I currently have a 20x30' pen in my barn. At the very least I'd like to build a tight pen but would also take suggestions on how to set it up for other uses like lambing and what not. Right now I'm focusing on the tight pen so I can get them set up with vaccinations and worming.
Below are two pictures of part of the pen area. To the left leads to the pasture, to the right is storage, tractor parking, etc.. To make this easier I'll refer to the 3 beams from left to right as beams 1,2 and 3. So the black water bucket is between beams 1 and 2, beam 3 has a chain hanging on it.
I'd like to make a 10x10 pen on that side of the barn. I was thinking of running more 2x4s from beam 2 to the wall like I've done at beam 3. At first I was thinking of attaching a metal tube gate to beam 2 that I could swing back and forth and close either side. Another option I considered was to attach the gate to beam 3. Most of the time I could just have it pushed up against the gate that leads to the storage area. Then if I wanted to I could push the sheep into the 10x10 area and close it behind them.
Thoughts on this, any other options I should consider?
Below are two pictures of part of the pen area. To the left leads to the pasture, to the right is storage, tractor parking, etc.. To make this easier I'll refer to the 3 beams from left to right as beams 1,2 and 3. So the black water bucket is between beams 1 and 2, beam 3 has a chain hanging on it.
I'd like to make a 10x10 pen on that side of the barn. I was thinking of running more 2x4s from beam 2 to the wall like I've done at beam 3. At first I was thinking of attaching a metal tube gate to beam 2 that I could swing back and forth and close either side. Another option I considered was to attach the gate to beam 3. Most of the time I could just have it pushed up against the gate that leads to the storage area. Then if I wanted to I could push the sheep into the 10x10 area and close it behind them.
Thoughts on this, any other options I should consider?