Cattle Barn Design

[Seth470]

Were having a 120" x 40" which has a 10" scrape passage and a 30" straw bedded area.
just wondering if anyone has got a rough idea how many cattle it could feed. we feed twice a day using a diet feeder.
Also anyone got a rough price for under ground slurry tank as we are thinking of having a slatted area at the end of the scrape passage.

 

[haymaker80]

We can feed about 65 450kg cattle along 120 foot feed barrier

 

[Suffolksucklers]

We have 85 of last year's march born calves in the same set up, maybe a couple of foot wider. Only fed once a day on tmr

 

[Seth470]

is that adlib or something else?

 

[Tilly's Boss]

Our cattle shed as a central passage way; whole shed is only 60ft wide so each side is about 22ft wide which I was always led to believe that’s the idea size so all cattle in the pen can feed at once. Shed is 105ft long, holds 45 400 - 600 kg cattle each side.

 

[devonshire farmer]

Were having a 120" x 40" which has a 10" scrape passage and a 30" straw bedded area.
just wondering if anyone has got a rough idea how many cattle it could feed. we feed twice a day using a diet feeder.
Also anyone got a rough price for under ground slurry tank as we are thinking of having a slatted area at the end of the scrape passage.

Feeding with a diet feeder 80 - 90 easily, if you want them all to feed at same time 120ft of barrier and 7 to a barrier of fat cattle is 56 cattle

 

[devonshire farmer]

We have same shed but 105ft long