Goat Barn Plans and Shelter Ideas
Looking for goat barn plans and ideas for your farm? Here are a few we've considered adding to our own goat farm.
Before bringing home goats it is important to have your goat barn plans or shelter in place.
Goats need a draft-free area in winter and a place to get out of the elements if it's raining or storming. Don't be like us and try to build them a goat shelter the same day you bring them home.
It's horrible, it tends to not look as great as it could, and hastily built shelters might not hold up to some storms.
What Can You Use to Build
You can use anything from pallets to tin to even cattle panels with a tarp. It really does depend on how extravagant you want to get with your goat barn plans.
I've seen folks build an immaculate goat barn that also has kidding stalls, a milking parlor, and a hay storage area.
On the flip side, I've seen people zip tie a cattle panel to some t-posts and throw a tarp or something over the top to block the wind and rain.
Goat Barn Plans and Shelter Ideas
We decided to go the route of using pallets because my husband is able to rummage through a ginormous pile of pallets at work and take whatever he needs. Not all of them are in great shape so he really does have to dig.
But, so far the huts we built are holding up and they're fairly draft-free and keep them dry.
I wanted to show you the multitude of different options you could choose from when it comes to creating/building a goat barn.
These goat barn plans are great to get your creative juices flowing or you can simply choose from one of these options to mimic for your own goat farm.
Videos You Can Watch
Everyone loves a good "how-to" video and some folks just like being able to see things. These videos share how folks have put together their goat barn/shelters so you can see how it was done.
Pallet Shelter
Here's a video showing how this goat shelter was built using free pallets and tin. All of the materials can generally be found for free.
Another Pallet Shelter Build
If you can find an abundance of pallets free or cheap in your area you can build quite a few goat shelters for your goat herd.
Recycled Material Goat Shelter
Here's another shelter that is built similar to the one we have. Follow the video to see how they made their goat shelter.
Simple Panels and Tarp Goat Shelter
Here's a great video showing you how to build these easy DIY goat shelters with paneling and tarps.
Article Style Goat Plans
Rather than watching a video, these articles show how to build a goat barn/shelter. I'll be adding to this list as I find things that I think are cool or useful to share.
10x14 Goat Shelter Plans with Storage
This is "close" to the style of shelter we built for our hay storage and milking parlor. The goats want nothing to do with it as a shelter sadly.
Goat Shelter Plans
We used this variation for our goat barn. We have a dirt floor in ours rather than a concrete foundation floor.
Also, my husband built an up-off-the-ground bed for them to get on and put hay up there for warmth.
Dairy Goat Housing Floor Plans - Homesteading and Livestock
This is a great option for a goat barn layout if you have the area to build one. We'll likely build a bigger barn later as we need one.
Large Goat Barn/Shelter
This doesn't have any plans attached to it, but you can get an overall idea of how it's built based on the image.
DIY Goat Playhouse & Shelter
Building a Goat Barn
Here is an awesome goat barn that you can look at if you're still looking for goat barn plans for your herd.
A Post Apocalypse, Post Global Warming Igloo OR the Playhive - a Climbing Frame for Baby Goats or Children
Here's a nifty goat shelter idea that might be something you can use for goat barn plans but make straight walls instead of round walls.