dry pen

adne

I'm n the process of converting a pen n a 3 bay hay shed to a winter dry pen for cattle. Its 20 ft x 15 ft n size. It already has 2 concrete walls at the right angle.

Any suggestions tips on the best approach to this? ???

Bizzum

20' Dividing gate and 15' Feed barrier?

polod

Is the floor concreted ? I was going to do the same myself but the teagasc man was saying i'd have to concrete the floor too because its illegal to have them on the floor if its not concreted :eek: our hay shed had a floor of stones and a fine blinding on top

Good loser

polod wrote: »

Is the floor concreted ? I was going to do the same myself but the teagasc man was saying i'd have to concrete the floor too because its illegal to have them on the floor if its not concreted :eek: our hay shed had a floor of stones and a fine blinding on top

Would you then have to have a tank and what size?

polod

Good loser wrote: »

Would you then have to have a tank and what size?

No he said i would get away without a tank he said once ya keep it well bedded with straw there would be no run out of it .....it was just the one bay i was going to convert in a 4 bay hay shed just for when we would be tight for space with cows calving.

49801

just a tip... whenever filling out paperwork with the dept or inspections and that make sure you call it 'high straw'

it is worth considering putting in a curbing IMO.
next step would be to put in a small effiluent tank like an old oil truck body buried.

adne

49801 wrote: »

just a tip... whenever filling out paperwork with the dept or inspections and that make sure you call it 'high straw'

it is worth considering putting in a curbing IMO.
next step would be to put in a small effiluent tank like an old oil truck body buried.

Ya I'm n da process of putting n a concrete floor... what u mean by curbing?

49801

adne wrote: »

Ya I'm n da process of putting n a concrete floor... what u mean by curbing?

just a raised step of concrete so that you dont get effiluent leakage.
nitrates and department requirment as far as i know

JohnBoy

aye, you have to control effluent runoff, even if you dont create any.

so you'd need a pipe or channel running to your slurry tank.

blue5000

Put a steep fall on the floor to front, 1:20 let the slop be at the barrier. Keep the back of the pen dry. Then depending on where you are in the country you might be able to muck it out 15th Jan. Heifers will need more bedding than bulls/ bullocks.

adne

blue5000 wrote: »

Put a steep fall on the floor to front, 1:20 let the slop be at the barrier. Keep the back of the pen dry. Then depending on where you are in the country you might be able to muck it out 15th Jan. Heifers will need more bedding than bulls/ bullocks.

Would this not leave it awkward to clean out with power box as I will be cleaning from the side not back to front

adne

JohnBoy wrote: »

aye, you have to control effluent runoff, even if you dont create any.

so you'd need a pipe or channel running to your slurry tank.

Not an option .. slurry tank is on hill 6 ft higher and 20 metres away

blue5000

adne wrote: »

Would this not leave it awkward to clean out with power box as I will be cleaning from the side not back to front

I don't understand, what difference does it make what direction you clean it out from? Clean the whole shed out when you are doing it.

adne

blue5000 wrote: »

adne wrote: »

Would this not leave it awkward to clean out with power box as I will be cleaning from the side not back to front

I don't understand, what difference does it make what direction you clean it out from? Clean the whole shed out when you are doing it.

If there is a slope on the floor from right to left would it not be difficult to scrape with the power box when reversing from the side

JohnBoy

adne wrote: »

Not an option .. slurry tank is on hill 6 ft higher and 20 metres away

Do you have a vacuum tanker?

bury a small tank and use the slurry tanker to move liquid up to the main tank?