sheep slats

[hillman]

Slats only?

Or shed & slats?

Quote here for slats only

Not sure you are right, sheep fed on the right diet produce quite dry pellets and will remain so unless water is added.
The shed i am thinking of only had a sheet of galvanism across the end of the tank, this would be used as a temperature regulator.
need to forget all you have seen about slats with cattle, a sheep is entirely different.
A slatted floor is also great to house sheep for shearing, they will dry out overnight and be very clean to work with

Not disagreeing with you on the consistency of the dung but our rules and regs state it has to be a tank or tank and ramp ..

 

[joe soapy]

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Not disagreeing with you on the consistency of the dung but our rules and regs state it has to be a tank or tank and ramp ..

hmm, needs a bit of creative thinking i think.
Cousin has a set of slatted panels with deep bearers that he puts on a concrete floor as a temporary drying floor for sheep before shearing.
wet sheep can then be housed overnite for the shearer next day, works for hill type sheep.
Properly set up would take little time to remove, clean out and replace

 

[hillman]

hmm, needs a bit of creative thinking i think.
Cousin has a set of slatted panels with deep bearers that he puts on a concrete floor as a temporary drying floor for sheep before shearing.
wet sheep can then be housed overnite for the shearer next day, works for hill type sheep.
Properly set up would take little time to remove, clean out and replace

Creative thinking sadly isn't appreciated by the the paper police ..

Here classed same as a slatted cattle tank , reception pit or ramp down and if getting any grant on it engineers report and drawings on ramp required .

 

[Andyt880]

Just a few photos of my new set up to house approx 60 ewes. It's all in a rented shed so didn't want to do anything that couldn't be lifted and taken else where. Mesh floors are sitting on short lengths of 12" twin wall pipe.

 

[Andyt880]

Ewes went in yesterday

 

[Skirza NCC]

@Andyt880 ^^ Grand looking set up but how will you stop the fodder blocking the mesh? I fatten tail enders/hoggs using hoppers on wooden slats with wider gaps but have struggled to stop them clogging up if there's any fodders on offer. Many hours spent with a garden spade pushing refuse fodder and wool through the gaps. Have tried chopped straw which helped but had to feed in a pen off the slats. Hopefully it pushes through easier with the mesh as was mentioned earlier in the thread.

 

[Andyt880]

I plan to put 3 inch wire mesh panels on the feed barriers which will be hinged at the bottom and will fall down onto the silage as the ewes eat. Hopefully this will help to stop them pulling as much in. I have ordered the wire but won't get it until Friday. I'll post photos when I get it sorted. It's hard to explain without photos

 

[will6910]

in process of setting my mesh up in a old shed

Boards to put in at front for silage still

 

[Skirza NCC]

I plan to put 3 inch wire mesh panels on the feed barriers which will be hinged at the bottom and will fall down onto the silage as the ewes eat. Hopefully this will help to stop them pulling as much in. I have ordered the wire but won't get it until Friday. I'll post photos when I get it sorted. It's hard to explain without photos

Nice one, sounds a good Idea, fingers crossed.

 

[Baker9]

Just a few photos of my new set up to house approx 60 ewes. It's all in a rented shed so didn't want to do anything that couldn't be lifted and taken else where. Mesh floors are sitting on short lengths of 12" twin wall pipe.

Love the idea using twin wall pipe, I used farmers friends (18*9*4.5 blocks). How many mesh panels are you using for 60 ewes as I have roughly the same number up from 50 last year?
The biggest problem I have is the amount of silage pulled through onto the mesh which then blocks it. I had been thinking of some way to prevent this and that idea of yours looks like it would work.

 

[joe soapy]

Your pics explain so much better than my description.
your pens are wider than needed, narrower would match the feed space better and make the sheep easier to catch
Hill ewes were very comfortable at 1 ft of trough to 7 of lying.,also makes temporary diveders easier to do
think wooden slats lenthwise worked a bit better, most wear occured under the front feet and so needed replacement before the rest.
a rake made to suit the slots took care of keepinfg wasted feed clear.
The local sheep house was built of of 2 inch box, same as the metal work in your frames but 3 foot higher with 6x1 connecting boards supporting box section galv sheets laid almost flat
the whole shed was designed to make most use of materials, every bit of metal served two purposes

 

[ryanmcmac45]

in process of setting my mesh up in a old shed

Boards to put in at front for silage still

How much space is needed under the slats Will?

 

[will6910]

Iv in my head the pipes are 9 inches then the timber. Mine be in now till march and couple of pens be up touching mesh by time that out again

 

[Andyt880]

Love the idea using twin wall pipe, I used farmers friends (18*9*4.5 blocks). How many mesh panels are you using for 60 ewes as I have roughly the same number up from 50 last year?
The biggest problem I have is the amount of silage pulled through onto the mesh which then blocks it. I had been thinking of some way to prevent this and that idea of yours looks like it would work.

My pens are 5 panels deep and 2 wide, (8'x4' panels) then less the space that the feeders take up. So the inside dimensions are approximately 17' x 14'. IMO they would comfortably hold 20 ewes and maybe 2 or 3 more at a push. The outer pens have feeding space on two sides which is enough for 21 ewes and the middle pen has three sides of feeding space so plenty of feeding space in it.

 

[Andyt880]

How much space is needed under the slats Will?

I cut my pipes 12" long, plus the 6" timber means that the wire is 18" off the floor.

 

[bobajob]

Iv in my head the pipes are 9 inches then the timber. Mine be in now till march and couple of pens be up touching mesh by time that out again

Have you scanned your ewes yet Will? Apologies if off topic OP

 

[will6910]

Yeah scanned 40% higher roughly than last year. More on topic. My biggest pen is 16ft deep 14ft wide and can fit 30'singles in usually and 25 big twins

 

[Andyt880]

@Andyt880 ^^ Grand looking set up but how will you stop the fodder blocking the mesh? I fatten tail enders/hoggs using hoppers on wooden slats with wider gaps but have struggled to stop them clogging up if there's any fodders on offer. Many hours spent with a garden spade pushing refuse fodder and wool through the gaps. Have tried chopped straw which helped but had to feed in a pen off the slats. Hopefully it pushes through easier with the mesh as was mentioned earlier in the thread.

I finally got the wire mesh onto my feeders this evening after a few hold ups. It will be interesting to see if it makes much of a difference.

 

[Andyt880]

 

[Andyt880]