Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

[ritchiekirkland]

Some shed this , 500 ewes, under floor scrapers and robot feeder 🫣

 

[unlacedgecko]

Looking for a cheap flight?

The flight isn't a problem. It's the visa issue I'm currently struggling to overcome.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Some shed this , 500 ewes, under floor scrapers and robot feeder 🫣

Where's that?

 

[ritchiekirkland]

Norway

 

[Jimdog1]

Chap down this way does thousands on slats with auto feeders. Hoppers and centreless augers.

 

[neilo]

I don’t know I really like the idea but the thought of slurry regs scares me. At the moment everything is straw bedded and it’s easier

Apparently, our lot in Wales, have decreed that everything under slats is to be treated as slurry, so needs a bunded concrete floor under them.

Or just carry on quietly...

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Apparently, our lot in Wales, have decreed that everything under slats is to be treated as slurry, so needs a bunded concrete floor under them.

Or just carry on quietly...

And bed up quick with straw if you get an inspection?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Chap down this way does thousands on slats with auto feeders. Hoppers and centreless augers.

That’s the set up that dreams are made of

 

[Stw88]

The shed will be the cheap part, it’s the tank that costs the money, and that was before concrete got to the price it is.

 

[Rich_ard]

Apparently, our lot in Wales, have decreed that everything under slats is to be treated as slurry, so needs a bunded concrete floor under them.

Or just carry on quietly...

In nz the clipping sheds were slats above then a holding pen below. Not sure if anyone ever mucked them out or if it just dried out.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Chap down this way does thousands on slats with auto feeders. Hoppers and centreless augers.

That's what I had planned for the disused calving shed here.

But apparently it's going to be used to store arable compost instead...

 

[livestock 1]

I did some frames with mesh on for sheep years ago
I didn’t know slats existed then for sheep
The sheep just live outside now
This was for feeding hoggs

 

[Sheepfog]

You could almost be guaranteed £200 for the ewe lambs at St Boswells in September if they are a decent size @Top Tip.

They’ll need to be out of big Park type ewes for that sale I think

 

[MJT]

Has anyone on here ever done anything with sheep slats?
Earth floor with removable slats that you can muck out with the forklift or is a shuttered tank worth the extra expense?
Just mulling over a few options at the moment for trying to get in-bye ewes off grass for a few months through the winter without putting in any more forage crop

Have a slatted shed with an earth floor here. Muck out once every 5 ish years with a mini digger.

 

[sheepwise]

That's what I had planned for the disused calving shed here.

But apparently it's going to be used to store arable compost instead...

So what's your theory for having the cattle outwintered and the sheep in. Wouldn't the logical thing be to finish your cattle inside and have the sheep out on root crops and hoppers if need be?

 

[Welderloon]

Go on….

Ooyahoorsir,, because they'll steal the eyes right oot o yer heid neebur.

 

[ritchiekirkland]

In nz the clipping sheds were slats above then a holding pen below. Not sure if anyone ever mucked them out or if it just dried out.

Sheep generally emptied out before they go in shearing sheds so not much shite under gratings . They do get cleaned out now and again though , there’s companies so it with big vacuum cleaners .

 

[livestock 1]

I had my mesh on wood frames it took a long time to get a foot of shyt it was a pain lifting them out to clean out
It’s a long time ago I can’t remember lifting them more than once a year but I might of
Only had sheep in a few months

 

[Hill Ground]

Day by day they are just backing out if the rain down here

Today looks OK ish now

 

[neilo]

Welshpool eerily quiet this morning.

Dropped load of ewe Hoggs and half a load of cull ewes in earlier. Almost felt like @sherg , arriving in the dark.