Orkney Sloping Floor

onyerbikepat

I came across this in the 'Dry Shed Idea' thread. Clever idea don't you think? Much warmer than slats, I'd imagine and easier on the feet.

moy83

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I came across this in the 'Dry Shed Idea' thread. Clever idea don't you think? Much warmer than slats, I'd imagine and easier on the feet.

I wonder how much of a fall is in it ? They are lying all the time up against the barrier and the other half is just holding the dung from what I see . Could he keep more cattle over the full area if he was bedding it all think ?

cute geoge

Would mats when they lie down suit instead of cement

reilig

cute geoge wrote: »

Would mats when they lie down suit instead of cement

Thay would, but they would be slippy on the sloped floor

reilig

moy83 wrote: »

I wonder how much of a fall is in it ? They are lying all the time up against the barrier and the other half is just holding the dung from what I see . Could he keep more cattle over the full area if he was bedding it all think ?

Wouldn't the ideal solution be a sloped floor running into a slatted tank. That way they would automatically scrape onto the tank and then when they would walk or lie on the slats they would push the dung down.

jersey101

reilig wrote: »

Wouldn't the ideal solution be a sloped floor running into a slatted tank. That way they would automatically scrape onto the tank and then when they would walk or lie on the slats they would push the dung down.

ye if he put a a stud wall at the far wall and put slats on it, it would do i better job

moy83

reilig wrote: »

Wouldn't the ideal solution be a sloped floor running into a slatted tank. That way they would automatically scrape onto the tank and then when they would walk or lie on the slats they would push the dung down.

If he had a slatted tank then that would be ideal . Was he scraping into a tank or throwing it into a dungpit ? I just wonder if he still had a good fall in the floor and bedded in straw would the straw stay dry for the winter with little changing needed and the cattle be warmer .
We have 40 cubicles on three channels that we scrape onto the slats daily , there is a 3" fall on the channel of about 12' but they wouldn't have a notion of pulling the crap out with there feet on that fall anyhow . With time them cubilcles will be turned into some kind of pens that wont need much cleaning !

Farmer Pudsey

If it was sloped into a tank at the end and you had a door at the top so that a tractor could push the whole lot into the tank however there might be an issue with adgitating the tank.

I see nothing wrong with it good idea to slop away from barrier back to a wall and then down to an end. Would be easy enough to set up a holding area in front of barrier, then in with scraper ( you might get away with once every two weeks)and push the whole lot down into tank. However slats would be cheaper if using a tank I get the impression that the liquid is going out the back and solids into a dungstead in the midden

As he said in his area straw was too expensive for straw how many extra cattle could you hold 20% . He is allowing 40-45sqft/animal about 4M squared mush the same as a straw bedded shed I think. A cheap and cheerful solution but would not was an Irish Co council envoirmental official to call

td5man

Teagasc grange had a sloped floor shed.
It was about 12' wide sloped from the back to centre and front to centre where there was a 12'' square channel with a small rope scraper in it slurry was stored in an earth lined lagoon.
Afaik it worked well and the cattle were as clean on it as on slats.