Our Boys' New Mini Barn
So we are so excited about our new “some assembly required” mini barn. We have been so busy with all of this year’s kids that we haven’t had much time to write so I will fill you in…
It was always our intention to add on to our existing barn for the goats. The plans have been drawn and the list of materials needed has been made. Now we just have to build it. This will of course make the barn’s owner (dear father) very happy as he will be able to fit both the boat and motor home back inside.
We realized though that we might not want to keep our herd sires inside our ‘goat wing’ due to their potent fragrance in the spring and fall. To be equally fair to all of our goat children we decided that they too should have a barn for shelter in their pasture. We had several ideas for a shelter from tool sheds to calf igloos but eventually we found something just perfect for them. Online, we found what is called a ‘group calf hutch’. It looks just like a white colored miniature barn.
We figured that if it was 9’x8’x6’ and could house 4 to 6 growing cows it should be great for our pygora bucks and wethers. Also, since it had a 10 year warranty, we thought it may withstand our already rambunctious bucklings and wethers. So we ordered it and it arrived by today by freight in four pieces.
We requested that it be delivered on Friday (tomorrow) because Dad would be home and they said it would take several men to get it off of the truck. There was no reason to fear the mini barn’s early arrival though because SuperGirl powers always prevail at Fuzzy Fiber Farm!
The freight truck couldn’t fit into our driveway- which was okay because we were just happy that it made back the 4 miles of dirt road to get there. There was no need to worry about this little setback though because Olivia, age 15, hooked up the flatbed trailer and backed it down our long driveway to the freight truck. This is impressive! Your jaw should be open right now. Mom and Olivia unloaded the boxes onto the trailer and there it waits until the pieces can be assembled over the long holiday weekend.
We were told that it would take 2 men approximately 4 hours to assemble it. This seems like an exorbitant amount of time for assembly however I guess that means it won’t come apart easily either. Let’s just hope that they underestimated our SuperGirl powers for the assembly time also!
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