Goat Coop

The pictures explain most of the steps but I will give a walk through.

We started with our dog's bed frame. He had a crib mattress for size comparison. That's a good size for one goat but we have two and plans for maybe more:) so we built another the same size and put those babies together.

Next we raised the frame up because goats like to have height. 

Look at those cuties exploring the coop already.

We moved it into place before it got too heavy.

We used that wire for the floor, 16 gauge I believe.

We attached the wire with u-shaped nails. Next was to build up the frame for the walls and roof.

It isn't the biggest thing so a couple of 45 supports in the corner worked just fine.

We put roofing plywood down before the sheet metal to help hold more heat in the winter.

Web left these small diagonal openings for a breezeway to help cool it in the summer.

To protect the "window" openings from rain we put a board of hardiplank up

This is the flashing that needs to be put down before the sheet metal.

The seams and screws got siliconed.

Ta da, that's the front with the wider flashing because the roof drops down in the back. If it were angled the opposite the larger flashing would have been in the back. That makes sense, right?

Ok folks that's all I've got for y'all now. Hope you enjoyed the post, our goats just love having a place of their own and with all the rain we have been getting the coop has been their hideaway. 

Green, clean, and classy

Shalimar