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Goat Milking Stand

 


Goat Milking Stand

Recently got a day off and so thankful my son helped me build our much needed goat milking stand. I used a few different plans to plan our build. We also customized it based on the materials we already had available and kept in mind the size we need for our mini Nubian goats.

Material list
  • 4 - 20 in. 2x4s for the legs
  • 2 - 46 in. 2x4s for the long sides (we used the longest we had that were already cut to save us some cutting)
  • 2 - 24 in. 2x4s for the width of the floor frame
We had leftover tongue and groove wood leftover from our pole barn build we cut to size to fit the total width of our floor frame and used scrap 2x4s for the rest






Head frame:
  • 2- 38 in 2x4s
  • 2- measured to size leftover wood pieces on either side of the 38 in 2x4s
  • 2 - Left over spindles (1 screwed down while the other left with one screw to be able to move back and forth when needed)
We just used hay twine to fasten together when needed but you depending on your preference you could also use a latch or whatever you’d like for this.

For the feeder we used plastic feeders from Amazon but you could also build this out of scrap wood as well if you wish.







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