480-foot heifer bam
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* with those of a free-staU
setup.”
The bam is 24 feet deep
j and is covered by a steep
/. pitched roof.
*' The swinging gates, which
the Barleys designed and
' fabricated from piping,
; provide 40 individual pen
, areas. Each pen includes
two sections a 12-foot
", square bedding area and an
, equal-sized scraping aisle
; area.
Heifers can be confined
: mto the beddmg section by
- swinging the aisle side gate
across the front of the
, bedding area. This will
" permit cleaning of the aisle
with a skid-steer loader.
Then, the animals can be
■ switched to the aisle section
- when work must be done in
the bedding section.
The feeding area is
. covered with a smaller,
<»iower roof overhang.
“We decided to cover this
area, too, because we just
don’t like the feed to be
rained on,” Abram Barley
said.
“In a way, the bam is the
, next thing to a big shade
tree. It provides a good wind
break, also.
“We think open-type
confinement is the best way
to raise replacements. We’re
utilizing nature as much as
possible and getting the most
■ out of the drying quality of
the sun. You know that the
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best way to get something
dry is to put it out m the
sun.”
—The bam faces 20 degrees
east of due south to get the
most benefit from the sun’s
rays. The main steep
pitched roof slopes from a
height of 19 feet at the open
end to 12 feet at the closed
end.
There is no eave opening
on the closed end to reduce
drafts. The large opening
facing the south provides
ample ventilation.
“The drying effects of the
sun should cut down on the
bedding requirements and
reduce the volume of
manure,” John Barley said.
“We have some heifers in
one end already and it looks
as if we will have to add
bedding about once a week,
similar to free stalls.
“I haven’t seen an animal
yet lying in the aisle and the
bedding sections are staying
reasonably clean.”
Since the stock can be
confined to either the bed
ding or aisle sections of each
pen, the bam can be scraped
its entire length with a skid
steer loader. Wastes will be
scraped to the middle of the
barn where a central
scrapeoff opens to the rear.
There it is scraped into a pit
behind the bam.
The pit area will provide
about a year’s storage for
the 300-head capacity. The
pit bottom and ramp ends
are to be concreted.
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A variety of bedding can
be utilized, including
sawdust, straw or com
fodder. Since the barn
makes maximum use of the
sun, it’s even possible that
wet sawdust could be used.
The Barleys will attempt
to rig an old manure
spreader for distributing
bedding. Higher sides could
be added and the beaters
slowed down to reduce the
distribution pattern. A
wagon could be called on
when com fodder is used.
Each pen area is designed
to hold 7 or 8 animals,
depending on size and age.
This should provide suf
ficient capacity for the
approximate 300
replacements the Barleys
raise each year.
“We want the individual
pens for several reasons,”
according to John Barley.
“We can keep a better eye
on the smaller groups.
Calves are like children. In
large groups, you always
have a few that are a lot
more aggressive. The
smaller groups cut down on
these problems.
“We’ve been using a
converted stanchion bam
with individual nursing
stalls and free stalls. But it
only holds about 100 head.
“We went to hutches and
found the calves weren’t
used to being confined. We
had some trouble with their
not wanting to lie down in the
free stalls.
“We have another bam
with conventional loose
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housing and the groups are
too large. Now, we can get
nd of these big groups."
The automatic head-locks
will be used for treatment,
vaccination, blood tests and
particularly for breeding.
These also will be designed
and fabricated by the
Barleys. In addition to
swinging open for loading
and unloading into in
dividual pens, the openings
will be adjustable to ac
comodate different aged
heifers.
Feeding will be done with
the same mixer wagon as is
used in the free-stall cow
bam.
“We like the versatility the
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bam will give us,” the
Barleys emphasize.
“We’ll have the small
groups we want and animals
can be segregated for any
number of reasons.
“Calves from a special
cow can be kept in an in
dividual pen. During the
winter, we may even bring in
some dry cows. Bull calves
could also be kept in some
pens.
“When the animals get
larger, several sections can
be opened into a large pen
area.
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