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- North of Perth
My sheep an lambs took a hiding last night.poor things died side by side.was seriously depressing driving round today [emoji22]
Are you farm assured? I’m pretty sure you can’t actually lamb on slats if farm assured?Lamb on them fine, lambs stand up absolutely no problem. Old wooden slats were only ones lambs struggled with if really small lambs then legs sometimes went between slats .
Are you farm assured? I’m pretty sure you can’t actually lamb on slats if farm assured?
Fair enoughBut you can move them into pens when they start lambing.......can’t help it if you’re a bit late and they’ve already lambed .
Fair enough
That was my understanding too was move them onto bedding for the lambing process itself....
That's grim. Where are you?My sheep an lambs took a hiding last night.poor things died side by side.was seriously depressing driving round today [emoji22]
North PerthshireThat's grim. Where are you?
YesI’ve been thinking of getting the plastic slats for the lambing pens...is it possible to set them up on top of breeze blocks which can be removed after lambing?
So excuse my ignorance....I’ve seen these slats are roughly 2 ft square which you interlock......how many do you interlock before you need support underneath?
A man in my sheep group has sheep on outdoor slats, seems to work well, biggest problem I'd say is collecting the water in a high rainfall area, would need plenty of shelter too, a cheap telegraph pole type structure could be put over it handy enough, seen pictures of very simple slatted sheep sheds at nsa highland sheep few years backWould outdoor slats work (West of Scotland) if you planted Leylandii or the likes around it, to create a dense, tall shelter to break the winds? Like a shed, but no roof...
No problem lambing on them, it's a very clean surface for lambing sheep on, moved into individual bedded pens fairly quickly thoughI thought people lambed on them?
So you wouldn’t have them for actual mothering pens? Ie put them into slatted pens once lambed?No problem lambing on them, it's a very clean surface for lambing sheep on, moved into individual bedded pens fairly quickly though
I'd expect I'd would work, if you raised the slats slightly and then had the floor done underneath so that the water could drain to a tank if there's a tank near hand. It wouldn't need cleaning out for a long time. Sheep wouldn't have as much grip on them as the straw though.My main handling shed is 40’ x 25’ would it be worth slatting? It’s annoying putting straw in as it gets pulled down the races and into the footbath continuously
That's correct, have wooden slats here as well and ya will often see a small lambs legs go between the slats. Mostly with a set of small triplets. Lambs when their born on plastic slats have no difficulty starting doing up.Lamb on them fine, lambs stand up absolutely no problem. Old wooden slats were only ones lambs struggled with if really small lambs then legs sometimes went between slats .
So you wouldn’t have them for actual mothering pens? Ie put them into slatted pens once lambed?
I dont, but I dont see why it wouldnt work wellSo you wouldn’t have them for actual mothering pens? Ie put them into slatted pens once lambed?
The ones I saw were in the lee of trees or hedges, and were easily moved, they were on 50 x 100mm bearers and once the dung got near the grating they ran the ewes off and moved the whole lot to a clean spot.A man in my sheep group has sheep on outdoor slats, seems to work well, biggest problem I'd say is collecting the water in a high rainfall area, would need plenty of shelter too, a cheap telegraph pole type structure could be put over it handy enough, seen pictures of very simple slatted sheep sheds at nsa highland sheep few years back
Wouldnt get away with doing that here all effluent has to be collectedThe ones I saw were in the lee of trees or hedges, and were easily moved, they were on 50 x 100mm bearers and once the dung got near the grating they ran the ewes off and moved the whole lot to a clean spot.
2.4m span and the slats are .6m so 4 and then a supportSo excuse my ignorance....I’ve seen these slats are roughly 2 ft square which you interlock......how many do you interlock before you need support underneath?