Tips and tricks for combining a goat and chicken barn

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Many small farms have a barn that combines goat, chickens and other animals. This video shares tips for using your space efficiently. General tips for just goats and chickens are included. Goat bunk beds, goat feeder, grain trough, chicken pipe feeder, water nippless, space saver laying box.

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@caribecastaway6447 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone that actually uses their head to maximize the utilization of space and resources. This is just what I have been looking for. Thanks a bunch.

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I hope your animals prosper

@grinergirls210 2 ай бұрын

I think your barn is so cool! I love how creative you are with the bunk beds! I think you could run a goat version of an AirBnB!

@FlanaganHomestead 2 ай бұрын

You gave me a chuckle "goat air BNB" Thanks for the kind words and watching.

@f2dw 13 күн бұрын

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing this video. You inspired me!

@Kd4stt. 5 ай бұрын

Very good video, thanks.

@wabroad Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of lessening predators by having the goats close by, I am re-thinking how I want to organize our layout when we move to our new small lot in Jan!

@agrarianarc Жыл бұрын

I appreciate how frugal you are 👍🏽

@riahsrabbitry9268 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is the best set up I’ve seen. I can’t wait till I can expand from rabbits to goats and chickens.

@nikkibonbon1600 2 жыл бұрын

Love your barn with the trees beside it and how your barn is on a hill. Beautiful! Love your lay out. Innovative. Good way to make raising chickens and goats easier

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It is pretty up here. I do wish for a little more flatland though.

@theoetkers1798 Жыл бұрын

These are all literally genius ideas. Thank you so much for this video.

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

Thank you, enjoy.

@bonniemechefske3838 3 жыл бұрын

THIS. IS. GENIUS! Wow! Such efficient use of space! I'm totally going to copy this! Amazing! Subscribed! Well done sir!

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Many years of limited space and having chickens and goats brought me to this point.

@tiernanwearen8096 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead if you could only have one for homesteading witch would it be?

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

@@tiernanwearen8096 not sure if you are asking have chickens or goats or which breed of these. If I had to choose between chickens or goats I think I would take chickens. We eat lots of eggs and they produce quickly and cheaply. Can get into it with a lot less money as well.

@tiernanwearen8096 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead if you could only chose between pigs and goats as Homestead livestock witch would you choose and why?

@wolfsounds1 11 ай бұрын

Awesome idea! Thank you so much!

@josephmaxwell6259 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video! Thanks for the tips. We're starting our herd and are hoping to keep the chickens with/near them.

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment. Enjoy your chickens and goats we have for years.

@janellelouis4224 2 жыл бұрын

Wow 😮 i'm seriously in grateful for yiu sharing your ideas. You just solved multiple of our issues. we have 8 goats and we are ptetty new to being goat parents. We our lil guys at 2 days old last year unexpectedly so we have been learning as we go. i subscribed to your channel today. thank you again passing on your knowledge.

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing. I hope you enjoy your goat raising.

@ZacandCompany 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Thank you so much! One suggestion is to build a frame around the outdoor goat feeding trough using 2x4's, and then put in 2x4's vertically as well, with the end result being holes which they can stick their heads into, but they can't jump into. Taking it even further, you could make a V shape hole so they have to stick their head in up top and move it down lower, then they might not be able to pull back and drop food on the ground while chewing. This would only seem useful imo if feeding chunks of produce that they had a tendency to bite and drop because it's tough to get in one mouth full.

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment and the suggestions. I can improve on the feeder a bit

@TheKiltedHomesteader 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@katebing2944 3 жыл бұрын

Great design. Thank you for sharing.

@carriejensen9772 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video.

@JourneyWithUs13 10 ай бұрын

❤Kia Ora from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Thank You

@lostcreekcabin2021 2 жыл бұрын

That took some planning. Well thought out. 👍👍🇨🇦

@pizzawarlord9232 3 жыл бұрын

Nice set up

@queen_of_4 2 жыл бұрын

great ideas, especially the goat body guards.

