Building a barn

[Mackoroni]

Ok so I was not sure whether or not to put this here but I did.

For one of my class projects I am to design out the layout of a barn. There is no limit of money or property. Pretty much it is our dream facility. She wants us to build a barn we actually want that way we know how much it would really cost us to build it.

Well I really don't want to own my own facility so I have decided to try and have some fun with this project. I want to build a facility that has miniature mules.

The problem lies in the fact of do I want to have it be a breeding facility or do I just want to "buy" the mules elsewhere and just house them there? Also, I am not quite sure on the dimensions for a miniature horse stall. Can anyone help me on these?

I plan to have a few regular size stalls in the barn as well as the miniatures but unfortunately I have to have the dimensions for every piece of the building. I must also draw the framework to scale. I have decided I am going to draw the outside of the barn (not required but if you have it and you lose points on other parts of the project it will out-weigh the loss).

The other fun part is if I am not breeding the mules on sight then I have to "buy" them. Well I have been searching for miniature mules for sale and haven't come across very many. If anyone sees any for sale (don't care where they are so long as they are in the US or Canada) please let me know. I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks guys!!!!!

[cursivenight]

That is the coolest project ever. I would make the stalls 10x10 or even fullsized, but thats just my personal opinion.

Good luck!

[silverleprichuan]

I'd do 12 x 12 for the standard stalls. I'd combine two stalls to create a 12 x 24 area and then divide this area in three. 8 x 12 is fine for a mini and the two extra spaces can be storage of some sorts.


Personally, I'd have 5-15 mares on site and then bring in a donkey stud. If you have a stud on property then you need an entire seperate barn.

Don't forget things such as shavings storage, hay and grain storage, tack room, places to groom or hold for a vet, and possibly a lounge.

[Mackoroni]

For the hay and sawdust I plan to have two separate barns. I have decided I am only going to have two 12 by 12 stalls. The rest will be for minis. If I am going to have a breeding barn I would like to have individual paddocks off of the breeding stalls. I want to have no more than 4 breeding stalls. But, like you said Silver, I am going to have to have a separate barn for any studs. Ugh, I just want to have fun with this but I keep making things so complicated.

Our previous projects that we did were a fencing project and a horse buying project. I will most likely use two horses from the buying project and revise my fencing a little bit for this one.

Thank you guys for your help though.

[Mackoroni]

Ok guys I really need your help on this again. I already said I was going to have separate barns for the sawdust and the hay. The problem is I don't know what size to make these barns. I have changed my project a bit. I am only making a 4 stall barn that has individual paddocks for each horse and then I will have one large pasture to put the horses out together. I am using my parents 166 acres of property as land so its not an issue of where I am putting buildings or how much land I have to work with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[cursivenight]

Well if you are breeding, and you plan on keeping stallions, you will need a separate pasture, at least.

It depends how often you want shavings shipped. It has to be tall enough for a delivery truck to back into, and dump, or at least a truck or whatever. So I'd say 14foot clearance? Check into that one. As for size, I's say 18 feet long, and at least 8 feet wide, so you can get a truck in there comfortably.

As for the other buildings it matters how long you want the stuff to stay stocked up, and if you want machingery to be able to fit.