Barn Pictures
 

Last Updated: 12/30/2011

These photos have been taken over the past few years of our barns. As with just about all farms, there's always things in the process of being done and that we would like to change. Here is what the barns at our little mini farm look like.

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Doe Barn
Our doe barn originally was half of what is now our buck/breeding barn. When our herd grew to more than a few animals we determined it was time to bring in a new barn. Our solution was a 10' x 20' storage building. This worked well while the herd was still small, but became quickly too small. So a 10' x 20' lean-to was built off the side facing the house for an addition. This was great for our increased herd size. In 2009 we decided to build a kidding/maternity addition onto the barn and this was off the opposite side of our barn. It too is approximately 10' x 20'. So our ending bar is 30' x 20'. In the Spring of 2009 we also added a 8' x 10' milk parlor off the rear but it is unfinished at this point.

Barn

Left & Middle: Doe Barn in Summer 2009. Right: Doe Barn in January 2008.

Stalls

Left: This photo was taken in October 2006 after we'd finished our first official stall in the barn. The second one in this photo, which has a kennel panel used as a gate has long since been finished. Right: The finished stall #2. I prefer these top two stalls for kiddings. They are both 4.5' x 6' and are a great size for kidding and raising babies until turn out (which is a couple days to 2 weeks after birth). They are then moved to the 'nursery side' of the barn to grow out with other moms and babies. We used hog panels for the first stall but had to add 2x4s to fill the rest of the space so does and kids don't just hop out of the stalls. The second stall was made with cattle panels but due to the larger holes in the panel, we covered it with 2x4 welded wire. This has worked well.

In the Spring of 2009 we added this addition to the barn, the 'nursery side'. I didn't want to put permanent stalls in this section just incase I just needed a large turn out for mothers and kids so we just used kennel panels for stalls and cattle panels for gates. These stalls were really large being approximately 8+' deep by 4.5' wide. Being that I knew things could change or I may need more stalls etc, I left everything in its original size so that it could still be used later after kidding was done. For 2010 we anticipate putting stalls in but perhaps adding a few permanent walls with removable gates.
 

Buck Barn
The current buck barn was the original goat barn. The larger side was the does and the smaller side the bucks, since you always have more does than bucks. However we have long since moved the does to their own barn down the hill and the bucks remain in the old barn. Currently they have a section about a third of the barn's total size to themselves. The front 3rd (or part closest to the house) is for the breeding pen. We have our breeding pen set-up where there can be 3 sections easily put up for separate breedings. This season we have kept 2 permanent. The breeding pen serves as a junior buck grow out pen as well in the off season. The buck barn has actually changed some on the inside since these photos were taken, I will try to get updated ones soon.

Barn

Left: The front view towards the buck barn. It has changed many times and will yet change more.
The middle two and Right: Breeding pen photos. Outside, gate and inside. The back portion of the inside will soon be added into the buck's barn for more space.
 

Other
Photos of our troughs, hay racks and other stuff.

Coming soon!