09-23-2016, 09:44 PM
We built the goats a bit of a playground over the past couple of weeks for sunbaking and entertainment purposes 
. It needed to be sturdy due to the goats' tendency to destroy flimsy structures with their horns so the posts are concreted into the ground and there is quite a bit of reinforcement all round. I wanted it to be challenging to expand their horizons. One of the ramps is quite steep to the point we had to add some timber grips to assist the "heavier" members of the herd to actually get up to the highest platform. But the best bit seems to be the suspension bridge which has a decent amount of wobble to build up their balance and co-ordination. Only a couple of goats so far have dared try walking on it - they must be worried about the troll underneath 
. We also included some scratching posts made out of scrubbing brushes from the local $2 shop. Koby and Tawny are demonstrating the structure in the photos. We're going to add some tractor tyres, rocks and an all-weather mineral station.
. It needed to be sturdy due to the goats' tendency to destroy flimsy structures with their horns so the posts are concreted into the ground and there is quite a bit of reinforcement all round. I wanted it to be challenging to expand their horizons. One of the ramps is quite steep to the point we had to add some timber grips to assist the "heavier" members of the herd to actually get up to the highest platform. But the best bit seems to be the suspension bridge which has a decent amount of wobble to build up their balance and co-ordination. Only a couple of goats so far have dared try walking on it - they must be worried about the troll underneath . We also included some scratching posts made out of scrubbing brushes from the local $2 shop. Koby and Tawny are demonstrating the structure in the photos. We're going to add some tractor tyres, rocks and an all-weather mineral station.