I have a few Ideas I want to run by smarter people than I am.
1. I am building a Concrete Barn (Floor, Walls, and Roof Concrete) with heated floors and covered with a painted on {Bed liner Like} covering. I am wondering if I put drainage tiles in stalls and have a flush system for the alleys will they still need bedding?
2. Hay will be in an attached Concrete hay shed and will have a pulley system to bring it into a hay loft in barn to be fed. I am wondering if I have it ventilated the barn well is there a reason I could not use wood for the loft?
3. I was wondering if should heat the concrete at the entrance and exit of barn to prevent slip and fall accidents?
4. How many cattle should I be able to keep in a 30' by 30' pen overnight if need be?
5. Does anyone grow Fodder to be feed daily to their beef cattle like made with the Farmtek Fodder Pro?
6. is it ok to feed plants out of garden to cattle in the fall when they are done producing?
Just for information I am in West Virginia and my wife and I are disabled veterans. We raise Beefalo Cattle (Plan on about 60 - I sell the Beef locally), Dairy Goats (For personal milk, weed control, and fiber), Hogs (1 Boar, 3 Sows, and then piglets until big enough to butcher for Meat for me and to sell), Guineas (5 for bug control and alarm system), and chickens (60 for eggs and meat). I have pens planned for each type of livestock. Anything anyone can think of I need to consider? I plan to do clean up with a hose and a broom.
1. I am building a Concrete Barn (Floor, Walls, and Roof Concrete) with heated floors and covered with a painted on {Bed liner Like} covering. I am wondering if I put drainage tiles in stalls and have a flush system for the alleys will they still need bedding?
2. Hay will be in an attached Concrete hay shed and will have a pulley system to bring it into a hay loft in barn to be fed. I am wondering if I have it ventilated the barn well is there a reason I could not use wood for the loft?
3. I was wondering if should heat the concrete at the entrance and exit of barn to prevent slip and fall accidents?
4. How many cattle should I be able to keep in a 30' by 30' pen overnight if need be?
5. Does anyone grow Fodder to be feed daily to their beef cattle like made with the Farmtek Fodder Pro?
6. is it ok to feed plants out of garden to cattle in the fall when they are done producing?
Just for information I am in West Virginia and my wife and I are disabled veterans. We raise Beefalo Cattle (Plan on about 60 - I sell the Beef locally), Dairy Goats (For personal milk, weed control, and fiber), Hogs (1 Boar, 3 Sows, and then piglets until big enough to butcher for Meat for me and to sell), Guineas (5 for bug control and alarm system), and chickens (60 for eggs and meat). I have pens planned for each type of livestock. Anything anyone can think of I need to consider? I plan to do clean up with a hose and a broom.