New build sheep shed

Alan · Jan 27, 2018

I am planning on putting an application in for a capital grant for sheep housing/general storage shed. The grant maximum pay out is £25k and would be looking to put 10k in myself. I have to get three quotes for the exact same spec. My question is how would you spec your shed for sheep/ general storage if you had 35k to play with? Would an overhang on 1 side be best and feed outside the shed(tmr) thoughts?

marco · Jan 27, 2018

Maximum square footage you can get for your money. Central passage for feeding one side and single pens/ the other

Forever Fendt · Jan 27, 2018

The one i built worked very well for the time i used it 90ft x48ft x14ft eaves with a central passage and pens on one side with devision gates and feed barriers down the front, opposite side group pens for about 10 ewes and lambs ,with first 2 bays for single pens all posts on sockets so whole shed can be striped out

Andy84 · Jan 27, 2018

Following

Ollieb · Jan 28, 2018

Main pens one side, individual pens the other.

hillman · Jan 28, 2018

First question what way are you hoping to feed them
Next what exactly do want from the sheep part,just housing or single lambing pens and all as well ?
Size and width would be handy

We all have ideas but when your working off a mental image that bears no reality to the actual shed it's harder to help

neilo · Jan 29, 2018

As big a shed as you can afford. Feed barrier down one side with a cantilever over, with access to put bales over into pens with a loader. Leave the floor space clutter free and open, so that use isn't tied to sheep, which may be gone in a couple of years. If wanted, subdivide with gates that can be removed easily. If lambing inside, make pens up inside the main pens, so you can just pop them in easily, as you'll need less space in the main pens as lambing progresses anyway. Never, ever design in a need to spend hours feeding them by hand.

Grant application paperwork might complicate things, but a GP 'storage' shed has far fewer planning stipulations than a 'livestock' shed.

FIL46 · Jan 31, 2018

Here is my new shed layout 60x40x13feet

Poorbuthappy · Feb 1, 2018

I'd be seriously looking at plastic slats and a system that works with that.

msheep66 · Feb 1, 2018

I would definitely go for walkthrough feeders as its hard work feeding sheep in troughs. Had some for over 20 years saved a lot of work,

hendrebc · Feb 1, 2018

Dont know much about layout but working to a budget just make it as big as you can amd leave room to extend too it at some point if you wanted. A shed for lambing can never be too big your bound to use it some time. Worry about things like walk through feeders later when the shed is up and you have more money to do it. I just use the ring feeders the sheep had out in the field with them and turn the ewes out to troughs in the yard and bed down when theyre out. Make pens with hurdles and gates and lots of string. Not ideal but works well

bobajob · Feb 2, 2018

Here is our sheep shed, not got any housed yet this year, trying to save straw and got a bit more scope from 2 years ago to run them outside for a few more weeks. Feed them a tmr. Don't generally like putting pics up of sheep housing on here- it often ends up with people with sheep sheds getting grief from others etc!

young&keen · Feb 2, 2018

bobajob said:
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Here is our sheep shed, not got any housed yet this year, trying to save straw and got a bit more scope from 2 years ago to run them outside for a few more weeks. Feed them a tmr. Don't generally like putting pics up of sheep housing on here- it often ends up with people with sheep sheds getting grief from others etc!

That's impressive! What size pens are they and how many sheep to a pen?

bobajob · Feb 2, 2018

Pens are approx 17’ x 20’. About 45ish ewes to a pen. About 700 in for lambing.

glasshouse · Feb 2, 2018

Sheep inside

glasshouse · Feb 2, 2018

msheep66 said:
I would definitely go for walkthrough feeders as its hard work feeding sheep in troughs. Had some for over 20 years saved a lot of work,
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i hate getting tripped in walk through feeders and rats live under them.
better with a feed fence with a 6ft passage or 12ft if tractor needs to go down.
i used 12ft feed barriers and drilled 25mm holes in the concrete so the pin went right down into it.

dannewhouse · Feb 3, 2018

as wider span as you can, then when you extend you have a massive shed!
30x90 wont ever get any bigger unless 30ft is ideal width for your job?
but say 45x60 (which ever way around) will be a big shed if you extend it in a year or 2?

perhaps use grant money for the building get it as big etc as you can, manage with hurdles and band for a few years until you save up to kit it out?
herd folk using hestons around a building as couldn't afford panels or cladding straight away.

Andy84 · Feb 3, 2018

dannewhouse said:
as wider span as you can, then when you extend you have a massive shed!
30x90 wont ever get any bigger unless 30ft is ideal width for your job?
but say 45x60 (which ever way around) will be a big shed if you extend it in a year or 2?

perhaps use grant money for the building get it as big etc as you can, manage with hurdles and band for a few years until you save up to kit it out?
herd folk using hestons around a building as couldn't afford panels or cladding straight away.

Panels would be cheaper than Heston's this year!

dannewhouse · Feb 3, 2018

Andy84 said:
Panels would be cheaper than Heston's this year!

haha there's always 1

Jim t · Feb 3, 2018

Please tell me where are you getting the grant from ?

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