Sheep house

[SheepGirl]

I'll bet that my sheep are the biggest both frame size and weight of anyone on this board.

You could be right there and we are all so pleased for you

just using that as a reference to the number of sheep that can get inside and pack into a small structure. You'd be surprised.

example of size: 42" tall x 43" long- weighed 395 pounds at Louisville as a yearling (in this picture). This ram was 1st at the All American as a lamb (National Junior Show), 1st at IL State Fair, and Reserve Champion, 1st at Louisville Junior Show, and 1st at Louisville Open Show and Sr. Champion. He then came back and claimed honors of being the largest Oxford ram ever shown at Louisville as a yearling.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/6820_7099_qr3.jpg

What size/age sheep are you putting in there? If the box is 32 sq ft and 10 sheep could fit in there then that means each sheep only has 3.2 sq ft...so even if it was 1 ft x 3.2 ft space for each sheep, they still wouldn't be able to fit because your sheep are 43" long--which is about 5 inches too much.

 

[kfacres]

You could be right there and we are all so pleased for you

just using that as a reference to the number of sheep that can get inside and pack into a small structure. You'd be surprised.

example of size: 42" tall x 43" long- weighed 395 pounds at Louisville as a yearling (in this picture). This ram was 1st at the All American as a lamb (National Junior Show), 1st at IL State Fair, and Reserve Champion, 1st at Louisville Junior Show, and 1st at Louisville Open Show and Sr. Champion. He then came back and claimed honors of being the largest Oxford ram ever shown at Louisville as a yearling.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/6820_7099_qr3.jpg

What size/age sheep are you putting in there? If the box is 32 sq ft and 10 sheep could fit in there then that means each sheep only has 3.2 sq ft...so even if it was 1 ft x 3.2 ft space for each sheep, they still wouldn't be able to fit because your sheep are 43" long--which is about 5 inches too much.

I'm putting all sizes of sheep in it. Clearly, not all of our sheep are 42" tall-- as the ewes and lambs will be smaller--- but they'll comparitively be bigger than almost all other sheep.

My brood ewes will weigh 250, and I'd say it will hold 6 of them in fleece. I'd say this box could fit 15 lambs weighing 50 lb.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I'm commenting on individual calf hutches, not community hutches. If it's a community hutch, those are expensive and one could build a wood shelter for much cheaper.

 

[bonbean01]

I agree with that...plus with a wooden structure you would be set for when you increase your flock number and have the room for birthing areas too. Your first post mentioned growing your herd to 10...I would think it worth it to build a permanent shelter from wood. Just my two cents worth...not that 2 cents will buy you much these days

 

[kfacres]

I'm commenting on individual calf hutches, not community hutches. If it's a community hutch, those are expensive and one could build a wood shelter for much cheaper.

I too am talking about individaul calf hutches... but my point is-- you don't need one hutch for one sheep-- you'll be able to have 5 or 6 at least fit inside one.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I'm commenting on individual calf hutches, not community hutches. If it's a community hutch, those are expensive and one could build a wood shelter for much cheaper.

I too am talking about individaul calf hutches... but my point is-- you don't need one hutch for one sheep-- you'll be able to have 5 or 6 at least fit inside one.

You MUST be talking about larger hutches than the typical ones for 1 individual calf. There is no way in heck you can get 5 ewes (especially your huge sheep) in a calf hutch that is sized for 1 individual calf . No way. Unless maybe you get a shoe horn, and decorate the hutch like a clown car. In the hutch in the link, you could get *maybe* 2 ewes in there.

My point was, if someone gets a smaller calf hutch, the sheep will not be able to fit in together, and I'm not sure sheep would like to be separated.

 

[kfacres]

I'm commenting on individual calf hutches, not community hutches. If it's a community hutch, those are expensive and one could build a wood shelter for much cheaper.

I too am talking about individaul calf hutches... but my point is-- you don't need one hutch for one sheep-- you'll be able to have 5 or 6 at least fit inside one.

You MUST be talking about larger hutches than the typical ones for 1 individual calf. There is no way in heck you can get 5 ewes (especially your huge sheep) in a calf hutch that is sized for 1 individual calf . No way. Unless maybe you get a shoe horn, and decorate the hutch like a clown car. In the hutch in the link, you could get *maybe* 2 ewes in there.

My point was, if someone gets a smaller calf hutch, the sheep will not be able to fit in together, and I'm not sure sheep would like to be separated.

Ya, I've got about 25 of those hutches around the place and have used them for many other purposes other than calves...

My fertilizer bed-- isn't much bigger than a calf hutch. It's about 4x10... the calf hutches are 4.5 x 6.

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

My fertilizer bed-- isn't much bigger than a calf hutch. It's about 4x10... the calf hutches are 4.5 x 6.

I don't own sheep or have experience with them but i can't understand how 5 - 6 sheep can comfortably fit in one calf hutch. I have a dog crate almost that big and i can't see that many sheep being comfortable in that small of a space.

 

[HankTheTank]

Sounds like you're playing sheep tetris

 

[kfacres]

My fertilizer bed-- isn't much bigger than a calf hutch. It's about 4x10... the calf hutches are 4.5 x 6.

I don't own sheep or have experience with them but i can't understand how 5 - 6 sheep can comfortably fit in one calf hutch. I have a dog crate almost that big and i can't see that many sheep being comfortable in that small of a space.

We used to lamb 80 ewes in a shed 22x28