@lizpurvis2386 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@muaviahasnain2768 3 жыл бұрын

It's really helpful thanks for wonderful video .....

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words good luck with your animals

@Outyonderranch 3 жыл бұрын

Nice shed love it....

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@cozyfarm4366 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍🙂

@MickSupper 10 күн бұрын

Probably 8 years that I have had chickens and the hens love to sleep and crap in the nesting boxes, and it dawned on me the other day that it might be because the laying boxes are higher than the roosts, so I'm thinking of putting my nesting boxes closer to the ground, lower than the roosts. Seeing your setup and I think that's why, because you have that perch sticking out so they can go inside and lay eggs and it's obvious that they are sleeping and crapping on that perch. Has anyone else came to that conclusion or is it something obvious that I am just now realizing? That pallet on the floor in the goat's pen is begging for rats and snakes to make their nests underneath. I wouldn't put a framed wood floor for goats or chickens because rotting is inevitable. My goats lay happily on the ground they built up with hay and their own poop. I did find some really good tips in this video though. I like what you did with the compost pile. For years I've been throwing food scraps in the chicken coop, but lately they don't seem to eat it and it brings in a ton of flies, so offering them to the goats and chickens sounds like a good idea.

@CC-dc3fe 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@danimal..1016 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@Philanthropy99 3 жыл бұрын

Love it

@victorm7274 2 жыл бұрын

I put a small roof over the goat feeder with an slanted top so chicken don’t get on top. It stop the goat from getting on top and pooping on it on their feed.

@hecksinc Жыл бұрын

Hi, I love your barn!! Very practical. I’m a beginner in the farm life, basically a city chick who inherited a lot of land in a country area so I always have questions… did you have to train/teach the chickens to go through the hole from the goat side into the chicken side or did they just know? Thank you for your video, I gained a ton of information!

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

I kept them in for a few days until they knew where home was (where they were to roost at night). Then I just left the hole open and they figured it out. There were a couple chickens that needed guidance for a day or two

@javmichel2068 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@tshell41 11 ай бұрын

I love your setup and have been working toward the same idea. How many chickens do you have and how big is their coop space?

@FlanaganHomestead 11 ай бұрын

I have had as few as six (when I wanted just eggs for myself) and as many as 30 when I sell off a few. Dozen at a time. Their dedicated space in the barn is only 5 feet by 8 feet. They have multiple heights of roosting bars. If they are crowded they can roost with the goats. Automatic chicken door let’s them out to pasture in the morning.

@REDonFIRE 5 ай бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead automatic chicken door?

@FlanaganHomestead 5 ай бұрын

@@REDonFIRE I have an automatic chicken door

@REDonFIRE 5 ай бұрын

@@FlanaganHomesteadHow do I set one up?

@FlanaganHomestead 5 ай бұрын

@@REDonFIRE the chicken doors are pretty simple. Find the one you like and buy it they come with good directions. Most important is how large of a hole to cut for that door. Usually they have a link to a video on how to install. I have run chicken

@henmaidstale Жыл бұрын

Awesome barn! How did youtube know I wanted to combine those animals? I need to research if the moisture from the goats breathing (and pooping) will contribute to frostbitten combs during sub zero weather. Any thoughts on hard winters with that set up?

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

Our computers and phones seem to know What we are looking for these days. How hard of a winter are you talking about? If I close the doors, even though it is not insulted, with a number of animals the temperature is warmer inside than out. This beats most negative affects of moisture.

@henmaidstale Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. We have stretches of sub zero temps and snow on the ground for 4 months some years.... frostbitten combs are common, sometimes we bring the chickens into the warm garage if it's going to be below 10. Yay for spring! I just don't want to make it worse by adding a few goats

@teffyvargas5916 3 жыл бұрын

This makes sense I lost a goat who broke into my chickens coop and ate their food , so I often see people have them together and don’t how that works

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. I too lost a goat that got into a full bag of chicken feed. It is amazing how small of a hole some goats can get through.

