Sheep Barn/Housing: Why We Built the Barn We Did!

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What kind of barn should I build if getting into sheep farming or looking to expand my sheep operation? This is a big question for many people, and we get alot of people asking us about our barn, so hopefully this video answers some questions you may have.
Some of the topics covered are:
Feeding sheep
Waterers for sheep
Pros/Cons of hoop barn type structure for sheep livestock
Music: Betya - Lauren Duski
Website for omafra guidelines for feeding sheep as talked about in this video:
www.omafra.gov....
Website for the company we bought our barn from:
omnicanada.com/...

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27 сен 2024

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Комментарии : 43

@paulsolon6229 2 года назад

Smart man Well-spoken. Clear presentation, shows organized mind

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

Thankyou! All I want is for it to help some people. I get a lot of questions about our barn so hopefully this will answer some.

@anouarbelaid1741 Месяц назад

Thanks dude for this nice share.

@ser3589 2 года назад

Great video. Great information. Thank you

@cinderblock2289 2 года назад

We all have to work within the arena we have. You have done an excellent job with the building. Life is a learning lesson and sometimes it will take more than one try. I am impressed by your thinking about the options and selecting which will work for you and the ewes.

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

Thanks, exactly, make a decision, move forward, and work with it.

@commercialbroilerchicken3399 2 года назад

thank You. Great content.

@kunwarsuhailpasha3441 Год назад

Thanks for this information,

@abdulaahishireyabaroow1357 Год назад

Keep going my techar

@Kashgar2007 Год назад

How did you structure the large doors? We have a large hoop barn we are updating and are not happy with the current door set up (tarp doors on a hand winch). We just replaced all the tarping at ~$40000 (65x140) installed.

@valleyridgefarms Год назад

Not sure what you mean by structure of the doors... We have three on each end, 2 which are tarp doors. Don't like tarp doors especially on the wind side of the barn.

@SB-eu6jd Год назад

Wish you the best

@valleyridgefarms Год назад

Thank-you!

@waynesworld2014 7 месяцев назад

What minerals are you giving to your flock?

@valleyridgefarms 7 месяцев назад

We give a sheep specific mineral from a local feed store

@waynesworld2014 7 месяцев назад

@@valleyridgefarms so can I ask do you just feed corn

@valleyridgefarms 7 месяцев назад

@@waynesworld2014 depending on the time of gestation period, or nursing, or breeding, but they always get hay and mineral, and then add corn and soybean meal to balance out the ration according to their needs

@justinwjmaccurdy 7 месяцев назад

How do you clean out the side pens if your central alley way is elevated? Is there an access point on the other end that you didn't film? Curious to know. i like your set up and i'm looking at financing a project like this at around the size of a 40' x 100'.

@valleyridgefarms 7 месяцев назад

Yea, maybe i didn't show it well in the video, but there are actually two tarp doors on each end on either side of the centre doors that open up for the tractor to get in and out.

@Faithfulfamily 2 года назад

Good video. Informative. We should do one of our setup next year i think. Much smaller flock than yours. We lamb in northern BC in the dead of winter too with only heat lamps as supplemental heat. Question. What is TMR? Haven't heard of that.

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

Stands for Total Mixed Ration, a mixer that you put all the ingredients in and mix all together, hay, Grain, mineral, corn silage or whatever to make a balanced ration. Most dairy cow farmers do this.

@Faithfulfamily 2 года назад

@@valleyridgefarms ok. I think I've heard of people using cement mixers for that.

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

@@Faithfulfamily yea, maybe, except generally it's pulled behind a tractor and feeds a lot of animals at once, more for large scale producers.

@josipsalaic5246 Месяц назад

Is it too hot in the barn during summer?

@valleyridgefarms Месяц назад

@@josipsalaic5246 generally speaking it isn't. If it's really hot and still it can be a few days out of the year.

@kunwarsuhailpasha3441 Год назад

What are you use for covering ?

@brianmugere Год назад

Hey! Is that a tarpaulin? And, how deep is the straw bed?

@valleyridgefarms Год назад

Yes it is. The bed can get up to 16 inches deep.

@lboh5260 2 года назад

I have a 100x60 barn thinking about converting. How much bunk space do you think they need per head?

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

About 16 inches per head...

@rickngerricromarty7172 2 года назад

Does it rain in there from condensation?

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

Not really because i don't try to keep it warm in it, so temp is basically the same as outside

@benmarrie 2 года назад

Alice Davis

@interdooporto5361 Год назад

Me dieron una buena idea, saludos desde México 🇲🇽

@BiscuitsandWar 2 года назад

I loved the video, great commentary

@ambryacres 2 года назад

Is the only concrete in the feed alley or is the whole floor concrete?

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

Just the feed alley has concrete, rest is dirt floor.

@MrMoellers Год назад

Would this work with goats?

@valleyridgefarms Год назад

I would think so, depends on how warm goats need it to be and where you live as well. Hard to heat or insulate these barns

@warrenshearer1590 2 года назад

We have a metal arch rib style building and are wanting to do the same system as yourself. I am curious what will we have to do for air exchanges to control the humidity in the barn and also in the summer how do you handle the high temperatures?... Our building is 40X60 so it is pretty small in comparison to yours and has only one large door at the end wall. We are located in Saskatchewan so our temperatures are pretty extreme. thank you and keep up with the great video's

@valleyridgefarms 2 года назад

For humidity, it's only an issue on really still days or nights. My barn is not sealed up very good and that acts as minimum ventilation. However, a vent at both peaks would probably help with that. For hot summertime, I would open the sidewall curtains in extreme heat. That would be the best. But just having each end completely open would likely be enough for a barn of your length. The most ideal, though also most costly, would be chimneys in the ceiling along the whole barn, with sidewall curtains.