Baymule
Herd Master
Cow panel hoop shelters work nicely for shelter. I use 2 of them. I put the split foam pipe cover on one panel at the top of the hoop, secured with zip ties, to keep from rubbing and poking holes in the tarp. Then I tie them together with wire or hay twine. I lay the panels flat on the ground. I drive 2 T-posts at one end of each cow panel. Pick up the other end of the cow panel and push it against the posts, to desired height and width. Tie with hay string or wire. Have some of your big strong, handsome men drive in 2 T-posts at the other end. Tie with hay string or wire. Do the same for the other panel, then tie them together so winds don’t flex them in different directions and tear the tarp. Put tarp over the top, tie with handy dandy hay twine. Deep bed with straw, pine shavings or whatever you use for bedding.
I’ve been using dead hay, that’s the bottoms of the round bales and dropped hay for bedding. It’s rained here, ewe pen is sloppy. It rains, I throw dead hay on the mud, they stomp it in, I throw more dead hay, repeat. It will rain again tomorrow.
I’ve been using dead hay, that’s the bottoms of the round bales and dropped hay for bedding. It’s rained here, ewe pen is sloppy. It rains, I throw dead hay on the mud, they stomp it in, I throw more dead hay, repeat. It will rain again tomorrow.