Old yard upgrade

jerdee

Have a old farmyard with open dung silo and a lot more accomdation for the stock I have now . Need to modernise it and make it easier to do day to day work . Basically 5 hay barn with leanto x 2 on one side and open yard otherwise. Galv on hay barn gone in places and timber trusses rotten
Just wondering is there any guys in Munster that would give advice .... Except local teagasc office allergic to guy there

grazeaway

jerdee wrote: »

Have a old farmyard with open dung silo and a lot more accomdation for the stock I have now . Need to modernise it and make it easier to do day to day work . Basically 5 hay barn with leanto x 2 on one side and open yard otherwise. Galv on hay barn gone in places and timber trusses rotten
Just wondering is there any guys in Munster that would give advice .... Except local teagasc office allergic to guy there

What kinda of housing are looking for. How many cattle and what type, sucklers, stores, dairy, etc etc. if the shed is that bad you would be better off not doing anything with it and just keep it for storage and bales and just build a new shed from a green field. Also it takes into account your budget

jerdee

Shed for 20 suckers with all stock to 2 yrs have a slatted old shed for followers but looking for comfortable accomadation for cows donn t want them lying on slats have 120 ft scraper and headlocks for four bays
Yard in two different levels

grazeaway

Quick idea would be to sketch out what you have, you can then sketch over it with would you could do

locky76

The best advice i got when planning the yard was from a local guy who puts up sheds, bring 3 or 4 of these contractors in with a plan of your yard and what you'd like and they'll put you straight.
Also get your local agri contractors in to have a look, both of these guys are going into different yards every day and know what works rather than what looks good oh paper...

jerdee wrote: »

Have a old farmyard with open dung silo and a lot more accomdation for the stock I have now . Need to modernise it and make it easier to do day to day work . Basically 5 hay barn with leanto x 2 on one side and open yard otherwise. Galv on hay barn gone in places and timber trusses rotten
Just wondering is there any guys in Munster that would give advice .... Except local teagasc office allergic to guy there

Figerty

Teagasc did have good plans online for sheds in the grant days, they are probably still online somewhere.

Worth a look. Things like a creep area for calving at the back. Gates to allow cattle to be easily moved here and there, especially two years old bulls.

I have sucklers on slats without problems, but the slat mats are the key to comfortable cows.

jerdee

locky76 wrote: »

The best advice i got when planning the yard was from a local guy who puts up sheds, bring 3 or 4 of these contractors in with a plan of your yard and what you'd like and they'll put you straight.
Also get your local agri contractors in to have a look, both of these guys are going into different yards every day and know what works rather than what looks good oh paper...

That's something that would work thanks

grazeaway

we have about 50 sucklers. we house them in the old cubicle shed, its two leantos with cubicles either side of a covered silage pit. It was built back in the 70&80's and had and open yard too. We built a slatted tank accross the front of the shed so that it connects the leantos. We turned the silage pit into calving pens and a creep area and an area for storing bales. The slatted area is used as a feed passage and the cubilces are scraped down into the slats. We can divide the feed area up to seprate the calfed and dry cows, and can put extra calving pens at the back of the cubicle sheds. We put in a locking feed barrier in one bay which is very handy for handling cows. You can never have enough pens or gates in a shed.

uncle has a similar set up. He has about 20 sucklers and followers. He had a 3 bay shed (covered silage pit with 2 leantos eitehr side, one leanto with a cubilce house on one side with a loose pen next to it, and a loose shed on the oppsite side and an open yard in front. He put a slatted shed accross the front for the heavy cattle and turned the pit into a feed passage. The cows are on the cubicles and have a feed area in the old pit, the loose shed next to the cubiles is used as a creep area and calving pens. The second leanto is a bedded shed for yearlings and replacemnts. The feed passages and cubilces are scraped down into the slats.

Another neighbour has converted a old cubicle shed as well. Its quite long (7/8 bays) and it too has covered silage pit. There was only cubicles on one side with loose shed on the oppsite side. What he has done is to split the cubicle shed into two sections, 1 half for the cows and the other for the 2 YO cattle. They all use the cubciles. The silage pit is again used as a feed passage and part of the loose shed on the oppiste side used for the younger cattle. with the rest used for storage. The passages are scraped down to a sump and piped under the old yard to an open slurry pit. The adjioning milking parlour has been turned into a creep area for calves.

jerdee

Might draw a rough draft of what I have sounds very like second guy

WellKiiid??

Will you be upgrading handling facilities??

jerdee

WellKiiid?? wrote: »

Will you be upgrading handling facilities??

As you know done that bud..