I built a barn too - I started with pallets as the framework, sided with local milled lumber. I painted that with off color discount paint, then roofed it with some heavy plastic siding I picked up free of the side of the road. Total cost, $9 for the paint. For the kids, we built a panel to cut off about 1/3 of the small barn, and used plastic lattice to fill in the framework, leaving an opening big enough for the largest kids, too small for the smallest doe and used a scrap of fencing to make a closeable door for separation - it now serves as a creep feed so I can give growing kids their grain ration without mamas hogging it all. Because this barn has two doors, the second door is functional for the creep corner, and I can even fence off that door so there is a small outside yard, covered by the overhang porch area. The hay manger is in this porch area and accessible to both doors of the barn. I actually have a separate kidding stall in the much larger chicken coop, which the goats and chickens used to share. If I could do things over, I would have made my doe barn taller - I made the rookie mistake of making it "goat high" and now have to basically crouch in there to clean it... OOF! Otherwise, I love my little goat barn.
We called that type of door a "Dutch door " and made a similar door to close the top when desired. Goats are great but ever busy. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Oh! Priceless. Frost free water thing. Im in Canada. Just planning my homestead to purchase correct land. Your videos are just chalk full of so much help!! So grateful.
New subscriber here. I wish I'd seen your video a month ago. I just spent $700 on a 6x6 deer hunting blind to use as a chicken coop. I love it and it's very well built by the Amish. I'm disabled and didnt figure I could build it myself. But now I'm thinking of tackling a small shed for winter storage. We are overflowing with stuff.
Love the video. We had a mouse/rat problem in our beginning and changed over to metal cans and a barn cat that is worth his weight in gold. No more problems with those pests. Have a great rest of the day.
Glad I came across this! We just brought home two Nigerian Dwarf. We are looking to build a more permanent shelter for them, as we have a temporary, currently. This was helpful! 🙂 Great video!
I prefer the corrugated metal, going to use some for a privacy fence, great job. Ours hate rain, cold, heat, etc., lol, they like to be comfortable so we do our best for them.
Yeah for us it's too dangerous for them to have horns. They can literally get stuck almost anywhere. It would be 1000 times worse if they weren't disbudded
You say it’s “not fancy” but I would love to have it. 😉Love the red barn paint and half doors. The window was hard to put in? Looks like you thought of everything. We’re always making steps towards self-sufficiency too, though as we’re actually doing it, we can see that will not happen. We’re a medical family, so we also aren’t of the homestead background. In fact, our background is more of the “suburb” background. 😂The homestead life is a lovely one.
Found you on Big Bear Homestead. New sub :) We have goats but they are in a community 4H barn and were getting ready to buy some land so this is super helpful we will have to build a barn for them and I love yours and how it has the milking area!
I am glad I ran across you I built a leanto for my meat rabbits and I can just continue that leanto for my chickens and soon my dewarf mini nannies . If I just have two nannies my 8x8 she shed with a 40 ft run should be ok? I am just starting so any suggestions are welcomed
How wide is the run? The his need to be able to get exercise and play, things like that. Goats don't need grass really, it just causes them to get worms more often and keeps the mud down in heavy rains. If you are providing them with adequate hay and occasional grain they will be perfectly happy. Anytime we cut down brush or tree limbs with fresh leaves they always gobble them down.
We've been raising chickens for a while. The only way to truly keep your chickens safe is to lock them up at night. Our main issues are arial predators.
@@CattywampusAcres You mean on top of what I was seeing? It was not something I saw on the video...sorry if I misspoke. Netting is a good idea...with small openings...so birds and such can't get in.
@CattywampusAcres I am looking for the right fit and I will keep them in my bed room if I need to. 🤣😂🤣. Question, what is your favorite scent of your soaps? I mean besides the Miagee one. 😇
Great video, thanks for showing all the smaller structures too.
