All by myself! And I’m pretty darned proud of myself!!! It’s not quite done~ still needs another screen in one window and to be painted~ going to be red with white trim. But it’s far enough along that the animals can move in and now some fence work is taking priority. I’ll get to the painting soon I hope! But since this is as far as it’s going to get for another few weeks I decided to pat myself on the back and show it off!!
It started as just a car port I had installed (so I didn’t build that part~ but I did all the rest!) It was just the metal uprights and the roof. Then I added the sides, ends, windows and the dutch doors. Harder than you think! I didn’t know how to build dutch doors~ and the mechanics behind lifting an 18 foot 2X4 over my head and holding it in place while fastening it to the frame almost defeated me!! But I got them up there! I also added a wall in the middle and screening so that ½ is for poultry and ½ is for goats. There is a pic of the smaller goat door (so goats can go in and out in the rain without having to have the large doors open. No pic of the even smaller poultry door because it is blocked by the temporary fence I put up to teach the ducks and guineas that they live in there now. It cost a little more than I anticipated~ good pressure treated wood costs a little more than I thought (and it weighs a LOT more than I thought!!!) All together~ the carport, wood, door hardware, more screws than I thought I needed and paint (when I get to it) the barn cost about $1500~ so not cheap but not nearly what it would have cost to have one built…….and I get to look out there and say “I did that!”
Pic with the dutch doors open on one end
dutch doors closed~ goat door open
Goat sneaking some feed on the poultry side (she KNOWS the chicken feed is in there and desperately wants in that side of the barn every chance she gets!)
pic of the inside from the poultry side