# Animal Barn and Pen: Minecraft Blueprint

> A 9 by 11 spruce barn opening into a hedge-walled grass pen with a gate and water.

Source: https://minebuildr.com/blueprints/animal-barn-pen

## Quick facts

- Category: Farms
- Style: Rustic
- Size: 23 wide, 13 long, 12 tall (blocks)
- Total blocks: 674
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Editions: Java and Bedrock 1.16+
- Biomes: Plains, Meadow, Any
- Download: Free .schem file (Java Edition WorldEdit format) on the page

## Description

Keep cows, sheep or pigs in a pen they cannot jump out of. The two-block hedge is too tall for animals, the barn stores hay and gives shelter, and a single fence gate lets you in.

## Materials

| Block | Count |
| --- | ---: |
| Spruce Planks | 256 |
| Grass Block | 131 |
| Dark Oak Stairs | 130 |
| Oak Leaves (placed by hand) | 60 |
| Cobblestone | 36 |
| Spruce Log | 28 |
| Dark Oak Planks | 13 |
| Hay Bale | 8 |
| Glass | 4 |
| Lantern | 3 |
| Chest | 1 |
| Composter | 1 |
| Spruce Door | 1 |
| Spruce Fence Gate | 1 |
| Water source (bucket) | 1 |

## Build steps

1. Barn base: Lay a 9 by 11 cobblestone base with a spruce plank floor inside.
2. Barn walls: Build spruce plank walls 5 blocks tall with spruce log corners. Leave a 3 by 3 opening in the middle of the side facing the pen and add a spruce door on the opposite side.
3. Barn roof: Build a north to south gable from dark oak stairs, overhanging one block, with a dark oak plank ridge.
4. Pen: Next to the opening, mark a 12 by 11 grass area. Surround it with a two-block-tall oak leaf hedge, with spruce log posts and lanterns on the far corners.
5. Gate and water: Place a spruce fence gate in the middle of the far hedge, with an air gap above it, and add one water source in the pen.
6. Inside the barn: Stack hay bales in a back corner and add a composter and chest.

## Tips

- Leaves you place yourself never decay.
- Lead animals in with their favourite food: wheat for cows and sheep, carrots for pigs.
- Animals cannot jump over a fence gate even with air above it.

## Related MineBuildr tools

- [Farm Efficiency Calculator](https://minebuildr.com/tools/farm-efficiency-calculator): Compare wheat, carrot, potato, melon and sugar cane farms — yields per hour, tile efficiency and AFK output.
- [Roof Designer](https://minebuildr.com/tools/roof-designer): Pick a roof style and pitch and get a stair/slab placement guide that fits your build footprint.

Preview image: https://minebuildr.com/__l5e/assets-v1/4c69d812-936d-47cc-beb6-37b751aebdc3/minecraft-blueprint-animal-barn-pen-iso.jpg