posted 13 hours ago
This is an idea I've been mulling over for a few years, now. I haven't acted on it, because our tractor isn't working, and I know until it is, I won't be able to move it.
I use hog panels, connected with spiral joints, for my goats, because we have no way to set fence posts. One of my ideas, to make them less floppy, was to shorten them from 16ft to 12ft long. But the loss of square footage was more than I was happy with.
But, I've been looking into ibc totes, overturned, with a door cut out, for shelters, and on thinner, ski-like skids, those would be movable, even without the tractor. I've seen folks put a (food-safe) ibc tote or 55gal barrel on the back of a trailer, set up with a spigot, to fill a small trough. Rain-protected mineral tubs could then be attached to the trailer, too. But, I know I can't pull that, by hand.
I haven't gone so far as the milking parlor, because I want my milk in the fridge or ice, within minutes of milking it, so I bring my girls to the stand, on the front porch of my house, to milk, lol.
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