dcyrilc
Super Member
My barn conversion/rebuild project keeps coming up in conversations, so I decided to start a thread about it.
20-25 years ago, I used to raise ornimental phesants and built a 42x36 foot barn for doing so. We got out of the phesants about 15 years ago and started raising cattle 11 years ago. The origional barn was built with 9x18 foot flights and a 5 foot center walkway. It had a dirt floor of peaty soil and was covered over the center section and had the outer 9 feet on each side covered with galvenized welded wire. Needless to say this was not a great design for cattle as the floors would turn to mud very quickly when the cows were in the barn.
Here's a picture of the origional barn.
20-25 years ago, I used to raise ornimental phesants and built a 42x36 foot barn for doing so. We got out of the phesants about 15 years ago and started raising cattle 11 years ago. The origional barn was built with 9x18 foot flights and a 5 foot center walkway. It had a dirt floor of peaty soil and was covered over the center section and had the outer 9 feet on each side covered with galvenized welded wire. Needless to say this was not a great design for cattle as the floors would turn to mud very quickly when the cows were in the barn.
Here's a picture of the origional barn.