Depends on length and width etc but £2.5 - £3 sq/ftWhat sort of price?
Yeah grew up near Kirkley, but never attended.Trialled this in the eighties at Kirkley Hall ( your neck of the woods originally?). Followed by a spring similar to this and we were picking up dead mules from staggers by the dozen.
She's nicked another ewe's lambs first time now lambed her own ... make sure the new lambs get a belly full of colostrum from somewherehi all, something weird and wonderful happened on my farm today.. a ewe had 2 lambs back at the beginning of April.. she has been out with the other mothering sheep for the past 2 and half weeks. This morning this same ewe gave birth to two more lambs. Has anyone ever heard of this before? Very very strangely
hi all, something weird and wonderful happened on my farm today.. a ewe had 2 lambs back at the beginning of April.. she has been out with the other mothering sheep for the past 2 and half weeks. This morning this same ewe gave birth to two more lambs. Has anyone ever heard of this before? Very very strangely
Seems reasonable would cost nearly double in straw working on what’s been discussed further up the thread. Would that price include the beams? What sort of distance can the beams span without being propped in the middle?Depends on length and width etc but £2.5 - £3 sq/ft
500 of my ewes are on plastic slats from the end of November until lambing time in March, zero lameness, they are only dear the day you buy them, if o had all ewes on straw this year we wouldn't have been able to source enough straw it's gone that scarce
the slats are supported with fibre glass runners over a 4foot6 deep tank with 8ft agitation points a spine wall runs up the centre of each tank with gaps at each end to allow the slurry to circulate when mixing, tanks are half full of pig slurry at the momentDo you have any photos of how your slats are supported/suspended?
The tanks I have with timber slats are done the same way with the wall up the middle and the opening at each end for it to circulate. Very easy to mix, no solids like cattle slurry and its serious stuff to grow grass even without the pig slurry.the slats are supported with fibre glass runners over a 4foot6 deep tank with 8ft agitation points a spine wall runs up the centre of each tank with gaps at each end to allow the slurry to circulate when mixing, tanks are half full of pig slurry at the moment View attachment 958880
I was advised to go that route to leave it easier mixed, glad I did nowThe tanks I have with timber slats are done the same way with the wall up the middle and the opening at each end for it to circulate. Very easy to mix, no solids like cattle slurry and its serious stuff to grow grass even without the pig slurry.
Absolutely beautiful shed. You have b&b pigs in the summer?the slats are supported with fibre glass runners over a 4foot6 deep tank with 8ft agitation points a spine wall runs up the centre of each tank with gaps at each end to allow the slurry to circulate when mixing, tanks are half full of pig slurry at the moment View attachment 958880
Thank you, that shed originally just had a gravel floor and was straw bedded, dug the tanks and made a better job of it. No not yet anyway, used for handling sheep all summer and finish lambs in it in the back end as wellAbsolutely beautiful shed. You have b&b pigs in the summer?
I should add, the shed allows us to winter the ewes relatively cheaply on good pit silage compared to renting a lot of winter grazing which has become stupidly expensive and almost non existent now in this areaThank you, that shed originally just had a gravel floor and was straw bedded, dug the tanks and made a better job of it. No not yet anyway, used for handling sheep all summer and finish lambs in it in the back end as well