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I love those! Some great ideas for goat shacks. I know mine have taken over the chicken coop and love walking on the roosts.20kidsonhill said:
TRIANGLE GOAT BARN UNDER CONSTRUCTION--new pics
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1MrsMagoo
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Your set up is really nice and very neat. Even though we are contractors by trade (remodel, trim, tile...used to frame) we tend to work 7 days a week so, of course, our projects never get finished the way we intend them too...lol.Kaitie09 said:
Ranging goats and chickens together works out quite well and I'm surprised more people don't do it. The goats keep a lot of predators away and the chickens turn the bedding/hay in the goat's house and keep it dry and bug free: Win win.
We've actually been talking about closing in the section you pointed out for feed storage and goose housing. It looks like it will be on our winter project list since we still have to finish the duck house and add another stall to the barn (our cow is due to calve in less than three weeks). I just got a breeding pair of Buff Saddleback Pomeranian geese (these are with my ducks in another pasture) and hopefully will get some goslings in the spring. If so, I plan on keeping a couple for flock alarms in with the chickens and putting them in that area. If we put up shelving I can keep my feed bins and extra bags of feed in there as well.
Aside from the front entrance, I have two others: One on the back and one on the opposite side. I can access the whole interior once in...just have to open some interior doors used to section off the nursery/juvenile birds from the biguns. Both the other doors are large dutch doors. I open the top for the chickens to go in and out and if I need in, I can open the bottom to get in. So far, it has worked great. They've been out there for nearly two years and I've only lost two birds, both of whom tried hiding outside all night: The owls got them.
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the photo of your goat peaking over the wall.....SO cute!Thank you. We added an addition to the garage and decided to let the contractor just build this too. He built the base and framing, and we finished the walls. The roof was left over from the garage. We had a tricky time because the ground we live on is almost at a 45 degree angle. We had to bury and stack cinder blocks, and then we filled them with concrete. The goats have a covered deck and they mainly sleep out there until winter. It is great for them because they hate the rain, so at least they can lay outside during the day. We are slowly working on finishing it too. We just have to add the lattice to the bottom, and then that will be opened for so the goats can lay in the cool dirt during the summer, and we planted a few bushes out front. The chicken side was recently painted, and the middle is partially being used right now for a brooder. We also added a loft above the goats side and that can hold about 8 bales of hay and a couple bags of shavings.The great thing is that we leave the front doors open during the day so it gets great ventilation and lighting.
We added a pop door on the chicken run so that we can let the chicken free range in the goats yard. They have about a half acre and this fall we are building a paddock and keeping the goats there for the winter while we plant grass. The don't go past the chicken run anyways during the winter, so we might as well keep them there.
The goat that is popping out is Ruby Sue (named off of Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation, for her flipped ear). She does it every time we walk out there, mainly because she will get a little treat. She is the only one that will let us really pet her, and she tends to lean on you like a dog so you can scratch her.
We added a pop door on the chicken run so that we can let the chicken free range in the goats yard. They have about a half acre and this fall we are building a paddock and keeping the goats there for the winter while we plant grass. The don't go past the chicken run anyways during the winter, so we might as well keep them there.
The goat that is popping out is Ruby Sue (named off of Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation, for her flipped ear). She does it every time we walk out there, mainly because she will get a little treat. She is the only one that will let us really pet her, and she tends to lean on you like a dog so you can scratch her.
1MrsMagoo
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Goats do love treats as much as they hate getting wet! Great name and source for the name (classic movie-should be required viewing) and she seems like a very sweet girl who's just chock full of personality.Kaitie09 said:
All my goats are friendly and want their ears scratched when I am out there (so does our cow). All but one of them were bottle babies though and the oldest still doesn't think she's a goat. The one who was raised by his mother eventually became as friendly as the rest, just took a lot longer to let his guard down completely. Actually, he enjoys being scratched and petted more than the rest now. This is Lightning: His father was a Nubian and the mother a Nigerian...
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Bedste
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I will be posting pics on FaceBook in an album entitled TriangleGoatBarn incase anyone wants to watch the construction and see the plans. I will take pics each day as the construction continues and I will add pics of the actual plans that are drawn up too. http://www.facebook.com/evajoy
If I need to be your friend in order for you to view the pics just request my friendship and add the message that you are a goat/pig friend. I need all the goat/pig friends I can get..... lol. You all have already helped me to keep all the JoyHouse critters healthy and thriving.
If I need to be your friend in order for you to view the pics just request my friendship and add the message that you are a goat/pig friend. I need all the goat/pig friends I can get..... lol. You all have already helped me to keep all the JoyHouse critters healthy and thriving.
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Bedste
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This might work better......... http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2336040927524.2137498.1444875430&l=7d6e4fb42d&type=1
savingdogs
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Very cool! What a great use of space....
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Bedste
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today they are pouring concrete on the first section. Marla is 60 years old and doing this great project one section at a time.... actually one section a week or two... But by golly it is going to be the prettiest triangle Goat Barn on the planet......\
GOD BLESS MARLA!
GOD BLESS MARLA!
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Bedste
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I just posted more pics on the FB link..... and will post more this evening. This is a great way to use up a previously unused piece of the property..... "the back triangle"
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2336040927524.2137498.1444875430&type=1
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2336040927524.2137498.1444875430&type=1
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Bedste
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2336040927524.2137498.1444875430&type=1
sorry for the double post of the link.... it did not work correctly the first time
sorry for the double post of the link.... it did not work correctly the first time
