pictures of goat housing

[big-o]

I am brand new to goats. I am looking at building a small barn for some goats. I was thinking of something around 12x20. If anyone has any pictures of there goat housing that they would like to share please post some pictures. I know what I want to build but I am looking for some better ideas. Thanks...

[big-o]

I would like to ask what would be the size for stalls and how many would I need for 3 does(Nubian) and one buck? Would I need to build a separate structure for the buck? If anyone were going to build a small barn for 4 goats plus hay storage and a place to milk what size would you build? I realize I would have kids from the does but I will sale them. (hopefully).. This is what I am looking for, kind of a basic layout.

[LomahAcres]

Yes, you want to keep your buck complete apart from the girls, unless its time for them to be bred. I find I can comfortably keep 5 standard sized girls in shelter of 14 x 12' area. Kidding stalls are about 5 x 7'. If you dam raise you may want to make them a little bigger so you can keep new mom's and her kids in there longer for the bonding period. Or if you're like me, and still only have 1 kidding stall and 16 bred does due nearly all at once, and bottle raise kids, a 10 x 14 feet pen works great too. If you kid in the summer you might not need one at all. But still it's nice to have an extra space to seclude anything sick, injured, extra, or recovering or to even use as a breeding pen. My bucks are as far away from the girls as I can get them. Less likely to try and escape that way, less unwanted breedings. A large dog house type shelter with a wether or another buck pal to huddle with through the winter works pretty well for the boys.

Our milk room is about 9 x 10', we fit in 2 stands and have 2 people milking at once pretty comfortably.

Don't know if that helps, but there you have it.