Carport Barn

[SheepGirl]

Right?! Ciqala, the matriarch of the flock (she's the dam to 3 of them, the granddam to 4 of them) so my guess is she was checking it out to make sure it was a okay for her babies. She was standing around there almost the entire time. Normally she gets freaked out about stuff like that. Like read here from my journal from 2 years ago when we first built the sheep shack. But I'm so excited!! We won't unfortunately be able to put the sides on this weekend but hopefully we will get it done soonnnn.

 

[Southern by choice]

funny how the sheep are already checking it out!

 

[Devonviolet]

That is SO cool, SheepGirl!!! The pics look great.

We are anxiously waiting to see how your barn turns out!

I know, I for one, am thinking about using a carport frame for our barn too!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Love it!

 

[SheepGirl]

They got the roof on this am

i also got all my chick stuff bought today because in the next couple of days im having 55 baby chicks delivered!!

 

[Devonviolet]

They got the roof on this am
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i also got all my chick stuff bought today because in the next couple of days im having 55 baby chicks delivered!!

That's cool, SheepGirl! When do you start putting on the siding? Will the baby chicks go in the new barn until they are ready to join the rest of the flock?

 

[SheepGirl]

We won't be able to do it this weekend, though my mom and I may start with the 2x4s screwed on horizontally. Hopefully the weekend after we can put the sides on and get the barn done. I am wanting to take a part the sheep shack and put the sides around the edge of the building to act as a windblock so they can start using the carport barn for their shelter. And also so I can put my hay in there. Which, by the way, I found a $1/bale cheaper source than my previous supplier and I can pay for it all at once instead of having multiple deliveries throughout the winter So I will be getting a delivery early next week, I hope.

And no, the chickies I bought are going to be for sale as started pullets in April. We are converting our feed shack into a chicken house so they will have that. I would like to add cage pens (kind of like rabbit cages) in the feed shack and the new barn so I can take advantage of vertical space for chickens. I have a whole business plan wrote up for my critters, lol.

 

[Devonviolet]

We won't be able to do it this weekend, though my mom and I may start with the 2x4s screwed on horizontally. Hopefully the weekend after we can put the sides on and get the barn done. I am wanting to take a part the sheep shack and put the sides around the edge of the building to act as a windblock so they can start using the carport barn for their shelter. And also so I can put my hay in there. Which, by the way, I found a $1/bale cheaper source than my previous supplier and I can pay for it all at once instead of having multiple deliveries throughout the winter So I will be getting a delivery early next week, I hope.

And no, the chickies I bought are going to be for sale as started pullets in April. We are converting our feed shack into a chicken house so they will have that. I would like to add cage pens (kind of like rabbit cages) in the feed shack and the new barn so I can take advantage of vertical space for chickens. I have a whole business plan wrote up for my critters, lol.

That's great about the hay. We are thinking about having the walls high enough that we can have a hay loft, to get our hay off the ground. Not sure if we will do a footer or concrete blocks, with a treated lumber sill plate, to anchor the base of the carport to.

 

[SheepGirl]

I don't have any good pictures of it, but if you look closely in the picture of the carport with my sheep in it, you can see they used concrete patio blocks that we provided to further level the carport. And when they installed it, they anchored it with 2-3' long spikes. I'm not sure exactly how long they were, but they hammered them right through the base into the ground.

 

[Devonviolet]

I don't have any good pictures of it, but if you look closely in the picture of the carport with my sheep in it, you can see they used concrete patio blocks that we provided to further level the carport. And when they installed it, they anchored it with 2-3' long spikes. I'm not sure exactly how long they were, but they hammered them right through the base into the ground.

Yes, I see what you are talking about, with the patio blocks to level it.

I'm talking about something different. We would dig, a footer maybe 8" wide and a foot deep, and then build a wood form, to pour concrete or build a cement block wall, to bring the footer about 3 or 4 feet above ground. The carport would then sit on top of a sill plate of pressure treated (weather resistant) 2X4. I'm just guessing at the numbers - I think the standard carport has 7 or 8 foot wall supports, so I'm thinking that would give us a 10 to 12 foot wall height, allowing us to have a loft to store hay in. Does that make sense? When we talk to the local carport company, we would have them help us with the logistics, to make sure it made sense to do it that way.