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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

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I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

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Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

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So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

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It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
I love all this. I was wondering though, do goats want to get on the feeder roof? They seem to always want to climb. I'd love shots of the new feeder in operation when it is finished too.
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
of course you can sluaghter a goat with a name ….. it just have to be the same name and a number :)
I do0t know how it is by you but here if its for own use you can sloughter at home
but mostly all farmers send the animals with the truck and get one or two sloughtered return
so the children /mom don´t know what animal they eat
even though the children very well accept the animals has to be sloughtered
it most be a nature law that they wont eat one they have known

the project looks good sofare :)

take care
Dennis
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
Nomercadies, I made the roof hopefully steep enough so they will not climb on it. They would ruin the feeder.
I will keep you posted.

Pb
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
Dennis, if it was up to me, we would eat goat all day long, and the first two goats we called "Steak" and "Stew" and we butchered them right here on the farm and stuck them in the fridge / freezer, but it was not as welcome on the table as the hamburger. So that was the end of home grown meet.

Now i hope to start building a chicken coop not too far out, and hope to not only eat the eggs, but the roosters or some of the hens too.

Pb
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
If you ever have some nasty, ugly on the inside, bat tempered, selfish, shallow, take your money and your house, should be living under a bridge, lady goats, I have a couple names you could use.
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
Sorry Nomer, we don't have the nasty, ugly on the inside, bat tempered, selfish, shallow, take your money and your house, should be living under a bridge, lady goats. We only have the Nancy and the Betsy type kinna goats you milk every morning and every eveing. The kind that steps in your milk bucket every once in a great while when you are just about done milking her. The kind that sometimes gets the gate open and eats all the fruit off your apricot tree when it is just about picking time.
 

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Old Goat Trough Falling Apart

It is the time of the your we get a little rain here in southern California AND we have baby goats on the way. So my kids are telling me that we need to replace the old feeder trough

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Grass Hardwood


I build this old feeder about 15 years ago, but it is time to retire this thing.
I need to get a roof over the new trough (the old one used to have a roof too) and we need more "key holes", because we are adding goats faster than we get rid of the goats. The kids keep naming the goats, and you can not butcher a goat with a name.

Vertebrate Mammal Grass Terrestrial animal Working animal


Here is the plan for the feeder. It takes just over 2 sheets of 3/4 exterior plywood and a hand full of studs.

Font Handwriting Triangle Parallel Schematic


So I spend my paycheck at Lowe's and got all the lumber. Time to make some saw dust.

Wood Flooring Floor Table Hardwood


Table Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Outdoor table


Wood Building Window Gas Saw


It was a good evening, I slept well last night.

Greetings, Farmer Pabull.
Your goats sound nice. Maybe I was thinking of sows. Anyway, please post some finished pictures and the ladies assembled for brunch?
 

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Assamble the trough

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The goats are asking "How long could it take to build a simple feeding trough, farmer Pabull?"

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i had a heck of a time getting the 2Ă—4 joinery to fit nice and snug without over spending a lot of time on it.

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I used Tidebond III and galv. screws so it would last a bit.

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It starts to look like something when the plywood goes on. I am not sure if I got the right plywood for this exterior project. I might have to put some extra paint on it to protect it from the elements.

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Here a goat's perspective on the trough.

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I will be back after painting. (and a couple more milkings)
PaBull.
;-)
 

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Assamble the trough

Goat Terrestrial animal Goat-antelope Horn Snout


The goats are asking "How long could it take to build a simple feeding trough, farmer Pabull?"

Wood Gas Hardwood Metal Machine


i had a heck of a time getting the 2Ă—4 joinery to fit nice and snug without over spending a lot of time on it.

Wood Rectangle Natural material Wood stain Hardwood


I used Tidebond III and galv. screws so it would last a bit.

Wood Gas Machine Engineering Plywood


It starts to look like something when the plywood goes on. I am not sure if I got the right plywood for this exterior project. I might have to put some extra paint on it to protect it from the elements.

Wood Gas Composite material Engineering Plywood


Here a goat's perspective on the trough.

Wood Stairs Wall Fixture Gas


I will be back after painting. (and a couple more milkings)
PaBull.
;-)
It looks like quite the roof pitch. Maybe later you can put up a YouTube video of how it works out. Do they have a pecking order as to who gets which spot?
 

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