Set Up Your Own Small Animal Shed
If you built forts with Legos or Lincoln Logs when you were a kid, or if you’ve built retaining walls with landscape timbers as an adult, the building technique described in this article will be familiar. It involves stacking 4x6 landscape timbers “log cabin style” to create a small—and sturdy—animal shelter. This shelter is just the right size for a few goats, pigs, sheep, or chickens.
Some features of this building style make it unique:
• All you’ll have to worry about is the framework of the structure. You won’t have to install exterior or interior sheathing, siding, or paneling.• It’s easy to modify the size. To make a larger structure, use longer or additional timbers; to make a taller structure, stack the timbers higher.• The wall timbers and roof boards are screwed in place. You’ll just need a drill, a circular saw, and some basic hand tools.• It’s sturdy. Even the most ornery critter won’t be able to butt,• It’s versatile. Don’t need a small animal shed? How about a playhouse, or a shed for storage, potting, or wood?
