Goat Fencing Shelter Plans

The fence is where goats leave. The shelter is where they stay dry. Build both right the first time.

Goat Fencing & Shelter Plans is a weekend builder's guide for a small goat farm: dimensioned drawings, build sequences and materials lists for the six structures every herd needs, plus the three fence systems small farms actually use. Everything is sized and braced for goats, which climb, lean, chew and test every gap, and everything can be built with a circular saw, a drill and a post hole digger. Measurements are in inches and feet on steel blue dimension lines; materials lists are written to take straight to the lumber yard.

• Before you build: site, drainage, orientation, materials that last, and the safety and permit notes to check first
• Tools and shared materials list, lumber sizes used in the plans, how to read the drawings
• Three-sided shelter 8 x 12: front and side elevations, floor plan with post layout, 7-step build sequence, full materials list
• Kidding pen 5 x 5 from removable panels with a 36 inch gate
• Milking stand: side elevation and plan, platform, head gate, feed box and optional ramp, with notes for miniature breeds
• Wall hay feeder with slanted slats and waste tray, front and section views
• Two-compartment mineral feeder
• Fencing: woven wire perimeter, corner and gate H-brace, electric netting for rotation, 16 x 16 cattle panel pen, materials per 100 feet
• Budget worksheet with build order and weekends needed