How far away is your goat barn?

[frankcassiesmom]

I posted another thread a ways back about how close was too close. My husband has found another spot that's a ways farther away but allows for way easier fencing and a nice flat area for them and some hilly woods instead of just hilly woods. I'm just trying to get a sense of whether it's too far.

So how far away from the house is your goat barn? If it's somewhat far, does it feel TOO far in terms of milking everyday, spending time with the goats, etc.?

Thanks!

[KittenMittens89]

Mine is in my back yard hehehe. We portioned sections in our back yard for them keep in mind we have a big back yard. The furtherest pen is 500 yards away.

[yarrow]

Our barns are all very close to the house. Maybe 75feet? to the doe barn. The new kidding barn is even closer (we have the slab poured & plumbing roughed in. Will begin building on the milk room/bath/milking parlor next month. We are buidling it as an add-on to the house) Then the milking parlor end, will be attached to the new kidding barn via a covered walk way (only a 6ft walkway)... So.. when it's all finished I'll be able to go out deliver babies or milk and never have to really go outside. The buck barn is pretty close too, but it was built to the S.E. of the house.. where the wind carries away most of the smell.

susie, mo ozarks

[3ravens]

Hmmmmm, mine is about 2 years away.......... This year is gardens, fences, and fruit trees, next year is animals other than birds.....

[goatkid]

Which goat house? My buck pen is right outside my bedroom window. It originally was for the first doe kids I bought, but they outgrew it as adults. I really don't want the bucks that close, but it's the pen farthest from the does. My baby pen is in my back yard. The milkers are housed near my garage which I use as their milk parlor. It's about 50 yards from my back door.

[deetu]

Mine is 200 feet away and downhill... which makes coming back uphill a challenge in the winter. Luckily, I don't have dairy goats and have water and electric in the barn so it's easy... when there is not ice... Humm... getting my drift here (no snow pun intended)

This is a picture taken from my back deck.

[stanb999]

Well We have three different places...
First is the 4 stall barn and stanchion. This is about 100 ft from the house. This is close so we can watch them closely when giving birth and easy access for milking.

The next closest is the winter house. This is like 250 feet from the house. It's in a sheltered area with lots of trees and is bordered by tall brush. The brush isn't for eating tho. It's to keep the winter winds slower and give them a bit of shelter. This distance keeps the smells of spring off in the distance. But when carrying hay in deep snow it would be nice to have it a bit closer. LOL

The last area is about 100 yards or so. This is the summer pasture. They only need water when on pasture so it's really not a big deal at all. It keeps the buck smell well away from the house as well.

[Goatguy]

mine is across the road from my house (the house and farm are on different sides of the road). Maybe fifty yards from my house to the road, and 100 yards from the road to the barn. Its all fine and dandy except for the mid winter pregnancies. Getting up, dressed, and walking across the road every two hours to check labor status is NOT fun and is really the only time I wish the barn was closer. I do also wish it was closer so that I could run extension cords and hoses... but I get by with a hand pump well and coleman lanterns when needed.

[Hawkfamily]

Our main kidding/lambing barn is within about 20 steps from our back door. I love how close it is.

[Backfourty,MI.]

We have 2 big penned in areas 1 on each side of the barn with little lean two's & house in each then we have fenced in pasture areas also & they walk right to those everyday when it's nice weather here. The barn is probly 125 feet or so from the deck.

[catdance62]

Our main barn is about 100 yards away. There are also 2 smaller barns that are a little further in the different sections, one for kids being weaned and one for bucks/wethers.

[edmonds]

Our goats are about 150-200 yards away from the house. We have a fenced-in pen constructed from horse panels and wire fencing along one side of the barn underneath the roof overhang. The hay and goat block are here, and they use this as their base station. They aren't allowed to use the barn. We walk it twice a day, wife in morning, husband in evening (sometimes more). The walk is nice except when there is a strong north wind in winter. Then we just have to dress appropriately. We have no electricity by the barn and just use flashlights, but we have water. We are in north Alabama so only have to carry hot water out to the barn in the morning about a dozen times a year. A hay field separates the barn/pasture from the house so we can often see the goats from the house, sometimes watch with binoculars.