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Here are some pictures of farm buildings. Click on the photo to display more detailed pictures
of each building.
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This is a very well designed 3 bay shed with 16 foot pens, and a 20-foot concrete section at the back.
The back section includes a 30-foot crush along the inside wall. The water trough holders (something
that can cause a lot of trouble in sheds), are the best I have seen. Along the crush is a step which is a very
good idea as it gives better
control when catching cattle. The feeding area has a 1.5-foot wall under the barriers that swing as
gates. There is a gravel section at the back which is used for storing round bales. There is very good
ventilation. Space sheeting is used along the back wall. There are also gaps between the sheets on
the roof. The creep area at the back is big enough to store machinary.
This is a 4-bay shed with 20 foot pens, and a 10-foot creep area at the back. Two of the pens were
built for bulls, so the materials are stronger and higher. There are creep gates between 2 of the pens and the
creep area. There are 2 timber boards under the feed gates that open. One of the dividing gates in the
creep area is a calving gate.
The water troughs here are an example of a bad system. Neither the troughs or the casing are strong
enough for
cattle. There is a sand pit area, (3 foot deep hole, 2 foot of stone, a layer or drainage stone and
approx. a foot of sand) at one end of the shed. This is useful for animals with bad feet, and covers
a corner that would not be
used for anything. This shed faces onto a silage pit and a cubicle house. It is therefore very sheltered, and
fits in well with it's surroundings. There is a crush (with a very useful crush gate)
along the wall of the cubicle house. There is one
space sheet at the back of each pen. The rest of the sheeting is solid.
This is a top or the range calf shed, with a capacity for 500 calves. While very few people will
ever build a calf shed of this size, it is interesting to see how the ventilation is done, with space
sheeting on the sides. There are boards over the lying area to reduce drafts. The calves lie on
straw bedding which is placed on timber pallets.
This is very large shed, useful for a dairy farmer. There are cubicles for 100 cows, a calf area,
a cattle crush and slatted area.
It is a 3 bay shed.
This is a 4-bay by 5 bay shed, used by a dairy farmer. Two of the 4X5 bays are slats. One section holds
a crush along an internal wall. The crush is 4 bays long, with a very useful crush gate. The crush
is built against an internal wall.
At the top of the shed is a milking parlour. The water trough fittings are very solid and well made.
The shed is well ventilated, including space sheeting along the side walls. The 4th section is used to
store machinery.
This is an ideal shed for a dairy farmer. A slatted tank runs along the inside of the feeding area.
Running perpendicular to the tank are 4 sections of cubicles, with automatic scrapers running down
each one. The tank overflows into a traditional slurry tank. All the cubicles have rubber
mats.
This is a small slatted shed, but fits very neatly into the existing farm buildings.
Slatted sheds can be small! The back wall is made of blocks, and plastered. There is a sloid
wall under the feeding gates. Animals are fed round baled silage. This shed is very handy for
about 20 animals.
This is a 4-bay shed with 15 foot slatted pens and containing a creep area at the rear of the pens. A crush runs along the
inside wall. The water fittings are well made. The shed is built in an ideal location,
facing onto a high hill, and is surrounded by beautiful trees.
The creep area contains a cattle crush.
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