TRIANGLE GOAT BARN UNDER CONSTRUCTION--new pics

[Bedste]

We have a pie shaped ACRE and are wanting to build a triangle Goat Barn in the tip of the edge of our property..... to better utilize the space we have for them to graze and roam etc. It would really help to see pics of other goat barns and also hear your suggestions.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Goats can graze a triangle quite well, however building a triangle barn that is big enough to be usefull/have them utilize the corner space in the barn might be more of a trick.

While it would look super cool I can see it being a pain to build. Plus if you have a super angular corner to your barn that gives a bossy goat a great place to truly corner a timid goat and beat the snot out of it.


Just stuff to consider.


We have an angular lot too. Our yard goes down to a very sharp point. I cut across the point with the fence line and planted a we have a pine tree there. The goats will eventually have shade from it but they can't get to it now to eat it.

I would drop a regular square/rectangle shed somewhere near the gate ( why haul buckets of stuff an acre away if you don't have to do so). But this is just my suggestion. I'm sure you'll get lots of barn ideas and be able to come up with something that works for you

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Sounds like a neat idea- but be aware of your zoning regulations in regard to set-backs. Here it's illegal to build anything right on the fenceline.

 

[Ms. Research]

Sounds like a neat idea- but be aware of your zoning regulations in regard to set-backs. Here it's illegal to build anything right on the fenceline.

Excellent advise. Most people install and then find out later that they have to remove. Most people don't even think because it's their property. But local governments don't look at it that way. Especially here in New Jersey.

Good sound advise. Always check permits and or the need of. They can make your life miserable.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I beleive here, the structure must be as far away from the fence line as it it tall. But I am not positive on that.

 

[jodief100]

Sounds like a neat idea- but be aware of your zoning regulations in regard to set-backs. Here it's illegal to build anything right on the fenceline.

Excellent advise. Most people install and then find out later that they have to remove. Most people don't even think because it's their property. But local governments don't look at it that way. Especially here in New Jersey.

Good sound advise. Always check permits and or the need of. They can make your life miserable.

I am soooooo glad I live in "govn't out of my business" Kentucky! All we had to do for our permit was stay out of the flood plain and 10' off the power lines. The permit was free. The county didn't even take thier cut. I guess they are smart enough to realize new workshop for us mean more tax revenue for them down the line.

I will try and get pics of the barn. The previous owners converted a tobacco bran to a cow barn and we converted it to a goat barn. I agree with just building a regular rectangular structure. I would not want to try and design a pie shaped building that is structurally sound and I am an engineer! It would cost more per square foot because you would have a lot of waste and couldn't use standard components.

 

[Ms. Research]

Sounds like a neat idea- but be aware of your zoning regulations in regard to set-backs. Here it's illegal to build anything right on the fenceline.

Excellent advise. Most people install and then find out later that they have to remove. Most people don't even think because it's their property. But local governments don't look at it that way. Especially here in New Jersey.

Good sound advise. Always check permits and or the need of. They can make your life miserable.

I am soooooo glad I live in "govn't out of my business" Kentucky! All we had to do for our permit was stay out of the flood plain and 10' off the power lines. The permit was free. The county didn't even take thier cut. I guess they are smart enough to realize new workshop for us mean more tax revenue for them down the line.

I will try and get pics of the barn. The previous owners converted a tobacco bran to a cow barn and we converted it to a goat barn. I agree with just building a regular rectangular structure. I would not want to try and design a pie shaped building that is structurally sound and I am an engineer! It would cost more per square foot because you would have a lot of waste and couldn't use standard components.

You don't know how fortunate you are to live in Kentucky. I call New Jersey, New Jokesey! I'm waiting for the law to pass for mandatory urine samples in this "Nanny" State. I need to go through an inquisition just to build a bunny shed in my own backyard. And we still don't know what it will cost in permit costs. What a joke. But enough of ugly politics. One thing I do know about Kentucky, if you purchased a property, just make sure marijuana doesn't start popping up on your land. Kentucky has been known to harvest from time to time and I know goats need "free reign" pasture. I don't know if that would have an affect on them, but reading so much (thanks to all the experts here) it appears as though their digestive system is really sensitive. Just a thought. I don't know but I thought I would just mention it in case.

 

[jodief100]

One thing I do know about Kentucky, if you purchased a property, just make sure marijuana doesn't start popping up on your land. Kentucky has been known to harvest from time to time and I know goats need "free reign" pasture. I don't know if that would have an affect on them, but reading so much (thanks to all the experts here) it appears as though their digestive system is really sensitive. Just a thought. I don't know but I thought I would just mention it in case.

We are fully aware. The helicopters do thier flybys every fall, at least twice. We have been approached by 3 different people about using some of our land for thier own "graden", waaaaaay back in the woods. Unofficialy, Mary Jane is probably the states biggest cash crop.

Do not get me wrong- I have never used it, have no intention of ever trying it. I think anyone who does is either a silly kid or a stupid adult. But I do wish they would quit wasting my tax dollars trying to stamp it out.

 

[TheMixedBag]

On the goats eating marijuana part, it's not listed as a toxic plant on Fiasco Farm, it just says in moderation, and from a few things I've read, it *can* have some health benefits (of course, no studies on it, mostly because it's weed). There's nothing toxic about marijuana, at least to us, so I don't think it would do anything to goats, except make 'em stoned, which might be a bit of a problem....

So, unless you have a MASSIVE field of it, I don't think one or two plants popping up here or there would hurt them any. I've even heard stories of operations that were busted with live goats on the property who were being used to eat the "leftovers" (much smarter than the idiots who tried using a brown bear once)

(and yes, before anyone asks, I do support marijuana-can't help it, Cali-born. I think it might be genetic)

 

[redtailgal]

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