Milking Stands

[Fullhousefarm]

My husband has been busy!

I told him I'm next. I'm still using the first single he made and it's been improved a lot. Now that I have a milk machine I want another one so that I can milk two at once when all the does freshen this winter.

 

[KellyK]

I have 3 goats due the beginning of October. First we have to get the kidding pens done than I am going to get the milking stand built. You all have given me some wonderful ideas on how to go about that. I should say given me ideas to give my husband so he can get it one built for me.

 

[lkmartin1230]

I know this thread was made a while ago, but does the pvc stand hold up very long?

 

[SteveElms]

Here are a couple of pictures of mine. I built it with three slots "just in case". It's 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep. The front legs are dug down to make it level since we are on a hill. The goats seem to like it and it's easy for me to sit in the middle to milk. I can also milk from behind the goats.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Nice stanchion @SteveElms! If you don't mind my asking, what breed are those two goats?

 

[SteveElms]

Thanks. The goats are Toggenburgs. I built the stanchon out of a bunch of lumber that we had laying around. Unfortunately most of it was 2x6's so it's heavy. I don't plan to move it but 1 more time into a milking barn once it's built.

 

[samssimonsays]

I am drooling over those metal stands.

 

[Latestarter]

I'm sure the PVC would last longer than wood since it's "plastic" and takes hundreds of years to "decompose".

 

[Nathan Justice]

This is ours - Poetry in PVC ain't it I LOVE how light weight it is (I can move it around with ONE hand!) and how easy it was to build....took an afternoon with me moving at my snails pace I build in...I actually found the design on a website for I think Pholia Farm (spelling...I dunno if I got it right)...it's designed for dwarf goats, but works just fine for the bigger goats too!

I love this idea! I may try this with my next milk stand!

 

[SteveElms]

One thing I learned when I built our stand was to make it bigger than you think you will need. Unfortunately I didn't go big enough and forgot to factor in the Nigerians. Now that we have weaned and are milking the Nigerians, I have to try to run the gate to keep them from all stampeding through and fighting over the stations on the stanchon. I'm going to make another one with 6 slots. That should keep us covered for the rest of this year (I hope).