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Posted by downsouth on March 26, 2012 at 09:15:13 from (64.12.116.74):

Someone earlier asked for information on building goat barns and pens including pictures. He got several replies but no pictures, so maybe the ideas I used when building mine will be of some help to him.

The sheds are 8' X 8'. I used 5" X 8' treated posts and concreted them in as we are in a huricane zone (these survived 101 mph wind a few years ago). The 2" X 4"s are also treated due to termites in our area. The sheet metal was given to me from a building tear down, this stuff was his left over due to rust and holes but it worked out perfectly for this use. The roof has very little fall since snow is not an issue here. I made it about 6' tall for my convienece, but it surely could be much shorter.
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I split the sheds in half with fencing and a gate which made each side 16' X 16'. The gate is always open so the goats have plenty of room until I have a mom with kids, then I can keep her and her kids seperate from the others.
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I also took some left over goat panel material and made some quick and cheap hay racks in the back of the sheds.
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BUT, goats can be a lot like chickens since they don't seem to care much about what they have for housing. I picked up these 300 gallon Rubermaid plastic stock tanks at the local farm and ranch supply (I made 4 of them). They had been returned because they leaked and were to be thrown away but hadn't been tossed due to their size. I gladly took them since they were free. I cut a hole in each side thinking they would be great for the kids to play on top of and under. Little did I know, the adult goats love them. During the hottest time of day they crowd under them. Seems like it would be hot under there and they would stay under the sheds they have but nope....this is their favorite hideout.
I've had to chain them to the corners of the pens because the buck stands up and walks around with it on his back, looks like a giant turtle. Unfortunatly he tends to drop it off right in front of the gate, so I had to keep him from blocking the gate.
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