Extending my slatted shed....help !!!

roosky

Hi all,

I have a two bay double shed and had planned on building a calf creep area/calving pens at the side of the shed.

After measuring out the area with a friend he suggested that i build two new dry bays on the front of the shed so that the shed would now be a three bay double with one dry bay on each side.

Has anyone done this before or has anyone got any pictures of how they done this....my worry is that my agitation points will be inside now but thats the only downside i can see...

all opinions greatly appreciated,

Thanks in advance.
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charolais0153

roosky wrote: »

Hi all,

I have a two bay double shed and had planned on building a calf creep area/calving pens at the side of the shed.

After measuring out the area with a friend he suggested that i build two new dry bays on the front of the shed so that the shed would now be a three bay double with one dry bay on each side.

Has anyone done this before or has anyone got any pictures of how they done this....my worry is that my agitation points will be inside now but thats the only downside i can see...

all opinions greatly appreciated,

Thanks in advance.
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Put the dry bays at the back?

tanko

There is another downside to putting the new pens at the front putting the agitation points indoors. It's very unlikely that you will get grant aid for replacing slats, upgrading lighting, dividing gates, drinkers, barriers etc in the shed if there's internal agitation points in the shed.
The safety issue of agitating inside the shed is another issue.
Extending at the back or sides of the shed would be better imo.

Bass Reeves

OP I would not be taking that experts advice anyway. Putting agitation points inside is stupidly. Will tankler have to draw slurry 30 feet + into tank as well. Most contractor tractors are getting bigger and higher manoeuvring one of them inside a 15' area to agitate a tank will not be easy. I presume there is a reason you cannot go on opposite end of shed, what about sides. Other option is go for a 2-3 bay independent dry shed. Any option is better than putting adgitation points inside. If anything ever happens you will never forgive yourself not to mind legal issues

roosky

Hi all,

Thanks for input so far....

So we can rule out building in front of the agitation points.

My reason for not going at the back of the shed was as I need to build up the ground to do so but that wouldn't be a deal breaker either.

my reason for wanting to extend the shed is i feel it would be more versatile having all pens together and being able to feed cattle in teh calf creep areas from the central passage etc

FeelTheBern

roosky wrote: »

Hi all,

Thanks for input so far....

So we can rule out building in front of the agitation points.

My reason for not going at the back of the shed was as I need to build up the ground to do so but that wouldn't be a deal breaker either.

my reason for wanting to extend the shed is i feel it would be more versatile having all pens together and being able to feed cattle in teh calf creep areas from the central passage etc

We used to have our calving pen and creep area in a shed about 20 feet across the yard from the slatted shed where the cows were. The calves would run across the yard no bother to suck the cows and then back over to the straw - so maybe not essential to have them all side by side?

Who2

roosky wrote: »

Hi all,

Thanks for input so far....

So we can rule out building in front of the agitation points.

My reason for not going at the back of the shed was as I need to build up the ground to do so but that wouldn't be a deal breaker either.

my reason for wanting to extend the shed is i feel it would be more versatile having all pens together and being able to feed cattle in teh calf creep areas from the central passage etc

I put an extra bay onto the end of a double slatted shed a good few years back and all i can say is its a pure disaster to clean out. down through the feed passage and a 90' turn at the end. then the roof slopes down and as its one of the older houses with a lower pitch i can only go in so far and the exhaust of the tractor, runs into a purlin a couple of feet shy of the back wall. Its your own call but for the sake of a couple of girders id try to work out something else.

Hard Knocks

roosky wrote: »

Hi all,

Thanks for input so far....

So we can rule out building in front of the agitation points.

My reason for not going at the back of the shed was as I need to build up the ground to do so but that wouldn't be a deal breaker either.

my reason for wanting to extend the shed is i feel it would be more versatile having all pens together and being able to feed cattle in teh calf creep areas from the central passage etc

If you go to the back you could put in a tank the full width
Put solid slabs and use tank as backup storage

Good loser

With consaws it's possible to cut the end wall out of a tank - and extend what's left. Told so by an experienced farm building contractor.