Does anyone have plans for a wood goat milking stand they would share?

Thanks. sky

-- Sky Wolf (cherokee@centex.net), March 27, 2002

Answers

I quote:

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU CREATE A NEW THREAD/QUESTION:

STOP!!!

-- With over 15,700 questions and 140,000 answers to them in the archives, chances are excellent your question has been asked and answered before. Go back a page and scroll down to the categories. Open those which seem most related to your question

(in your case that would be [Goats (Dairy)]

and go through the titles. You can do this one-by-one or do a Control and F key at the same time to bring up a key word search box. Please only proceed with a new question if you have gone through this process.

The answer to your question is there - many times already!

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), March 27, 2002.

Don, I'm sure that at one time the replies to 'goat milking stand plans' were good replies and that the url's associated with those replies worked at one time but the fact is- if you'll take the time to do a search today. You will see that none of the url's are current and your reply is just one more non useful link that someone will persue-

Now, if you have a good link for goat milking stand plans, or you have some tucked away somewhere, I sure would appreciate your sending them to me or please post the 'working' url to this message board so that others can benefit from them but please do not end this discussion before anyone has had time to actually post a current answer.

Because yes, I did take the time and effort to search through the messages, answers and url's before I posted my question and I'm a little surprised that you spent that much time and effort in a reply that contained no useful information what so ever. Sincerely, sky

http://sky.khemosabi.org

Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au) responded to a message you left in the Countryside bboard:

The answer to your question is there - many times already!

-- Sky Wolf (sky@wolf.com), March 27, 2002.

Hi Sky, I got plans off of the Goat Shed site, but I believe that site if gone. Bernice posted them and when she reads this I'm sure she'll help you out. I printed the plans off or I would just email them to you. Good luck and have a great day.

-- sherry in Arkansas (chickadee259@yahoo.com), March 27, 2002.

Might check out these, didn't see anything that was readily accessible on the internet, didn't download the pdf files, connection just too slow for that.

Have suggested that the new Forum site have a reference area for things like this (plans and such), but don't know if it will or not.

http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/ec/ec1439/ec1439.html#anc hor5606778 Designs and plans for feed racks, panels, milking stand, and other equipment are available from Farm Building Plan Service, 228 Gilmore Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

http://www.ageng.ndsu.nodak.edu/exten/MIDWEST/plans/DAIRY.htm North Dakota Extension Service These plans provide conceptual information

eesc.orst.edu/AgComWebFile/EdMat/EC1439.pdf Oregon State Extension

www.utextension.utk.edu/pbfiles/pb1590.pdf Univ.Tennessee Extension How to obtain plans All of these plans are available through the Agricultural Extension office in your county

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), March 27, 2002.

There's an old book called "Build it better yourself" from Rodale press that has plans and pictures of a milk stand for goats.If you still haven't found any plans,I could photo copy the pages in the book and send them to you.Is the address at ( Cherokee Art )web site yours and would that be the place to send them.Post again if you still need the plans.

-- SM Steve (unreal@msn.com), March 27, 2002.

Made our goat stand from heavey wooden pallets over 20 years ago. It stand about a foot or so off of the ground and that makes for easy sitting postion for the milker. It is the size of a full pallet so there is pleanty of room also for milker and the goat together. Have the usualy neck lock and all. They are easy to make. Look in the past questions like mentioned for other ideas. Good Luck !!

-- Helena (windyacs@npacc.net), March 27, 2002.

I sent you the plans this morning Sky. For those interested I ahve 5 different plans for milking stands. And, I really find it quite contrite to admonsih someone for asking a question if they are new or not forum "Savvy!"

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.co,), March 27, 2002.

Thanks Bernice. We too needed this info for future use.

-- Hank (hsnrs@att.net), March 27, 2002.

You need plans? Its so easy to make a milk stand, plans arent needed. This is what I did. Take two 2 by 10s (sideboards of an old water bed).. nail them to scrap boards so they are side by side- this is the floor of the milk stand. Length isnt important- over 4 feet or so is fine. Attach 2 legs to one end. At the other end, attach two legs but have them go up to about 3 feet high. Attach these two legs together with 1 by 2s or something. and another 1 by two across the legs about a foot and a half down from this- the goat will stick its head between the legs that go up and between the 11 by2 that go across. Now you need a way to clamp the goats head/ neck in there- a swinging 2 by 4 with a wooden wedge at the top thats removeable. Attach a feed container so the goat eats while its being milked. My milker cost nothing, and only took an hour at most to build, its lasted a long time and will last a lot longer.

-- Kevin in NC (Vantravlrs@aol.com), March 27, 2002.