Lucky for us we have lots of quirky friends who have access to odd things like flat bed tow trucks. Such friends come in handy when the need to bring home an oversized shed after weeks of scouring craigslist arise.
I can't even tell you how many nuts out there want to charge you brand new prices for a used shed and attempting to build yourself a shed this size would prove to be a bigger cost then one could even imagine...no seriously, I had no clue till we went to add up material cost.
So when we found this little ditty just down the road for a price that we couldn't turn down we jumped on it!
What you are looking at is an 8x12 Kloter Farm shed... whose roof is in slight disrepair, due to the trip home, but otherwise perfect for a few goats and a bunch of chickens!
John and Mason made quick work of partitioning off the shed to allow the chickens and goats to live in harmony together...but separate.
The chickens will live in the back half with a little chicken door cut out and access to their own run. While the goats will have front access with wide barn doors and access to the entire paddock that surrounds the shed.
The shed is completely wired and has plenty of lighting if we need.
I anticipate this to be particularly useful on those cold winter nights when heating lamps are a necessity.
Honestly though, what is a livestock shed without a porch? Built entirely of wood and scraps found around the yard...how could I possibly tell John he was wasting his time?
The porch actually helps shade some of the hot afternoon sun, keeping the inside of the shed about 10 degrees cooler then it had been prior to him putting the porch on.
It also makes a great place to sit and watch the chickens and goats "free range" each night for a while prior to locking them up for the night. The porch is also the best seat in the house when it comes to watching a lightening storm come through!!! I will eventually paint the entire shed the perfect barn red and give the trim a fresh coat of white paint.
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