Camerov
Well-Known Member
After some advice / interested to hear what others would do with this set up:
95ac of permanent pasture which needs improving, ring fenced & water in every field.
2 sheds: One 60ft x 80ft clear span with side open with feed barrier the rest Concete blocked 8ft high then Yorkshire boarding
The other 75ft x 100ft fully enclosed with central passage way Concrete blocked 6ft high then Yorkshire boarding. (Not clear span)
Both have hardstanding floors but would be concreted & water in both.
Very early days in ideas but was thinking along the lines of filling the bigger shed with calves to rear as it’d be easy to split into pens & is more enclosed from the elements but has good ventilation. Keep some calves back & put in the other shed to bring on/finish further making use of the shed & grass? Then when that batch of calves have gone bring in another whilst the ones we’ve kept back are being taken on further?
Have briefly looked into calf rearing contracts & awaiting figures back, not sure whether that’s the way forward or whether to ‘paddle my own canoe’ & find a good supply myself?
Not interested in sheep, used to have them in the past & they just seem to want to escape or die or some days do both. Don’t really want to get into calving anything either.
Any ideas greatly appreciated & fully open to suggestions
95ac of permanent pasture which needs improving, ring fenced & water in every field.
2 sheds: One 60ft x 80ft clear span with side open with feed barrier the rest Concete blocked 8ft high then Yorkshire boarding
The other 75ft x 100ft fully enclosed with central passage way Concrete blocked 6ft high then Yorkshire boarding. (Not clear span)
Both have hardstanding floors but would be concreted & water in both.
Very early days in ideas but was thinking along the lines of filling the bigger shed with calves to rear as it’d be easy to split into pens & is more enclosed from the elements but has good ventilation. Keep some calves back & put in the other shed to bring on/finish further making use of the shed & grass? Then when that batch of calves have gone bring in another whilst the ones we’ve kept back are being taken on further?
Have briefly looked into calf rearing contracts & awaiting figures back, not sure whether that’s the way forward or whether to ‘paddle my own canoe’ & find a good supply myself?
Not interested in sheep, used to have them in the past & they just seem to want to escape or die or some days do both. Don’t really want to get into calving anything either.
Any ideas greatly appreciated & fully open to suggestions