I built a barn too - I started with pallets as the framework, sided with local milled lumber. I painted that with off color discount paint, then roofed it with some heavy plastic siding I picked up free of the side of the road. Total cost, $9 for the paint. For the kids, we built a panel to cut off about 1/3 of the small barn, and used plastic lattice to fill in the framework, leaving an opening big enough for the largest kids, too small for the smallest doe and used a scrap of fencing to make a closeable door for separation - it now serves as a creep feed so I can give growing kids their grain ration without mamas hogging it all. Because this barn has two doors, the second door is functional for the creep corner, and I can even fence off that door so there is a small outside yard, covered by the overhang porch area. The hay manger is in this porch area and accessible to both doors of the barn. I actually have a separate kidding stall in the much larger chicken coop, which the goats and chickens used to share. If I could do things over, I would have made my doe barn taller - I made the rookie mistake of making it "goat high" and now have to basically crouch in there to clean it... OOF! Otherwise, I love my little goat barn.
How absolutely refreshing! No frills. Exactly everything that you need and nothing you don't. Functional and frugal!
We called that type of door a "Dutch door " and made a similar door to close the top when desired. Goats are great but ever busy. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
I can learn a lot from u and thanks for ur service
Thank you!
Nice video
Uncle Rico has his timing down perfectly.
He certainly does!
Hey Jason! Keep the goat video's coming. Your doing a good job. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you for your service! Looking to relocate from Colorado.
Thanks! Come on over to Georgia!
Our goats love it while prancing in the street. Fences covered by snow.
Oh! Priceless. Frost free water thing. Im in Canada. Just planning my homestead to purchase correct land. Your videos are just chalk full of so much help!! So grateful.
Thats great to hear! We are always happy to help!
Preach it brother. Thank you for your service. God bless Shalom
Thanks so much!
It’s a “Dutch” door lol. Great video, thanks!
New subscriber here. I wish I'd seen your video a month ago. I just spent $700 on a 6x6 deer hunting blind to use as a chicken coop. I love it and it's very well built by the Amish. I'm disabled and didnt figure I could build it myself. But now I'm thinking of tackling a small shed for winter storage. We are overflowing with stuff.
There's never enough building on a homestead lol!
so enjoy the the goats and barn tour. you think like i do . i use what i can . have a bless day
That's the best way to be 😁
It’s a goat porch! Very Cool!
Thanks!
Hi Jason, greetings from Spring, Texas Y’all. You have a nice place there. I salute you for your service. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thanks so much!!
Thank you for the info and thank you for your service as an officer!
Thanks!!
The for the tour enjoyed very much
Thanks for watching!
Your channel just came up in my feed. Cool structure! I have subscribed to follow along with you! - Rick
Awesome! Happy to have ya!!
Love the video. We had a mouse/rat problem in our beginning and changed over to metal cans and a barn cat that is worth his weight in gold. No more problems with those pests. Have a great rest of the day.
We are so tired of the rodents!
So many awesome realistic examples/options. Great tour! 🇺🇸💚
Thanks!
Thank you!good job!
Thanks!
Glad I came across this! We just brought home two Nigerian Dwarf. We are looking to build a more permanent shelter for them, as we have a temporary, currently. This was helpful! 🙂 Great video!
AWESOME! They are great animals, you will love them!
Try oil of pepermint to deal with your rhodent problem. Pepermint oil makes them itch and they will move on.
Love new ideas!
Great video thanks for keeping it real !!
Thanks!
Dutch door is it's proper name but half door is more understood here in Georgia .
Lol thanks!
The first 45sec of your video. Hooked me bud. Keep up the good work. SUBSCRIBED!!! LIKED !!!!
Thanks!
I prefer the corrugated metal, going to use some for a privacy fence, great job.
Ours hate rain, cold, heat, etc., lol, they like to be comfortable so we do our best for them.
Goats are interesting folks for sure
I just supported you.❤️
We call our igloo a “pigloo” because Hoss our AGH is currently using it until he no longer fits 😂.
I love it!
