[Jacob-list] Barns

[Heather Fogel]

Christopher,

Where are you located?

To make my life easier, I would put in water lines, so that I wouldn't have to 
haul water to my sheep.  We have arranged our barn pens so that they can open 
up into each other (make a double pen), and we have lanes that can be used to 
sort or hold them for what ever we need to do.  I would say tho, that if we 
did it again we would come up with some kind of sqeeze shoot in the barn, that 
would lead to a sm. pen for shearing, shots and hoof trimming.

We live up in MN, where the winters are really cold, and other that using 
heated buckets and keeping the barn closed at night (and during the day when 
it is colder than -10, or windy) we don't really have any other special things 
set up for that.  Just keep the drafts out.

Heather Fogel
Stewart, MN
heather at littleshadyacres.com
www.littleshadyacres.com
Home to Jacob sheep, Soay sheep and many chickens.


Quoting Christopher Brantley <brantleychristopher at hotmail.com>:

> You guys all have some great ideas and advice, I appreciate your willingness
> 
> to share and educate!
> 
> I am getting ready to put up my permenant barn and pasture fencing. I'm 
> planning a basic, simple building, but having seen a few things at other 
> places have concluded that there are some things that are a must to 
> incorporate into the structure early on.
> 
> The weather here may require a bit more for this structure due to the 
> somewhat long and harsh winters. It is typical to have temperatures below 
> freezing at night from mid-November through mid-May with snow laying during 
> that time... with January and February keeping very cold all day long. (but,
> 
> the flip side being, our summers tend to have nice balmy highs 80-85 with 
> very low humidity!)
> 
> My question for  the day is what are the essential can't live without 
> elements you would put into your barn/shelter to make life better for 
> yourself and the Jacobs?
> 
> Thanks,
> Christopher Brantley
> 
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