The kids and I built a goat stanchion for our milking goat today. We have been using the back porch that has slats in it with one of them cut so it pivots and holds Mammas head in place (redneck, I know...), but Mamma hates climbing stairs, not to mention we look really strange to our neighbors milking a goat with her head stuck through the porch railing...SO, when we got paid this week, it was off to the hardware store for supplies. The following video was our inspiration:
Josh was very helpful, but we made a few mistakes because we weren't watching the video while we were building, obviously, and I read my written instructions wrong. I put the back legs on wrong, and subsequently put the back braces on wrong as well. No matter. It is still stable and functional. I also changed the way we put the feed bucket on the front of it. Instead of making a shelf, I just made a contraption with a few cuts of 1x4's with spacers in between to hang one of those hook-over feeders from. I think it works better than a shelf, used less wood, and took less time to make.
So, here are a few pictures from our building adventure today:
Make sure you have your "detailed" instructions
Bring everything inside, because it's cold out. Cover furniture with blankets. Make all your cuts and label them with a sharpie.
Make your frame...make sure everything is squared up.
Stand back and enjoy the fruits of your labor...unless you are a small girl...
Then just look cute and take a shnooze.
There's that bucket feeder thing I was talking about. NOW she's awake :)
And don't forget to get your head stuck trying to see how well the locking mechanism works...
The house is covered in sawdust, but we stayed warm all day and really like our finished product. So does Mamma, by the way.