Hoping to have some goats soon. Thanks for sharing your info!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I am thinking about getting some goats.
DO IT! They are awesome!
Jolene is just looking for affection. Poor little underdog goat.🤣
Don't be fooled, she is tricky
Did you know that a goats horns are a part of their temp control. Dogs pant, and goats have horns to release excess heat.
Yeah for us it's too dangerous for them to have horns. They can literally get stuck almost anywhere. It would be 1000 times worse if they weren't disbudded
You say it’s “not fancy” but I would love to have it. 😉Love the red barn paint and half doors. The window was hard to put in? Looks like you thought of everything. We’re always making steps towards self-sufficiency too, though as we’re actually doing it, we can see that will not happen. We’re a medical family, so we also aren’t of the homestead background. In fact, our background is more of the “suburb” background. 😂The homestead life is a lovely one.
You can definitely do it! It was never our background either, start with what you can do!
Found you on Big Bear Homestead. New sub :) We have goats but they are in a community 4H barn and were getting ready to buy some land so this is super helpful we will have to build a barn for them and I love yours and how it has the milking area!
Thanks for checking us out! Its nice how easy goats actually are to raise!
The door.. if you buy another door latch and mount it to the side of the building you can just latch it open..
Great idea!
@@CattywampusAcres awesome video bro. Bro.. im new to your channel but I hit the subscribe
@@dippy2898 thanks!!!
Great ideas for minis! My large girls would destroy them though lol
We have 3 lamanchas they do well in that area
Dutch door 😄
That's the ticket!
Thank you for this video. A very practical setup, explained in an informative way.
Do you have many issues with goats escaping?
No. Learned early on with them lol
I love your homestead name. It must be a Jason thing, not being a carpenter. Eg. Coghill Farm's Jason Smith.
Thanks! Homestead stuff builder is more appropriate lol
Is it possible to put an overhang on the barns to collect water for the animals to drink?
I would say yes with a first flush system
I Am thinking about getting a goat so I would defennetly like more goat content pls I subbed :D
Will do!
I am glad I ran across you I built a leanto for my meat rabbits and I can just continue that leanto for my chickens and soon my dewarf mini nannies . If I just have two nannies my 8x8 she shed with a 40 ft run should be ok? I am just starting so any suggestions are welcomed
How wide is the run? The his need to be able to get exercise and play, things like that. Goats don't need grass really, it just causes them to get worms more often and keeps the mud down in heavy rains. If you are providing them with adequate hay and occasional grain they will be perfectly happy. Anytime we cut down brush or tree limbs with fresh leaves they always gobble them down.
Anything can get into the chicken run...the wire gaps for the wire on top are WAY wide enough for birds or snakes to get in.
We've been raising chickens for a while. The only way to truly keep your chickens safe is to lock them up at night. Our main issues are arial predators.
@@CattywampusAcres so why are the wire on the wide wide?
@@morgancalvi6675 our chicken run is covered in netting
@@CattywampusAcres You mean on top of what I was seeing? It was not something I saw on the video...sorry if I misspoke. Netting is a good idea...with small openings...so birds and such can't get in.
How? We are seniors. How? Can't drive a nail in straight. Put everything together with bungy cords?
What do you use for a heat lamp for the babies?
We have used an electric heater, but typically they all cuddle, so we don't need to help them
I keep telling my husband we can just do it .
Do it!!
@CattywampusAcres I am looking for the right fit and I will keep them in my bed room if I need to. 🤣😂🤣. Question, what is your favorite scent of your soaps? I mean besides the Miagee one. 😇
This time of year I like more citrus scents like seven seas.
@CattywampusAcres I ordered some this morning, that was on the list but didn't make it to the cart. Next time 😁
I'll be sending it out today!
Someone needs to talk to that rooster.
That guy is obnoxious lol
Dutch door.
sad the babies get taken away from their mothers so young. To bad they can't stay with mom after she is milked and milk left for her babies.
It doesn't bother them. The purpose of us raising dairy goats is for the milk.