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<blockquote data-quote="HarryB97" data-source="post: 7150252" data-attributes="member: 8256"><p>It depends on how you feed your cattle as well. Our pens our 33 foot deep including a 13 foot scrape passage by 40 foot wide. As we feed concentrates once or twice per day alongside ad lib silage depending on the type of stock we need enough feeding space so a smaller bedded area doesn't matter as much as we can't fit as many stock in the pen as we don't feed a tmr thats available all day. I would never build a shed without a scrape passage it makes life so much easier if you work alone to shed out single animals and move them around. Our pens share a drinking trough between two pens which works okay but one of the pens has to go through their scrape gate and walk along the whole length of the pen to get to the trough. I do find that a scrape passage does use a fair bit more straw as there is more concentrated traffic in and out of the bedded area. We have to hire in a compact Avant loader to muck out the bedding area as it's to awkward with our telehandler. I would mark out your proposed design in the yard with road cones and try moving your loader around as if you were mucking out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarryB97, post: 7150252, member: 8256"] It depends on how you feed your cattle as well. Our pens our 33 foot deep including a 13 foot scrape passage by 40 foot wide. As we feed concentrates once or twice per day alongside ad lib silage depending on the type of stock we need enough feeding space so a smaller bedded area doesn't matter as much as we can't fit as many stock in the pen as we don't feed a tmr thats available all day. I would never build a shed without a scrape passage it makes life so much easier if you work alone to shed out single animals and move them around. Our pens share a drinking trough between two pens which works okay but one of the pens has to go through their scrape gate and walk along the whole length of the pen to get to the trough. I do find that a scrape passage does use a fair bit more straw as there is more concentrated traffic in and out of the bedded area. We have to hire in a compact Avant loader to muck out the bedding area as it's to awkward with our telehandler. I would mark out your proposed design in the yard with road cones and try moving your loader around as if you were mucking out. [/QUOTE]
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