Shed pics/layouts for sucklers!!

[Bossfarmer]

Concrete done your self will be half price, opposed to getting the pros in, roughly.

Its just a case of levelling it into place? Bn a long time since ive done it

 

[Hilly]

Its just a case of levelling it into place? Bn a long time since ive done it

No its semi skilled, if you have no clue pay pros or you will gt into bother, concrete has no forgivness.

 

[beefandsleep]

Bedded area base height should be slightly lower than the concrete feed passage, I would only clean out the bedding area once every 6 months, some people like doing it every 6 weeks but takes more straw this way.

If I don’t clean sheds out every 2-3 months I get problems with digital dermatitis.

 

[Henarar]

Only 10k cheaper

Only !!! ONLY!!!!!!!!! I like the way you say Only

 

[milkloss]

We always use for more for the first month.

We don’t use a layer of recycled wood chip in the bottom of the yards. Helps drainage and saves that multilayer of straw before the bed settles down. Can’t see it when all is dug out and turned.

Much of the blame can be put on these rotary combines that feck the straw up, cattle feet just stomp straight through it when it’s brittle.

 

[milkloss]

Only !!! ONLY!!!!!!!!! I like the way you say Only

That’s what subs are for. You’re doing it all wrong.

 

[Henarar]

That’s what subs are for. You’re doing it all wrong.

I don't need you to tell me that LOL

 

[Treg]

theyll be a bit of a nuisance to muck?

The calves go outside with their mum's while I scrape /bed down & put silage in. They wondered back in on their own while mums are eating silage.

 

[gone up the hill]

Would need to hold 100 cows/calves, how much would i save by doing the concreting myself? Not sure if ill have time to do a huge amount myself flat out most of the year as it is

You will save 30/40% doing the concreting yourself.

 

[gone up the hill]

If i put bigger chips in the bottom and smaller ones on top packed tightly it should be ok? Might just concrete a bit outside the front of the shed save ripping the ground up turning and going in/out the sheds, plus centre passage to start with, IF i go out of cattle i can then concrete the rest and use as a grain store

Centre passage is a waste of money, have an open ended shed. smaller stones the better.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Its just a case of levelling it into place? Bn a long time since ive done it

It sounds like you’d be better off getting someone into lay it....
Once it’s down...it’s down for life...

 

[Andrew]

Once it’s down...it’s down for life...

Hopefully!!

 

[jamesy]

On straw usage front I am using half the amount of straw this year at a heavier stocking rate by cleaning out before putting fresh bedding down. Normally I would have been deeplitter bedding.

 

[ridger]

Its just a case of levelling it into place? Bn a long time since ive done it

Did I read this right? You have never had anything to do with concrete?

 

[davedb]

On straw usage front I am using half the amount of straw this year at a heavier stocking rate by cleaning out before putting fresh bedding down. Normally I would have been deeplitter bedding.

I’ve found it lasts much better this way it’s just having time and muck storage to clean the whole shed out every few days I like to try and spread straight out of the shed but if it saves straw it might be worth doing it your way

 

[franklin]

At what point do you think the saving in straw is worth the extra time cleaning it out? It was suggested to me that I could manage without a roof if I had enough straw! Factoring in the cost of putting sheds up, a concrete pad with walls is no dearer than a shed with a roof but earth floor (well about). nb rainfall here around 550mm a year.

 

[jamesy]

At what point do you think the saving in straw is worth the extra time cleaning it out? It was suggested to me that I could manage without a roof if I had enough straw! Factoring in the cost of putting sheds up, a concrete pad with walls is no dearer than a shed with a roof but earth floor (well about). nb rainfall here around 550mm a year.

It’s to be cleaned out at some point anyway!

 

[dannewhouse]

2ft head at the feed rail is more than enough thus increasing stocking rate per pen, I wouldn't go 20ft wide either because then you will need 20ft gates to pen the cattle up when scraping out which is wasting bedding area space, should easily house 15 cattle in a 30ft x 40ft pen.

No reason why the farmer cant do all the groundwork either using farm kit which will cut costs.

I house 25 suckler cows in a pen 30ft wide and 50 foot deep, (15ft is scraped 35ft bedded) just feed along the outside of shed (the 30ft length)

 

[dannewhouse]

Slatted area where they stand to eat and straw bedded area behind this for them to lie on. Straw area floor lower than slats so less straw gets tramped out onto the slats. No passage to scrape every week and should cut down on straw usage.

do not put the slatted area at the front its a disaster the straw they pull through bungs the slats up.
better way is opposite slats for the back and a 15ft passage with a kerb up onto the slats so not straw gets dragged up.