Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

MikeSoys

i was thinking of setting up some sort of sprinkler type system that would wash the slats while their at the barrier for 10 seconds or something just to keep it better. one for each pen hooked up to the tap or somthing ..

charolais0153

MikeSoys wrote: »

okay, i should have had pens wider[in hindsight]..when feeding the 7 fill up the barrier ..more then 8 might mean their not all able to eat.

If your not giving meal, headspace isn't that important. Just keep silage pushed in

Neo Sanders

charolais0153 wrote: »

If your not giving meal, headspace isn't that important. Just keep silage pushed in

I'd agree, only 8 have room at the feed barrier here, but that's not an issue. Silage is wheeled in morning and evening.... I have access to give meal at the back. OP if you're feeding meal then you might be caught that way on the stocking density.

The idea of setting up a way to wash the slats down daily sounds like way too much work. I've never heard of anyone doing anything like this... That's another job to be done every day, for what gain? You'd be much better off to look at modifying the set up so that you have access to feed meal at the back. You'd also increase the capacity of your shed from 28 to 40 (4 spans X 10 cattle)

I have easy fix rubber on mine and the cattle are clean as on any other set-up. But you need to have the pens stocked correctly.

MikeSoys

charolais0153 wrote: »

If your not giving meal, headspace isn't that important. Just keep silage pushed in

thanks yeah meal being given morning and evening

MikeSoys

Neo Sanders wrote: »

I'd agree, only 8 have room at the feed barrier here, but that's not an issue. Silage is wheeled in morning and evening.... I have access to give meal at the back. OP if you're feeding meal then you might be caught that way on the stocking density.

The idea of setting up a way to wash the slats down daily sounds like way too much work. I've never heard of anyone doing anything like this... That's another job to be done every day, for what gain? You'd be much better off to look at modifying the set up so that you have access to feed meal at the back. You'd also increase the capacity of your shed from 28 to 40 (4 spans X 10 cattle)

I have easy fix rubber on mine and the cattle are clean as on any other set-up. But you need to have the pens stocked correctly.

thanks yeah meal being given morning and evening

Dozer1

As if the day wasn't long enough...

patsy_mccabe

Limestone Cowboy

wrangler wrote: »

I wonder could thay be wet fostered like we do with lambs, if it was that simple it'd be a shame not to

Ya it works with calves too, I have done it a few times. Actually got the idea from reading about lambs being wet fostered on here years ago.

funkey_monkey

Seen on reddit Ireland.

Discuss...

High bike

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Seen on reddit Ireland.

Discuss...

rough conditions to winter cattle on

wrangler

High bike wrote: »

rough conditions to winter cattle on

Hard to believe with all the grants available, there can't be money to be made that way...... only lost

Dozer1

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

High bike

wrangler wrote: »

Hard to believe with all the grants available, there can't be money to be made that way...... only lost

theywouldnt be putting up weight anyway

High bike

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

Looks a super job

funkey_monkey

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

That looks the business - best of luck with that setup. So slated pen on one side of feed passage and the slatted pen with a lie back on the opposite? I presume the lie back will be straw bedded?

With feeding at both ends of the pens what stocking density can you get?
Do you need to put down mats at the gates to help prevent the cattle curling up the slat mats?
Were your mats costly?
Your gate posts on the slats - are they onto a column?

Great setup the animals will be content and thrive in that shed.

kollegeknight

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

Really great job. Do you mind me asking how much were the mats per bay?

grassroot1

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Seen on reddit Ireland.

Discuss...

Says a lot about any farming buisness when you see cattle not sculled.
That sort of messing is neither good for man or beast

patsy_mccabe

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Seen on reddit Ireland.

Discuss...

Looks bad. Maybe not as bad, if they have a dry spot to lay down, but I doubt it.

Murang

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

Did you have to wait long to get the slat rubber I rang comfort slat agent in cork 3 times and he still hasn’t come out to measure up

wrangler

funkey_monkey wrote: »

That looks the business - best of luck with that setup. So slated pen on one side of feed passage and the slatted pen with a lie back on the opposite? I presume the lie back will be straw bedded?

With feeding at both ends of the pens what stocking density can you get?
Do you need to put down mats at the gates to help prevent the cattle curling up the slat mats?
Were your mats costly?
Your gate posts on the slats - are they onto a column?

Great setup the animals will be content and thrive in that shed.

My tenant put similar in my shed and I hate the sight of them. The gate posts should be continued on up to the truss above, cattle get some power when they push the top of them..... maybe I'm too particular.
When you lease your farm you just have to turn a blind eye

Grueller

wrangler wrote: »

My tenant put similar in my shed and I hate the sight of them. The gate posts should be continued on up to the truss above, cattle get some power when they push the top of them..... maybe I'm too particular.
When you lease your farm you just have to turn a blind eye

I made up a new crush last year here. I have it bolted to a slat and braced it to a wall with 5 cm wall thickness in 50x50 box. It is a great job. Not a stir out of it.

Dozer1

Thanks All, great comfort long may it last,
I'll avoid straw in the lie back/calving pens if I can, I've some old mats I'm going to use to see how the calves like them and if they go alright then I might get a roll of mat in a year or too for the 3 pens. Straw & Hay drives my sinus mad as well as the annual cost and storing the heap of muck would be an issue aswell.

Rang all the mat crowds in Oct, comfort were only crowd that rang back, I ordered them Oct 9th, measured Oct 20th and in on Saturday last. Came to 11,600 for 6 bays and that includes VAT.

As for the Slat pillars, went to see older sheds that had them and they were rock solid with no issues reported so I was happy to go with them, time will tell. Shed is bigger than I need but I'm not going building any more so with this done through TAMS it'll see me out. outside crush and yard still not done but hopefully by Jan it will be.

funkey_monkey

Did you consider sloping the lie-back, so that it drains down into the slats?

wrangler

Dozer1 wrote: »

Thanks All, great comfort long may it last,
I'll avoid straw in the lie back/calving pens if I can, I've some old mats I'm going to use to see how the calves like them and if they go alright then I might get a roll of mat in a year or too for the 3 pens. Straw & Hay drives my sinus mad as well as the annual cost and storing the heap of muck would be an issue aswell.

Rang all the mat crowds in Oct, comfort were only crowd that rang back, I ordered them Oct 9th, measured Oct 20th and in on Saturday last. Came to 11,600 for 6 bays and that includes VAT.

As for the Slat pillars, went to see older sheds that had them and they were rock solid with no issues reported so I was happy to go with them, time will tell. Shed is bigger than I need but I'm not going building any more so with this done through TAMS it'll see me out. outside crush and yard still not done but hopefully by Jan it will be.

I took one down and made a bracket to catch five slats and they are able to lift the five slats when they push the tops, it probably works alright on gang slats, I'll put proper pillars to the truss when the shed is empty next summer

RobinBanks

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

Thats a lovely looking job, fair play. Would you mind showing a picture of how the Pillars in the middle of the slats are fixed in place?

Dozer1

creep is well sloped already, I'll fire a few pics of the pillars tomorrow

Dozer1

Slat pillars held on either side grabs 2 on either side with a t piece underneath the slat

MikeSoys

Dozer1 wrote: »

Shed here finally done this week..but I'd a few not far off that..

Lovely job

patsy_mccabe

funkey_monkey

Weighed some calves and the effect that the pneumonia on the effected ones was big.
Best one down from 1.55kg/day down to just over 1kg/day. A few others dropped from lower initial values.
All heading in right direction now thankfully.