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Re: (TFT) Building

To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) Building
From: "Jay Carlisle" <selfinflicted_wounds@boardermail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:47:32 +0800
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General info

Outbuilding space requirements for livestock, beddings and feeds

Space requirements for Beef
(sq. ft. / head)
FEEDLOTS
20' in barn & 30' in lot for a surfaced lot with free access to the barn.

50' for a surfaced lot.

150-800 (depending on grade of pasture) for a unsurfaced lot.

20-25 sq. ft. of sunshade required per head.

150lbs of manure per full grown cow per day.

BUILDING with feedlots
20-25 for cattle 600lbs to market

15-20 for calves to 600lbs

When in a barn each head requires 1/2 ton of bedding.

COLD CONFINEMENT buildings
30 for solid floor, bedded.

17-18 for solid floor, flushing flume.

17-18 for totally or partly slotted.

100 for calving pen.

1 pen/12 cows for calving space.

Space requirements for Sheep

SHELTER SPACE
Open front building with lot:
10-12 per Ewe
12-16 per Ewe w/lambs
6-8 per feeder lamb

Lot:
25-40 per Ewe (also w/lambs)
15-20 per feeder lamb

Confinement
12-16 per Ewe
15-20 per Ewe w/lamb
8-10 per feeder lamb

Space requirements for Horses

Mature animal (mare or gelding)
small 10 x 10
medium 10 x 12 w/5 x 9 tie stall
large 12 x 12 w/5 x 12 tie stall

Brood mare 12 x 12

Foal to 0-year-old
10 x 10 w/4.5 x 9 tie stall
12 x 12 w/5 x 9 tie stall for large

Pony 9 x 9 w/3 x 6 tie stall

Stallion 14 x 14
if stallions are not worked daily a 2 to 4 acre paddock is needed for exercise.

Space requirements for Swine
Building floor space
Sows and Boars 8 inside 18 outside
Sow w/litter 26 slotted floors or 32 inside 42 outdoors
Pigs to 60lbs 3
60 to 125lbs 6
125 and up 8 or 5 indoors, 13 outdoors

Pasture space
10 gestating sows per acre
7 sows w/litter per acre
50 to 100 growing-finishing pigs per acre (depending on fertility)

Shade space
15-20 per sow
20-30 per sow w/litter
4 per pig to 100lbs
6 per pig over 100lbs

Space requirements for Poultry
Chicks
0-10 weeks 1
10 to maturity 2
Layers
Eggs to eat 2
eggs for meat breeders 3

Broilers 0-8 weeks 1

Roasters 8-12 weeks 2
12-20 weeks 3

Turkeys go to 26 weeks and need 4 sq. ft. by that size. The breeders require twice this space.

I've got ducks and geese as well but with fowl MANY factors determine the floor space requirements.

Hay, Beddings and Feeds
Hay - loose, shallow mows 4 lbs per ft^3 and 512 cubic feet per ton.

Hay - loose, deep mows 4.5 - 444

Hay - baled loose 6 - 333

Hay - baled tight 12 - 167

Hay - long cut 8 - 250

Hay - short cut 12 - 167

Straw - loose 2 to 3 - 1000 to 667

Straw - baled 4 to 6 - 500 to 333

Silage - corn 35 - 57

Silage - grass 40 - 50

Small grains use 4/5 of weight of one bushel to get weight per cubic foot in pounds.

Barley 48lbs per bushel
Corn, ear 70
Corn, shelled 56
Corn, cracked 50
Oats 32
Rye 56
Wheat 60
Soybeans 62