We've been talking about getting goats for a little over a year now. Kayla has really been pushing the topic, probably because she's getting older and the longer we wait, less of her childhood will be spent with them. It took a little convincing, but once Tim came to terms with the idea, he was just as excited as Kayla and I were.
After months of research and talking with our new farmer buddy in Lebanon who breeds the goats we're going to pick up- we think we covered just about all basis.
Goat behavior
Goat diet
Best food brand for goats
Goat's favorite treats
What goats like to play with
Personality of different goats
Goat breeds
Breeding goats
Milking goats....
yea, we pretty much had everything covered and were ready to get going...
oh! Goat HOUSING! We couldn't possibly bring baby goats home without proper shelter!
Build a goat barn you say? No problem, my husband is a genius and can do all things, including building a goat shelter. And that's just what we're going to do!
A trip to the barn to see what we had for lumber and a few items at Home Depot and we got the start of what will be an awesome structure. Too bad its super cold out and it's going to SUCK being outside putting this thing together. We went back and forth about where the best spot for them would be. I wanted them out front so they were the first think you saw pulling up the drive. Tim liked the idea of them being out back so all summer long when we're hanging by the pool we can enjoy them. So guess what we ended up doing? Nope, usually I get it my way, this time Tim had the final say, and as much as I HATE to admit it- he was right (just this one time in 17 years of marriage haha). We decided to set up shop out back and get the construction on its way. It looks a little lifeless as everything is still very dead and brown, but once the spring comes and we have GREEN it'll be a great little goat home.
Before we actually began, we had taking several large trees down out back the week before. We had to cut the center of the logs out to allow a pathway for the John Deer to make it back and forth with materials for the new structure we were going to build. Luckily, Tim wears many hats, this day he was a lumberjack.
Here they come with the tools we need to get rocking and rolling!
This is the spot! Perfect view of the house and pool. Time to dig up some big rocks to make the area nice and clear for our new structure!
We know who's REALLY doing all the work here...
Here's a shot that actually has me in it, hard to tell from all my photos but I was equal parts in building this thing. Getting anyone to snap photos is usually a chore.
And the framing is just about done!
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