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<blockquote data-quote="millstreaminn" data-source="post: 1104502" data-attributes="member: 4844"><p>Thanks for the comments. My buddy took a few years of engineering classes in college. I pretty much sketched it out on a piece of cardboard with a pencil and he put it in a CAD program and made everything work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Liz, the floors are all concrete. We ended up pouring 4" over the existing concrete and sloped it a bit towards the doors, mainly to keep the rain from running in. A 4X4 bale of bedding hay a week will keep them pretty dry. The concrete guy had a regular mag float and a mag float that put the ridges in the concrete. Helps give the cows some traction. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/D2A0D11A-13CE-431C-85B5-13F9990E1AD7_zpsrw5dh6ns.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/D2A0D11A-13CE-431C-85B5-13F9990E1AD7_zpsrw5dh6ns.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/14EFB2D8-E770-410B-92F1-7284A402ED7C_zpsabpmsmll.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/14EFB2D8-E770-410B-92F1-7284A402ED7C_zpsabpmsmll.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I have a "manure alley" where I can back the spreader in to clean the barn. It has two 12' gates that open into the cow pen to clean it out. I take out about 3 loads of manure every other week in the winter. The manure alley is also doubles as a feed manger for the calves and heifers, as well as a crowd pen when loading cows. The alley is on the other side of the red gates in the following pic.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/53A4CB45-BF24-48CD-A2EA-50CB22DB3E55_zpsaknjaw6w.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/53A4CB45-BF24-48CD-A2EA-50CB22DB3E55_zpsaknjaw6w.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/African%20Safari/Patriots%20Weekend/1268DF23-D1AC-4875-A50E-8A159C17AE33_zpsy0o7ibal.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/African%20Safari/Patriots%20Weekend/1268DF23-D1AC-4875-A50E-8A159C17AE33_zpsy0o7ibal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And another shot of the cows from summer. Hay, grass and mineral is all they get. They are easy keepers. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/BA02C954-ABEC-4A45-9A68-073B039829FD_zps6978ej23.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/BA02C954-ABEC-4A45-9A68-073B039829FD_zps6978ej23.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="millstreaminn, post: 1104502, member: 4844"] Thanks for the comments. My buddy took a few years of engineering classes in college. I pretty much sketched it out on a piece of cardboard with a pencil and he put it in a CAD program and made everything work. Liz, the floors are all concrete. We ended up pouring 4" over the existing concrete and sloped it a bit towards the doors, mainly to keep the rain from running in. A 4X4 bale of bedding hay a week will keep them pretty dry. The concrete guy had a regular mag float and a mag float that put the ridges in the concrete. Helps give the cows some traction. [url=http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/D2A0D11A-13CE-431C-85B5-13F9990E1AD7_zpsrw5dh6ns.jpg.html][img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/D2A0D11A-13CE-431C-85B5-13F9990E1AD7_zpsrw5dh6ns.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/14EFB2D8-E770-410B-92F1-7284A402ED7C_zpsabpmsmll.jpg.html][img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/14EFB2D8-E770-410B-92F1-7284A402ED7C_zpsabpmsmll.jpg[/img][/url] I have a "manure alley" where I can back the spreader in to clean the barn. It has two 12' gates that open into the cow pen to clean it out. I take out about 3 loads of manure every other week in the winter. The manure alley is also doubles as a feed manger for the calves and heifers, as well as a crowd pen when loading cows. The alley is on the other side of the red gates in the following pic. [url=http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/53A4CB45-BF24-48CD-A2EA-50CB22DB3E55_zpsaknjaw6w.jpg.html][img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/53A4CB45-BF24-48CD-A2EA-50CB22DB3E55_zpsaknjaw6w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/African%20Safari/Patriots%20Weekend/1268DF23-D1AC-4875-A50E-8A159C17AE33_zpsy0o7ibal.jpg.html][img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/African%20Safari/Patriots%20Weekend/1268DF23-D1AC-4875-A50E-8A159C17AE33_zpsy0o7ibal.jpg[/img][/url] And another shot of the cows from summer. Hay, grass and mineral is all they get. They are easy keepers. :D [url=http://s207.photobucket.com/user/millstreaminn/media/BA02C954-ABEC-4A45-9A68-073B039829FD_zps6978ej23.jpg.html][img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/millstreaminn/BA02C954-ABEC-4A45-9A68-073B039829FD_zps6978ej23.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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