Doing a little concrete work ...

[blueriver]

I needed some more outside pens for my pigs and decided to build a farrowing house ... here are some shots of what we are doing. In the background a slab with post (they will support the gates) a very large slop so the waste will run down to a pending gutter.

The forms in the foreground are where the gutter will be for the farrowing crates ... I need to form the slab for the building ... 18X40 finsihed inside and out. I have purchased the used farrowing crates, feeders, waters, fans ... the gutter under the crates will slope from 3.5" to 16" over 35' at the far end there is a 6" pvc pipe with a plug that will lead to the waste holding area ... where it will be allowed to "cake" and then loaded with the FEL into the manure spreader for fertilize on the pastures and meadows.



I had a great time using my backhoe on the JD 5520 ... getting better everyday!! Hoping tomorrow to finish the forming for the rest of it and then pour Friday Morning ... hope to remember to take more pictures.

 

[pacerron]

I needed some more outside pens for my pigs and decided to build a farrowing house ... here are some shots of what we are doing. In the background a slab with post (they will support the gates) a very large slop so the waste will run down to a pending gutter.

The forms in the foreground are where the gutter will be for the farrowing crates ... I need to form the slab for the building ... 18X40 finsihed inside and out. I have purchased the used farrowing crates, feeders, waters, fans ... the gutter under the crates will slope from 3.5" to 16" over 35' at the far end there is a 6" pvc pipe with a plug that will lead to the waste holding area ... where it will be allowed to "cake" and then loaded with the FEL into the manure spreader for fertilize on the pastures and meadows.

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I had a great time using my backhoe on the JD 5520 ... getting better everyday!! Hoping tomorrow to finish the forming for the rest of it and then pour Friday Morning ... hope to remember to take more pictures.

Is the castered shop stool for the dog to sit on while supervising?
A farmer in the hog business near here had a big shed with an open holding pit right behind it. Some punks from the big city
were trying to steal some stuff when they thought nobody was around. He called the sheriff and the guys jumped out the
back of the shed to avoid arrest, right into a full pit of hog manure. The sheriff said no way these guys were getting in his car.
So they let them stand in the crap for a while before stripping down and getting hosed off. Then some empty feed sacks with holes cut in them for head and arms and others to sit on for a trip to the county jail.
I bet those boys never stole anything from a hog farm again.

 

[blueriver]

Is the castered shop stool for the dog to sit on while supervising?
A farmer in the hog business near here had a big shed with an open holding pit right behind it. Some punks from the big city
were trying to steal some stuff when they thought nobody was around. He called the sheriff and the guys jumped out the
back of the shed to avoid arrest, right into a full pit of hog manure. The sheriff said no way these guys were getting in his car.
So they let them stand in the crap for a while before stripping down and getting hosed off. Then some empty feed sacks with holes cut in them for head and arms and others to sit on for a trip to the county jail.
I bet those boys never stole anything from a hog farm again.

Yes sir ... that dog knows excatly when to take a break ... I'm always saying get your lazy arse back to protecting the chickens !!!! Thats just too funny of a story ... imagine being checked in at county in a feed sack!!

 

[blueriver]

Poured 14 yards this week ... $84 a yard ... still have to pour the gutter then the building will go up.

I know ... Picture's ... soon I promise.

 

[Depmandog]

I recall visiting the Mormon Feed Swine Research farm over by Quincy Illinois back in the 70's with our 4-H club. One of the more memorable things i saw was a large confinement barn with a few inch deep trough that ran down both sides of the barn - running through the end of each pen.

At the end of each trough hung a steel trip bucket that held a couple hundred gallons of water. The bucket would slowly fill over the course of several hours, and once it reached capacity, the angled front would cause the weight of the water to trip the bucket - sending the 200 gallons of water down the trough.

Now these hogs learned if they pooped in the trough, the water would come and flush the trough clean. Amazing. It was a self cleaning system, and the hogs did most of the work!

The water went to a series of three holding ponds, with one flowing into another. Pretty slick operation!!

Managing hog waste is always a huge affair, building an autonomous system would be ideal, if it could be accomplished with reasonable capital expenditures.

 

[Depmandog]

Blueriver - I didn't mean to kill your thread....

 

[blueriver]

Got the gutter poured and started putting the floor frames and the mats down... hoping to dig in the electric lines next week.

 

[blueriver]

Also ... I'm looking for ideas to finish off the inside walls ... at this point I'm thinking insulation, 6 mil vapor barrier and metal on the walls and the ceiling ... I need something that will withstand pressure washing

 

[GLyford]

I need something that will withstand pressure washing

I know they make fiberglass "washdown" panels for milking parlors, but I don't know how pricey they are.

 

[swick1]

Maybe stainless panels or ceramic tile? Id go for the stainless