The one thing I hate most about our barn is it is new.
Now obviously there are some perks to it being new but generally what you see is what you get. Old barns not only have a ton of character but they seem to go on forever meaning there is room after room. My barn is just the one room. So I have to crowd all my animals, equipment, straw, and hay into this one area. It gets very congested. Just before Chloe came home I was actually successful in cleaning up the aisle way.
But with winter coming, I want to make sure I have enough room for everyone to come in from the cold or a severe storm if need be, so we went to work in reorganizing the setup once again. We seem to do this anytime a new critter enters the barn.
We separated the goats from the mini's aka the pig, pygmies and Heathcliffe (mini lamb), but by doing so the sheep lost their pen.
Since they spend the majority of the day outside in the pasture, we would simply find an empty stall for them overnight. (We don't leave them out overnight as we don't have a LSG and the area is popular for coyotes.) But recently, they have been starting to escape the pastures and we spend far too much time rounding them back up.
So they have lost the freedom to graze in the great outdoors....at least until spring when we will relook at the pasture fencing and situation. We are setting up a third stall in the barn for the sheep where they will spend their days and nights.
It`s not an ideal solution as it does mean I loose valuable space but until I get the pasture figured out and a LSG then they will have to settle with living indoors.