We’re moving our goats to a new area about 300′ from the old one, and the new goat house is almost ready. No, I’m not using a cheap camera; 90° angles are rare here, due to the use of salvaged lumber and also my inexperience with building anything on this scale; it’s sometimes difficult to push a thousand pounds of lumber into the perfect position and secure it with just two hands. But it’s darn solid and should be much nicer for the goats.
Here’s the front, with a nice wide door, to reduce the bottleneck when 9 goats try to rush through at once:
The basic structure is 4x4s with plywood sheathing, which would not stand up to the antics of a goat herd for very long, so the lower part inside is reinforced with, what else, shipping pallets:
…and their new pasture area is really, really ready for some munchin’:
The basic structure is 4x4s with plywood sheathing, which would not stand up to the antics of a goat herd for very long, so the lower part inside is reinforced with, what else, shipping pallets:
…and their new pasture area is really, really ready for some munchin’:
5 Comments
fantastic! your creations are always so beautiful . . . utilitarian, organic . . .
kate — Aug 2nd, 2011
nice goin’ dude!
Wot — Aug 2nd, 2011
sweet
Miriam — Aug 2nd, 2011
thanks, you guys! peter does good work, doesn’t he? i’m always so amazed by what he creates out of mostly scraps…
Teri — Aug 5th, 2011
I love it! Recycling/Reusing is wonderful when it comes out like this!
Kelly Lomax — Mar 4th, 2012
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