Milking Stand
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The finished product
Why would someone who raises Cashmere goats need a milking stand? To give shots for one thing. 🙂 The little dears need to be groomed and to have their hooves trimmed occasionally and since Cashmere goats usually don’t have their horns removed those can be daunting tasks without a tool to immobilize the goat.
We found the plans on Fias Co Farm’s website, went to Lowe’s, purchased about $60 worth of materials and got to work. We finished in about 9 hours but I’m sure that someone with experience working with wood could knock it out in much less time. We also did all the sanding by hand.
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- Getting ready to cut the pieces
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- The frame for the base
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- Juliana filing wood with a Siamese cat stuffed into her jacket. Probably not the preferred technique.
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- The finished product
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- Front view
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The City Girl Farmer 
Very nice! Have you used it yet? It looks….well….so clean!
Comment by Fran June 11, 2009 @ 6:45 pmYour blog looks great! Hey, I need to ask you about trimming goats’ hooves! 🙂
Comment by Shalimar July 22, 2009 @ 8:08 am