Slatted Sheep Shed

DJ98

Current plan for the new year is to expand on sheep housing, going to put up a simple lean to type shed, 20ft wide x 32ft long, so 2 spans essentially. Plan for the shed is for finishing lambs during the winter and then lambing in the spring. Would you justify a slatted shed of this size? Only thinking of going slatted route due to the shortage of straw this year but is a slatted shed of this size considered too small and unnecessary spending?

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058322720/slatted-sheep-shed

Sheep housing is just for your own comfort, it's unlikely that a sheep enterprise would justify its cost.

Tileman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058322720/slatted-sheep-shed

I considered putting in one when I built mine a few years ago. However u only need it for a couple of weeks. It does t allow u to utilise the shed for other things during year.

White Clover

Looking for advice on slatted sheep housing. How deep are tanks usually? What thickness walls required and what span are the plastic slats? Anything you would do or wouldn’t do if building again? Thanks for any insights.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121879015#Comment_121879015

Just bumping this post again. Folks may have more time to reply now if finished lambing. Appreciate any advice or tips.

eire23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121879015#Comment_121879015

Have 14 bays of slats here. Mixture of plastic and timber. Plastic slats are tanks are 15ft wide iirc and the timber one are 17ft. Most tanks have a wall running up the middle to support the slat runners. Tanks are 4ft deep with a sump for agitation. Walls are 11 inches thick on the poured tanks. One tank has pillers and concrete lentils carrying the runners.

May other questions ask away

pg141

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122009334#Comment_122009334

What Weight would these slats hold, Im a big lad… also how easy are the broken?

What is the rough cost per bay for Plastics slats the way you have them built

Also why did you only go 4ft deep not the full dept of say a cattle shed!

thanks for this

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122009334#Comment_122009334

Thanks for this. Do you think it is essential to have a central spine wall to support the slats?
What size are your pens? I presume you have 6 or 12 inches of Concrete toe space at the front and back of pens?

White Clover

pg141 They say the plastic slats will hold animals upto 200kg. The slats are about €60/sq metre from my enquiries.

White Clover

Folks with plastic slats. Is your feeding passage raised or at same level as the slats?

eire23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122583401#Comment_122583401

Same level as the slats

148multi

Have timber slats here, 4 foot tank dug into rock, concrete floor ,cavity block wall. Sheep exceptionally clean.

Neighbours with both plastic and wooden slats, plastic not as clean but adequate. One man has plastic in a cattle slatted shed, tanks 8' deep.

I never mixed it, just scooped it out and spread with side slinger, like glue.

Some of the neighbours mix it with pig slurry.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122583606#Comment_122583606

I presume there would be no issue if the feeding passage was 4 or 6 inches over the slats?

Kevhog1988

Is it possible to get a solid concrete slat so I could use half a shed fir storage but have tank underneath so I can import pig slurry?.Looking at putting up an extension to existing shed so I can finish stores etc

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122595949#Comment_122595949

I see Adam woods writing on the farming indo referring to his conversion to solid floor due to him going to organic and having to straw bed his cattle, so obviously solid floors can be got for slatted sheds that are capable of taking heavy machinery