood 4" high. I also put small door on outside to small lot for babies. I leave babies with mom for 3 to 4 days then separate and bottle feed with milk replaser till weined. My barn is a lean to type 8" at back and 6 1/2 on front. All closed in with windows cut out and a hinged cover for windows to cover windows. The devider on each area is 4" high with door to each area. Hope this helps