@REDonFIRE 5 ай бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead goats can’t eat chicken feed? I’m new to researching this.

@autobotsvsdecepticons9165 2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas! I have 4 ND does, I'm about to get a buck for breeding. Let me ask you, since you keep your buck with the herd do you have any problems with him trying to breed the kid goats? Also, do you separate your kids with their moms once they're born?

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he does try to breed with the young does as soon as they are mature enough to go into heat. Ideally we would let them mature more before breeding. I don’t worry about it too much. In nature multiple bucks breed anything in heat. The does that get pregnant have stayed healthy and do a pretty good job kidding. Not quite as good as the older does. I do not separate the kids from the moms since I am not currently milking. The moms do best feeding the kids the best natural nutrients when nursing them.

@autobotsvsdecepticons9165 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead thanks for your advice.

@djawnsjhilson218 2 жыл бұрын

Really great ideas and good use of work smarter and not harder! We only have 6 chickens and they are hard work! I can always appreciate any tricks to get more out of your effort!

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the ideas. If there is any questions you have I might be able to answer let me know.

@kazuza9 3 жыл бұрын

Good job. Do you milk your goats?

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

We have only milked our goats a few times. Just so the kids would know what it tastes like. We have considered doing it when several are in milk and learning the process of making cheese, soap etc but have not had the time yet.

@REDonFIRE 5 ай бұрын

Do I have to get chicken and goat feed or can they just graze off of the couple of acres I’m getting ?

@FlanaganHomestead 5 ай бұрын

They can graze off pasture exclusively if there is enough. I like to give a little grain in the morning just so they learn to come to me when I call. Some goat mineral available to them is important as well.

@farmingwithdalton9715 Жыл бұрын

So I see by watching your videos that your male goat is in with your females most of the time do you leave your buck in your round only reason I ask that is Nigerian dwarf goats cycle every 21 days and I’m looking into getting into breeding them, and some people say to separate the males. Just wondering what your take is on it

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

I leave him in. I know many would say not to do this. Occasionally I save a few does for spring breeding. This gives me baby goats in the fall. I can then take mom and her kids to my Christmas tree farm where I have a petting zoo. Everybody loves baby goats.

@MiguelSuarez-mp4jv Жыл бұрын

Love your channel. Is this barn insulated?

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment. No this barn is not insulated. The goats and chickens can handle the temperatures we get here as long as they have a way to stay dry and block the wind.

@MiguelSuarez-mp4jv Жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead Very cool and ty for the quick reply, I'm in south florida so no cold but pretty hot and humid, would you recommend insulation for something like this in a shaded area? Can't find a definitive answer but a fan is cheaper than insulation for a barn haha

@FlanaganHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@MiguelSuarez-mp4jv not sure what I would use in your situation. I think the most economical yet effective in your situation would be the large fabric covered rolls they use in pole barns.

@alexcruz4640 2 жыл бұрын

I’m new to homesteading so i might be wrong but is it possible that the chickens could pass diseases to the goats and vice versa?

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Some diseases but not many can be transferred between these two animals. The benefits I feel is greater than the risk. It is recommended by many including myself to have the chickens roost and the goats bed down in separate areas. They leave a lot of feces at this time which is the main mode of disease transference.

@tiernanwearen8096 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead does having the goats and the chickens in the same space make them both warmer?

@SuperGarden78 11 ай бұрын

What kind of flooring is it?

@bethanydavis6446 3 жыл бұрын

Do your bucks sleep in the same area as the does?

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, mine do. This makes for less control on timing of breeding but that is not something I am concerned about.

@theozarksjourneytoself-suf5420 3 жыл бұрын

Can you talk about adding ducks to the mix? LOL

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, I have considered adding ducks but don’t have any right now. So sorry I have no expertise there.

