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Barn and Property Progress |
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Below are pictures of our barn and property as we are beginning to make some progress on them. We bought the property in October of 2007 and have been quite busy trying to get it ready for the goats when they and I move in after I get married at the end of February 2008. My fiance is a woodworker and has done an amazing job so far! |
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This was the "barn" when we bought the property. It was actually more of a carport, but I knew that we could turn it into something that would work great. It was 20' x 32' originally. The back door leads out to the large pasture. |
This is after we added on to the front of the barn, we kicked it out 8' and added a 12' by 20' loft for hay and grain storage. |
This is after the roof has been put on, we have a covered entrance which will be nice in inclimate weather. Above the first section of roof will be cedar shakes that will also be on the sides of the barn from 8' and up. |
This is hard to tell, but it is the loft in the addition. |
This is the front of the barn, with all of the siding added to it. The back and side that had metal siding, now has wood siding to match the rest of the barn. The tarps are to protect the wood, not a long term look. : ) |
This is one of the coolest parts of the barn, I absolutely love the doors that he built. They are each 4' x 8' so that our trailer can still back up into the barn for unloading hay. |
This is the inside pens as they were being built. There are 5 pens total, that all have gates that flow through to each other, so that it can be 1 large pen or any combination in between. Each pen can also be split into smaller kidding pens with hog panels. |
This is a picture of what the gates look like. They are all hand made by me and my fiance, They mimic the spacing of a hog panel, so there are no escapees and are about 4.5' tall. |
This is a picture of the other pens. The large pen is about 10' x 20' and the middle pen is 10' x 10'. The pens are in a U shape and then I have about 10' x 20' for all of my supplies/ milking area, I have not decided how I am going to set that area up yet. |
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Also, one of the coolest parts of the barn, this is the dutch door that leads out to the pasture. This is the back of the barn, the door will have a top half as well. The back of the barn will also have an 8' awning so they can have shade and cover from rain when outside |
These are the gates to the buck pens. The pens are 6' tall as they have been known to jump over 5' before. The bottom half of the pens are hog panels for increased strength. They might be dwarf goats, but they do not lack will when they are in rut! |
This is the buck pens from the back of the barn, they are at the back of the property, with a very nice covered structure. We will be adding sides to it, as time allows. Each buck has a 25' x 25' foot pasture with the ability of it being 1 pasture. |
The Meaning of my farm name: Caprikoda Croft |
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Cap·rine (kâprine) adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a goat. Dakoda (dâkôda) n. 1. Loyal, loving companion Croft (krôft, kr oft) n. Chiefly British 1. A small enclosed field or pasture near a house. 2. A small farm, especially a tenant farm.
The above words are where my farm name comes from. Dakoda, (Kodi), is my blue heeler that truly has been an amazingly loyal companion. In November, 2007 she celebrated her 13th birthday!
Caprine is clearly to represent the Nigerian Dwarfs that call Caprikoda their home. The word croft is such a fitting description for my little farm. I used to live in a house attached to my goat’s pasture, where I was a tenant who farms. My fiance and I now own a house with property, it is still a small farm by all means, so croft is still quite fitting. |
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