Retrofitting sheep slats to cattle slats

Kevhog1988

Hi all,

Currently looking at a place and there is an existing slatted shed with cattle slats. Is it possible to retrofit sheep slats on top of these or would i need to take out the
Cattle slats first?.

mayoireland

Do you want to put Concrete sheep slats in

wrangler

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Hi all,

Currently looking at a place and there is an existing slatted shed with cattle slats. Is it possible to retrofit sheep slats on top of these or would i need to take out the
Cattle slats first?.

Cattle slats would have to come up,

Dinzee Conlee

wrangler wrote: »

Cattle slats would have to come up,

Did I see you say a good while ago Wrangler, that you rolled out straw bales over cattle slats for the sheep?

wrangler

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Did I see you say a good while ago Wrangler, that you rolled out straw bales over cattle slats for the sheep?

It just worked the same as an ordinary floor, the rolled out bales stopped the feet from going down.

wrangler

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Hi all,

Currently looking at a place and there is an existing slatted shed with cattle slats. Is it possible to retrofit sheep slats on top of these or would i need to take out the
Cattle slats first?.

A neighbour cut the hammerheads of the slats to narrow the gap for sheep, but they were very dirty on them, he had them on the modified slats for years, he put in plastic slats two years ago

Kevhog1988

mayoireland wrote: »

Do you want to put Concrete sheep slats in

i was wondering if i can put the plastic ones on top or something similar?

J.O. Farmer

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

i was wondering if i can put the plastic ones on top or something similar?

You'd probably want to raise them same as on a dry bedded shed. It might be hard to get the dung down through the cattle slats after too though letting in a tanker of water might wash a lot down.

mayoireland

You can there is 6 inch clearance o donovan engineering said you can I priced 2 bay it was 48.25 sq metres he told be 2520 euro all in

Kevhog1988

mayoireland wrote: »

You can there is 6 inch clearance o donovan engineering said you can I priced 2 bay it was 48.25 sq metres he told be 2520 euro all in

Is there any issue with the dung getting caught between both then?.

mayoireland

The man I was talking to say no I know of a neighbour that has 6 ×2 inch timber and 2x1 lates on top left straight on to the Concrete slat and he has done that for 20 years no problem cheaper than plastic but if you have the money go for plastic

wrangler

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Is there any issue with the dung getting caught between both then?.

I'd be surprised if it didn't clog.

https://www.odonovaneng.ie/product/mik-stepper-sheep-slats/#iLightbox[product-gallery]/8

https://www.odonovaneng.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web25.jpg

memorystick

These are for pigs but might do

https://youtu.be/H6KG_-J-of0

Kevhog1988

memorystick wrote: »

These are for pigs but might do

https://youtu.be/H6KG_-J-of0

They look like the right job, would sheep have any issues on concrete slats for a winter?. I like the look of the plastic slats but your link looks like a lower cost alternative

White Clover

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

They look like the right job, would sheep have any issues on concrete slats for a winter?. I like the look of the plastic slats but your link looks like a lower cost alternative

I reckon the sheep would be filthy dirty on them concrete slats. The plastic slats are an altogether different design.

148multi

You can make a cage out of rebar that slots into the cattle slat and stops their feet from getting stuck.

eire23

Had a cattle shed here with the single slats, cut the tips of the slats to narrow them in. It wasn't a great job, they used to get very dirty on it. Have them taken out since.

Floody Boreland

148multi wrote: »

You can make a cage out of rebar that slots into the cattle slat and stops their feet from getting stuck.

10mm best for this. 12mm too thick.