Cattle and sheep shed

390kid

How a yas? Does anyone here house cattle and sheep in the same shed? I have a dry shed here 17 metres long by 15 metres wide and was hoping to use it for sheep at lambing time and to house a few weanlings over the winter. Has anyone on here got a set up similar or is it just asking for hassle

148multi

390kid wrote: »

How a yas? Does anyone here house cattle and sheep in the same shed? I have a dry shed here 17 metres long by 15 metres wide and was hoping to use it for sheep at lambing time and to house a few weanlings over the winter. Has anyone on here got a set up similar or is it just asking for hassle

First off I don't house sheep and cattle at the same time in the same shed, but yes I have done as you say.
There's not a lot to change, you can use the same feed barrier, just in a different way and water troughs will have to be lowered.

390kid

148multi wrote: »

First off I don't house sheep and cattle at the same time in the same shed, but yes I have done as you say.
There's not a lot to change, you can use the same feed barrier, just in a different way and water troughs will have to be lowered.

What type of barrier do you have? Just an adjustable straight rail?

Tileman

I’m almost at the stage of putting sheeting on my new sheep shed. I was planning on using non drip for the roof but the contractor advices me not to bother. It’s about 1€k extra to do it but he says most lads are not using it for livestock sheds as they are so well ventilated now?

any thoughts !

Tileman

Anyone ?

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117670900#Comment_117670900

I suppose the first question is to ask how high is the roof and what ventilation have you planned. Most of our livestock sheds have normal galvanised sheeting but they have highish roofs are open either end from 6'/7'. The older slatted unit has felt under the galvanised but it also has a low roof. Throw up a pic of your shed layout and more experience people than myself will let you know.

Tileman

Thanks base it’s 60x40 with side ventilated sheets. Two sliding doors on both ends and one side bay open. 14 ft to eve.

148multi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058177493/cattle-and-sheep-shed

If you use two 6 X 3 under the cattle barrier, take top one out for sheep.

Sorry for the wait.

148multi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117667094#Comment_117667094

If you're putting cattle in the shed, the non drip part may well hold salt off any sweat, perhaps dpc on top of the timbers.

Tileman

Ah it will only be for sheep really and a bit of machinery in summer

Good loser

I'm not much of an expert but I would advise against using non drip.

Used it once in a small ration house - the lining peeled away from steel after 6/8 years

Tileman

Ok thanks for the reply. Was hoping a few more would have replied on sheds that were built in the last few days . Maybe the new site is a factor in poor replies

Bass Reeves

With ventilated sheets and an open side I cannot see the necessity for non drip on the roof sheeting.

Tileman

That’s great thanks bass.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117692132#Comment_117692132

I was in a shed on Saturday that has vented side sheets and I thought of your post. One side of the shed is cubicles with a door that cows can walk in and out. The feed passage has roller doors each end that are normally kept closed to discourage birds and the other side of the shed is used for storing round bales of straw. The roof sheets are not lined. I asked the farmer if has any problems with condensation and he said that he didn't. He said that he power washes the inside/outside of the vent sheets every year to stop the build up of cobwebs.

Tileman

That’s great thanks base. If I could just get them back to sheet the shed now it would be great.