scoffcruddle
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No specific sheep thread on here so it’s about time.
Nice shed.



Nice shed.



You could use some of those raised up on concrete sleepers.I could do with some form of portable slat system,sit a raised pen down in the silage barn then hook it out the way for the rest of the year,there isn’t enough money in sheep to be building slatted tanks for such a short housing period.
A neighbour put in a raised plastic slat system in a dry shed and he's sorry he didn't put in a tank now. He reckons its hassle and it is I suppose.I could do with some form of portable slat system,sit a raised pen down in the silage barn then hook it out the way for the rest of the year,there isn’t enough money in sheep to be building slatted tanks for such a short housing period.
It's a tricky one getting the feed right on slats. I'm feeding all bales, I sweep each pen once a day, probably no need to but I do it anyways. Have one pen of cheviot x ewes, now they would bed themselves with silage they pull that much in. Why it's just that pen I don't know. The lleyn and suffolk x ewes and other pens of cheviots would pull hardly any in. Made a ladder thingy out of re-bar to put down on their silage and it stops them pulling it in. Can only pull at small bits.Neighbour who is one of the " teagasc better sheep farmers program " has them plastic slats in a good while .i seen them jan 15 and came from " jetwash ltd " in carrigallen.do alot of pig work and have office in England.
He says that unless it's precision chop silage forget it and unless the pens fairly full they are dirty.
He lifted cattle slats and put these in for the sheep
I was thinking of using box type crash barrier and welded them together and lifting in one.You could use some of those raised up on concrete sleepers.
Dunbia slaughter house down the road from me has a raised shed and they clean out using a bobcat,the mucks fairly dry.A neighbour put in a raised plastic slat system in a dry shed and he's sorry he didn't put in a tank now. He reckons its hassle and it is I suppose.
Ya could do a 3/4 foot deep bock/poured tank with a sump for adjatating at reasonable money especially if you could do the work yourself
Cracking looking lambs.These lads are glad to be in today. We don't keep that many so some that were out were brought back in on Friday after looking at the forecast. Their field is right beside the shed so it's easy to let them in for a bad night or so. View attachment 86955View attachment 86956
They aren't cheap!How much extra would the sheep slatts cost? Would you be better off with an extra span on the shed and a straw blower?
I was thinking charollais, thin skinned. They do look well.Cracking looking lambs.
Charolais?
I see you double tag the lambs. Are you recording anything with them?
Yes ch. There a few pedigree ones that the lads have as an interest, although numbers have gotten a bit out of hand. We tag as they leave individual pens to keep tabs on parentage etc.Cracking looking lambs.
Charolais?
I see you double tag the lambs. Are you recording anything with them?
A standard bay with a 15ft wide tank is working out at rougly 1k, that's with the fibreglass runners. For the same bay timber is around 300.How much extra would the sheep slatts cost? Would you be better off with an extra span on the shed and a straw blower?
Like all sheep the cold frosty weather didn't bother them at all but they wouldn't like today's weather, 3 degrees and wet.I was thinking charollais, thin skinned. They do look well.
Lambs nor calves like being cold and wet. Charollais just have a reputation for being thinner skinned than natives.Like all sheep the cold frosty weather didn't bother them at all but they wouldn't like today's weather, 3 degrees and wet.
What size are your slatted pens?A standard bay with a 15ft wide tank is working out at rougly 1k, that's with the fibreglass runners. For the same bay timber is around 300.
There's 25 there in that pen, standard bay, 15ft tank and another half a foot of concrete at the barrier. Have other pens then over 18ft deep and have had 33 ewes in each bay.What size are your slatted pens?
How many ewes per pen?
Their lleyns. No texels here, not a fan!Nice pen of texels there