Organic slatted sheds

[LandcruiserLad]

Organic slatted shed 50% rule

“Under this Regulation, a minimum 50% of the minimum internal floor area required for the animals must be of solid floor construction, and covered with straw or litter. The remainder of the floor is permitted to be of slatted construction, or of scraped non-strawed passages, or a combination of both.”

Just wondered if anyone had found an ingenious way around this? Either for sheep or cattle slats?

Could you build a shed like the ones in the photo and house ewes briefly prior to working on them say at scanning time?

Thanks

 

[jamesy]

Don’t know but they look cracking sheds!

 

[Nithsdale]

Those are fully slatted sheds... so fall foul of the 50% bedded restriction for "organic".

I don't really understand what you mean by 'get round this'.
They are dictating the shed spec for organic livestock... which is basically the same specs as a typical dairy cubicle shed (minus the actual cubicles)

 

[LandcruiserLad]

Plenty organic farmers must use slatted sheds.
Do they just build them twice as big ?

 

[Sharpy]

There are a few sheds round here with a concrete rise away from the slats, works fine. No experience of organics though.

 

[Highland Mule]

Don’t know but they look cracking sheds!

NSA Highland Sheep

https://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/nsa-scotland/highlandsheep/ Anyone coming up a look? Sure it will be a good day. The people involved are putting a hell of a lot of effort in to it. Come and see that scotland doesnt stop at inverness!

thefarmingforum.co.uk

If you'd made it across the Pentland Firth you could have had a proper look at them.

 

[jamesy]

NSA Highland Sheep

https://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/nsa-scotland/highlandsheep/ Anyone coming up a look? Sure it will be a good day. The people involved are putting a hell of a lot of effort in to it. Come and see that scotland doesnt stop at inverness!

thefarmingforum.co.uk

If you'd made it across the Pentland Firth you could have had a proper look at them.

Was going to but the Gods conspired against me!

 

[Highland Mule]

Was going to but the Gods conspired against me!

It was a pretty windy day to be on the Hamnavoe, from memory..

 

[jamesy]

I’d sail with the competition anyway!

 

[Highland Mule]

I’d sail with the competition anyway!

That was my choice when I went. I picked a calm day too, and was ready to postpone if it wasn’t a millpond. Saw the Ola disappear behind a wave when I was at Dunnet Head once and it scarred me for life!