Barns?

[patandchickens]

Huh, it's amazing how fast a barn can fill up with NONcritter things, like hay, lumber, fencing you got real cheap at an auction and may use someday, stuff off freecycle or that you picked up at the curb, things you're building, tools you're building them with, space to build 'em *in*, things DH is building, tools he's building them with, space he's building 'em in, etc etc etc... Plus older barns usually come with at least SOME areas where the roof is leaky or the siding lets rain in or the floor floods and so you can't use it for normal purposes...

So the menagerie may have to fit in around that sort of thing

Have fun

Pat

 

[mullers3acers]

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when we put up our barn we didn't think that it would never be filled. Now it has the grain wagon ,the trackor, cows, round hay bales, dh's shop and etc. Dh transfered the whole barn from another farm about 2 miles to our place.

 

[ametauss]

Ours is an open barn with three horse stalls.... One for food, one for tools and the other for critters... inside the barn we also built the chicken coop.... and the goat house..... and a temp open air chicken coop for newbies.... we also have two tractor trailer -trailers behind the open barn for storage and DH is making one into a work shed...

I love being able to have the running water and electricity to keep the water tub from freezing....

We fenced around the barn so the critters would have a LARGE space to "free range" on.... of course the chickens and turkeys will fly over the fence most days to peck at the ground on the other side.... I guess they think the weeds taste better on the other side...

 

[Rosalind]

Ours came pre-divided with interior walls. The hayloft is open though.

Room 1, south facing: Hospital/brooder/honeymoon suite for poultry. Has built-in roosts and windows. Has one door-size opening that used to hold hay/straw bales for Room 2, now open so that the feral barn cats can travel to catch mice.
Room 2: Storage for patio furniture, grill, etc.
Room 3: Horse stall/milking parlor, currently being used as a dog kennel. Room 3 is connected to Rooms 1&2 via a wide hallway.
Room 4: Woodworking shop & garden shed storage area.
Hayloft holds hay and lumber. Hallway contains mountain bikes hung up on hooks, DH's motorcycle, a yard tractor, a kayak in the rafters, snowblower, and the various hand tools are hung on hooks on the walls.

Future plans: Convert the bottom floor to 2-car garage space and move the woodworking shop to Room 2. Convert Room 4 to a ceramics studio. Convert part of the hayloft to an art studio w/ pull-out couch & bathroom for guests. Extend the roof to its original length to make a sort of back porch affair behind Room 4 and the adjoining woodshed.

This year's tasks: Clear out the manure pit under Room 3, do something about the apparent water lines/pump thing (broken-off pipes appear to be an ex-well), re-point the masonry in one corner.