Learn how we built our milk stanchion in our small barn in todays video! A stanchion is an absolute necessity for a new family milk cow owner. Our family milk cow Ladybug was getting closer and closer to calving, and my wife needed a stanchion. So I decided to build her one for our anniversary. The problem was our barn was very small. We needed a stanchion design that fit in a small barn, and all the plans we saw on pinterest showed large stand alone stanchions that would take up too much space