Sheep Shed UPGRADE - Slats or Straw Bedding?

Welcome to Sheep School where everyday is a school day! In this video, we're diving into the world of indoor sheep housing, exploring how sheep can be successfully housed indoors for long periods. Join us as we visit a large sheep farm and interview an expert farmer who shares invaluable insights into the benefits, feeding practices, and lambing management associated with indoor housing.
Highlights from the Video:
Expert Insights: Hear from the farmer about their background in sheep farming and their experience with indoor housing.
Benefits of Indoor Housing: Discover the advantages of housing sheep indoors during the winter months for improved health and well-being.
Feeding Practices: Learn about the feeding regimen implemented for sheep in indoor housing, ensuring their nutritional needs are met.
Environmental Considerations: Explore how proper ventilation and air quality are maintained within the indoor housing facility.
Lambing Management: Gain insights into the strategies for managing lambing in an indoor environment, providing a safe and stress-free experience for ewes and newborn lambs.
Tour of the Facility: Take a guided tour of the indoor housing facility, featuring plastic slats, feeding wagon plus a look at some old straw bedded sheds.
Whether you're a fellow farmer or simply interested in learning about innovative agricultural practices, this video offers valuable knowledge and practical tips for successful indoor sheep farming.
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[@sheepschool365]

I got the microphones out for this one and it definitely made the sound worse by picking up all the noise of feet on the plastic slats. Everyday really is a school day! Hope you enjoy it other than the sound issues. Thanks for watching.. David.

[@omarfantinel1302]

It is a very interesting conversation! Can it be subtitled?

[@user-ni8fm1mq3k]

@@omarfantinel1302 turn th CC on in the video to give the subtitles - not alway accurate word for word - very funny

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That can be the trouble with mics David, been there. You can turn up the gain during the edit but the back noise can interfere as a result. Happens us all. Great informative video as always. I will call soon for a gossip and some tae 👍

[@julzjohnson8077]

I had a bit of trouble hearing what you were saying so I put the subtitles on. Big mistake but very funny, seems you're feeding bears in the shed.🤣🤣🤣

[@johncullen9177]

Super video. Seen slats used on a farm in the uk. Super job. More sheep in the shed- easier minded less bedding less labour bedding and cleaning them out plus sheep slurry is rocket fuel for grass

[@tadhgpheaitwillie]

Great video. Very informative. You can't beat the slats!

[@pash47]

Great to see other systems and as always, pros and cons. Great video - thanks.

[@user-bk6zw1yu9n]

Great honest chat between two knowledgable and established sheep farmers,no question was side stepped .lovely set up there👌

[@stevepalmer8285]

Hey 👋 id say thats money well spent. Thanks for the content. Have a nice sunday.

[@JohntyNich]

Incredible amount of twins to triplets. Might be interesting for the farmers out there to explore a bit more if it’s breeding/feeding/condition. Expect it’s a combination. Probably best done around tupping time so the grazing can be seen.

[@user-hl5ex5gh6w]

Nice setup .subtitles apparently your feeding sage to hogs .theres bats in the sheep and to top it off you gave him a cheap school cold at the end 😂😂😂

[@wendyrowland7787]

I used to house my winter shorn Lleyns for 8 - 10 weeks on barley straw bedding. They were fed haylage and enjoyed the leafy bits from the barley straw. If I had my time over, my new purpose built barn would have been been better off with those plastic slats, but as you say, it is a case of biting the bullet over the cost, especially now that the arable sector do a lot of straw incorporation making the straw a bit scarce at times. The benefit came in resting the pasture allowing for a good bite of grass in the spring. I used to floor feed nuts, to the litters. That ensured the timid sheep getting their share. But that would not be possible on slats. Unless of course rolls could be big enough not to slip through. One year straw was really difficult to get as most of it was going over to your lovely country with a bit of help from your government. The ewes came out with an inch of fleece by the way. During the longer housing was also an opportunity to fluke dose with Closantel and getting a good clear out.

[@knockeragh]

In the process of turning an old cattle slatted shed (4' deep tanks) into a slatted shed for sheep. Will be taking the old single slats out and putting in plastic slats. Cost of the plastic slats are more than concrete gang slats but should be worth it in the long run. Great video - nice to hear someone having a good experience with the plastic slats.

[@IrishFrank22]

Can I ask why you converting from cattle to sheep? Also what kind of cattle operation did you have, suckler, calf to beef etc?

[@charlieconway6801]

We got the same slats as them a couple of months ago.

[@paddy294]

Very interesting video. Keep up the good work

[@damienduffy5852]

Brilliant video thanks, a bit hard to hear the guest but very informative 👍

[@ourfarminglife9849]

Great video David, Frank is some operator 👌

[@user-tx8ts7kx6v]

Well done super job have a good sense of humour for a Cavan man

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Good morning sheep school

[@sheepdogman1]

Great video into the insight of how someone else’s system works. Slats is the answer but 1st i need a shed 😀😀

[@user-ni8fm1mq3k]

sound was rough David - put the subtitles on an that was so funny

[@jimmy.....9446]

Very interesting video and a great setup. There could be a lot more slatted sheds the way straw prices are .(or later lambing )

[@ciarabeattie4205]

Great video 👍

[@robertmcdermott241]

Ear to the ground next stop.Keep up the good Work Great video😅

[@LeeONeill-hq4kh]

A man done bench marking in a group we are in he reckons it cost £0.70 a week a ewe to house including shed diet feeder diesel and tractor and was costing £1 a week a ewe to take winter grazing if he got it

[@garymadden2656]

First to comment again great video David I think slats are the way to go but it’s like everything else it comes down to the € 💰👌

[@PaulRyan-ns5rm]

Good video david

[@PeterOMep-fm6wl]

It seemed a very interesting video David but I could only hear you. Unfortunately, I picked up very little of what the other gentleman said.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Over 11.1k subscribers!

[@mithall4198]

Excellent vid! I probably lost it in translation, but how does he clean the barn and how often? Is it pumped out as a liquid or does he remove it with a loader bucket?

[@PeterOMep-fm6wl]

A question for you David. If you had a smaller mixed farm, could the slats be used for cows and sheep or would they require different types of slats?

[@deanpetrisor9473]

What language are these guys speaking?? Can we translate it to English.

[@janetfitzgerald9752]

Too bad the sound quality is so bad.

[@shanereaney3631]

What did he say it cost to put slats in shed ? An wher dose put them when the lamb?

[@markgallagher1424]

Great video what size is his shed and pins .

[@stephenfitzpatrick8809]

I really couldn’t hear ye

[@Johnnycambell]

Sound was very poor David

[@seanmoroney2759]

Great video, good to see different setups. What width is that passage?

[@sheepschool365]

Passage is 11ft, one regret he has, says he should have made it wider. Mine is 13 ft. Happy with that..

[@stuarthanna8579]

Is that 5 sheep per acre including making silage?

[@sheepschool365]

Yes. Frank makes all his own silage also.

[@vwvw4]

Sheep Shepherd has a slat system, too. I've not seen it here, for sheep, but it's the only system used in hog barns. Interesting the presumed correlation of ewes crowding to be fed and malpresentaion of lambs. I wonder if having a bunk for the feed , would be worth the investment, to save the feed from spreading to where the ewes can't reach it? Great video!

[@zaraliata]

Hard to understand for sure 😅

[@user-mk6bw3vv1r]

Love your videos but sound on this one was very poor, that combined with the Irish accents lol, shame as video looked very interesting