What do you put in your hay barn?

20silkcut

Very topical at the moment with the lack of hay out there. My father converted our 3 span Haybarn into a very handy tool/machineryshed 5 years ago. Poured a world of ready mix into it. Now i use one span for calves.How many of you here still use hay barns for storing hay?
A man down the road from me had a huge stack of round bales of hay out in the open this year and a five span hay barn beside it full of machinery.
Hay barns absolutely essential during the small square bale era up till the 90's.
Gas the way things change.

Suckler

One third cattle pen
One sixth round bales of curssed hay I want out of there and manage to get in my way everytime.
The rest machinery storage.

KatyMac

Cupla hundred small square straw bales in half and the rest is for machinery.

lab man

full a hay that i got 26 may this year this year raining since:D 4 k small bales :D:D

Muckit

Hayshed.....?? I just make a reek out in the haggart

Muckit

lab man wrote: »

full a hay that i got 26 may this year this year raining since:D 4 k small bales :D:D

4000...wow that's some amount of work. Most we ever made was 1400.

simx

1 used as a shed for lame cows and cows thinking about calving and small part in back for straw

other has 50 bales of hay from 3yrs ago and 124 bales of straw to go in still

Tora Bora

Suckler wrote: »

One third cattle pen
One sixth round bales of curssed hay I want out of there and manage to get in my way everytime.
The rest machinery storage.

I'll be glad to do you a favour, and take away that "cursed hay";)

Box09

Hay But surprise surprise its empty now:rolleyes:

iverjohnston

A camper van, a corner full of scaffolding, 2 round bales of hay, a few calf drinkers, a pair of wrought iron gates, the remains of a fitted kitchen, a Stanley Super 80, which could find its self reinstalled soon enough and about 8 tons of firewood.

bogman_bass

2 hay barns. one full of hay and straw.
2nd at the house has 2 bays used as a calving shed and one bay with straw

Suckler

Tora Bora wrote: »

I'll be glad to do you a favour, and take away that "cursed hay";)

Granted this year with no silage cut it might be off use! too much hassle though; waiting to get it dry and baled, in to the shed then out of the shed as it's heating but it's going to rain so getting it back in again...Hassle.
The auld buck just loves making Hay!

bbam

One has About 40 round bales of barley straw, about 20 square bales of hay( always like to have a few round for handiness ) and then just general stuff that is probably half rubbish. Our other barn which was a covered silage slab is a machinery store as of the spring gone bye.

Kevin dublin

Hi Lads,

Hope you don't mind me cutting in like this.

I'm looking for a barn to rent over the winter, ideally Co. Dublin, any advice on where to ask or who to contact?


Many Thanks

Kevin

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20silkcut wrote: »

Very topical at the moment with the lack of hay out there. My father converted our 3 span Haybarn into a very handy tool/machineryshed 5 years ago. Poured a world of ready mix into it. Now i use one span for calves.How many of you here still use hay barns for storing hay?
A man down the road from me had a huge stack of round bales of hay out in the open this year and a five span hay barn beside it full of machinery.
Hay barns absolutely essential during the small square bale era up till the 90's.
Gas the way things change.

I put a slats in one four bay shed cheep cattle shed
Other is used for straw, calf raring,dog sleeps there a bit of machinary you could find a sick cow/sheep there
i think best term for it now is multy purpose