@theozarksjourneytoself-suf5420 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead Let me tell ya! Don't do it... hahaha!!!!! I need a miracle solution for how to keep the water clean. They want to dip their muddy beaks in EVERY water container out there... AND they try to swim in everything.. LOL

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

I knew they were messy. Hadn’t thought about dirtying water supply. Maybe keep water low for ducks. One higher up for goats and the water nipples for chickens.

@theozarksjourneytoself-suf5420 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead thanks for your reply. I did try the nipples at first with the chickens but they still wanted to drink out of the goat buckets of water. Lol. I have tried using every height of water container I could find and even have two low swimming pools for the ducks but they still want to get in the goats higher water trough. The only thing I have found that does seem to work the best is putting the water in a 5 gallon bucket but halfway down so that the ducks cannot reach it to get their beaks into it. However the smaller goats cannot get to that particular water.

@ssddpost 3 жыл бұрын

What are the goats used for?

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

First, they keep the brush down on my property. Second, they are in my petting zoo at my Christmas tree farm during sales season, also pumpkin patch petting zoo. Next, I breed them and sell goats. The Nigerian dwarfs are a good milk milk, although I am not currently milking them.

@ssddpost 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead Thanks. Your videos are great by the way. 👍

@kellypearsall4540 3 жыл бұрын

How do you control all the urine?

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Urine is absorbed in all the sawdust and shoveled out. I don’t keep it rotated as quickly as I should. I can be quite the problem.

@lastharvest4044 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead Check out biochar... easy enough to make and good to mix in with the sawdust

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

@@lastharvest4044 just did more biochar research. Very interesting. I will try to incorporate. Thanks.

@tiernanwearen8096 2 жыл бұрын

What about insulation?

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t insulate because we don’t have very extreme temps. Also there is always an opening for them to get in and out which allows heat out.

@kevincain2697 10 ай бұрын

U need to clean up all the chicken poop .

@FlanaganHomestead 10 ай бұрын

Can’t deny it is time for a cleaning

@umuzara9642 2 жыл бұрын

Kalo

@Specogecko 8 ай бұрын

I think your forgetting that goats pee aswell

@FlanaganHomestead 8 ай бұрын

Never forgot that. They seem to know how to stagger each other so this is not an issue

@Specogecko 8 ай бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead I’m talking about the concentration of urine on the ground and on the wood.

@ssddpost 3 жыл бұрын

The huge amounts of shit everywhere is scary.

@FlanaganHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not as much as you think it mixes in the sawdust and chips and it all looks bad. However it is much more than should have been there. I chose to not hide it as the reality is I was behind on my chores when I filmed it and wanted to be honest in my presentation. I do get behind as others do.

@ssddpost 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead I have a some land in a hot climate (4500sqm) and I am thinking about doing goats, chickens and citrus trees. It will be purely for a hobby. But I would like to do it properly and care well for the animals. They will basically be my pets.

@lastharvest4044 3 жыл бұрын

@@ssddpost Check out deep bedding, it works great with chickens if you have access to woodchips or sawdust. Once it gets going it breaks down in less than a day, and smells like forest floor at all times. Otherwise, you're either rotating daily-weekly or cleaning out almost daily (depending on space and stock density)

@lastharvest4044 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlanaganHomestead Yes, life happens.. many people don't consider what happens if you get sick, or just overburdened with the rest of the farm management. This barn has a great workflow.. I will incorporate some of your systems into my new chicken/goat barn. Very practical

@jasonmcbride9995 2 жыл бұрын

My friend. This may be the nastiest barn I've ever seen. Please clean out their water bowl.

@FlanaganHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Why I recorded the video right before cleaning the barn instead of after cleaning is a good question. You are right. How it looks in the video it did need cleaning. The water trough is rinsed out all the time not sure what you saw there. Thank you for watching and input.