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I don't think much of my cold location either, but I'm trying to "bloom where I'm planted" so to speak. I grew up in middle Tennessee and plan to move back someday. Cohabitation with the pony won't work out unfortunately. Rusty is the type of animal whose practical jokes are usually only funny to himself. When he was chasing my steers I swear he was trying to run them through the electric fence so he could escape without getting shocked.
I have been looking at the pre made barns with interest. I came across a company that does car ports. For about $2500 I could get a 3 sided 12' x 21' carport with the open side being one of the long sides which I could face south. We rarely get wind from the south and when we do it is usually warmer. Our prevailing winds are from the west and they blow fierce here since there are no hills and only distant trees to slow the wind down.
Do you think that could work? I could build whatever I need inside it the carport barn. Like a 9'x12' pen for Pony-gedan, and a more enclosed section for milking and calving. I need at least enough room for my dairy cow, her calf (will separate at night if it doesn't work to leave on mom 24/7), and the steer I am raising for beef. One reason I like smaller cattle. It would protect the animals from the most wind and most precipitation. The pony does great with that but he is a tough little bugger. Not sure how a Jersey cow would tolerate it. I would just use it during the worst weather (animals on rotational grazing most of the time) but also during mud time. Our environment is very flat here so water has no where to drain. The mud gets crazy and if I can't get animals off my pastures the gazing is quickly destroyed.
This carport is rated for 130 mile winds, but I would need to figure out a way to anchor it so it can't blow away. I once saw someones smaller carport blow away in one of our wind gusts. I may make it a run-in shed situation so it would open onto a "dry lot". If I can figure out how to keep it from becoming a mud lot. I hate the mud and I hate my animals having to live in it. The area I want to put my barn is on a little higher rise than the surrounding land. Hopefully it won't get muddy inside the barn. No, no, no.
I have been looking at the pre made barns with interest. I came across a company that does car ports. For about $2500 I could get a 3 sided 12' x 21' carport with the open side being one of the long sides which I could face south. We rarely get wind from the south and when we do it is usually warmer. Our prevailing winds are from the west and they blow fierce here since there are no hills and only distant trees to slow the wind down.
Do you think that could work? I could build whatever I need inside it the carport barn. Like a 9'x12' pen for Pony-gedan, and a more enclosed section for milking and calving. I need at least enough room for my dairy cow, her calf (will separate at night if it doesn't work to leave on mom 24/7), and the steer I am raising for beef. One reason I like smaller cattle. It would protect the animals from the most wind and most precipitation. The pony does great with that but he is a tough little bugger. Not sure how a Jersey cow would tolerate it. I would just use it during the worst weather (animals on rotational grazing most of the time) but also during mud time. Our environment is very flat here so water has no where to drain. The mud gets crazy and if I can't get animals off my pastures the gazing is quickly destroyed.
This carport is rated for 130 mile winds, but I would need to figure out a way to anchor it so it can't blow away. I once saw someones smaller carport blow away in one of our wind gusts. I may make it a run-in shed situation so it would open onto a "dry lot". If I can figure out how to keep it from becoming a mud lot. I hate the mud and I hate my animals having to live in it. The area I want to put my barn is on a little higher rise than the surrounding land. Hopefully it won't get muddy inside the barn. No, no, no.
