Cattle panel

[Beekissed]

Here is my cattle panel run, its a 16x16 with two gateways, this is for Turkeys, Chickens and Guineas. My fiance James and I are putting welded wire around the cattle panels to make the holes smaller so the Chickens and Guineas cannot escape. We are putting a chicken wire roof on it with a tarp over that to protect from snow which we got hit with 4in last night. This project is still in the works but even the temp setujp everyone can be outside and play and already know the herding drill to go back inside the coop even the Guineas.

If you get heavy snows where you live and your run is 16 ft. long by 16 ft. wide, it's likely your tarp run topper will collapse under the snow, even with chicken wire under it to support it. You'd need some heavy duty bracing or arches to avoid a collapse with a setup like that. I've seen that time and again with folks around here.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

We are planning on doing that, we are going to build a frame for it and screw it into the tops of the posts against the extensions.

 

[10AcreChick]

A pounder dealy flopper that goes over the top of the fencepost. Yeah, that's what it's called. That's what we have, and I think hubby hurt his shoulder by using it this summer. His right shoulder has been giving him grief for quite a while. No more pounder dealy flopper that goes over the top of the fencepost for him!!!! In order for me to use it, I'd have to stand on the tail gate of the truck, or some other some such un safe method. So... I'll need to be re-thinking my fencing needs, and other building needs in the future.

A bit of advice. Always put the pounder dealy flopper on the T-post or stake before trying to put it vertical. Works way better. Also doesn't almost break your back by bending you in half the wrong way when you try to lift the 50 lb pounder dealy flopper above your head with outstretched arms and onto the T-post that is 6 feet tall and barely standing up itself. OUCH. The most important lesson of 2016.

And there were lots of them.

But I must say, a pinch bar and a pick ax are a girl's best friend on the farm.

 

[Beekissed]

Yeah, a ladder was essential for Ken to even get the first few pound-pound pounds in.....um, we figured out in short order that standing on my shoulders wasn't going to cut it!

A tailgate is usually the right height!

 

[lazy gardener]

We have an iron bar that is pointed on one end, and 1" in diameter, about 5' tall. I love that thing. It is useful for a great many things. An other must have is 3 or 4 2" x 10' long pieces of PVC. I use them all the time as rollers. We rolled the old CP coop over 100' when it was first built. Then, last summer, we rolled it to it's final resting place. That coop is heavy b/c it has lots of framing as well as a closed in loft, and HW cloth completely covering it. I also use the PVC to roll my grow out tractor, my brooder tractor, move boulders across the lawn (plywood or planks over the PVC to hold the boulders.

 

[donrae]

A bit of advice. Always put the pounder dealy flopper on the T-post or stake before trying to put it vertical. Works way better. Also doesn't almost break your back by bending you in half the wrong way when you try to lift the 50 lb pounder dealy flopper above your head with outstretched arms and onto the T-post that is 6 feet tall and barely standing up itself. OUCH. The most important lesson of 2016.

And there were lots of them.

But I must say, a pinch bar and a pick ax are a girl's best friend on the farm.

This is what we do. I love the driver, in our soil it really works well. but the height thing is an issue (for me, at least. Honey's taller). My other issue is the noise. That metal clanging is so loud, and for some reason my ears have become more sensitive the last few years. So, I wear shooting muffs when we pound posts

We have an iron bar that is pointed on one end, and 1" in diameter, about 5' tall. I love that thing. It is useful for a great many things. An other must have is 3 or 4 2" x 10' long pieces of PVC. I use them all the time as rollers. We rolled the old CP coop over 100' when it was first built. Then, last summer, we rolled it to it's final resting place. That coop is heavy b/c it has lots of framing as well as a closed in loft, and HW cloth completely covering it. I also use the PVC to roll my grow out tractor, my brooder tractor, move boulders across the lawn (plywood or planks over the PVC to hold the boulders.

Right there with ya. We're on our second of our marriage, I think Honey bent the first one. But they're indispensable.

 

[10AcreChick]

This is what we do. I love the driver, in our soil it really works well. but the height thing is an issue (for me, at least. Honey's taller). My other issue is the noise. That metal clanging is so loud, and for some reason my ears have become more sensitive the last few years. So, I wear shooting muffs when we pound posts 



Right there with ya. We're on our second of our marriage, I think Honey bent the first one. But they're indispensable. 

 

[10AcreChick]

Oops. That didnt work the first time. Yeah, that bar with the point is what I was calling a pinch bar, LZ. And goodness, Donrae, if your husband bent one of those, he must be stronger than mine! And my DH is quite

!

 

[donrae]

Oops. That didnt work the first time. Yeah, that bar with the point is what I was calling a pinch bar, LZ. And goodness, Donrae, if your husband bent one of those, he must be stronger than mine! And my DH is quite

!

I've always said the man has freakish upper body strength.

Funny thing is, he doesn't realize how strong he is. He's always telling me to be careful with shovels, etc..."Be sure you don't break that handle"......like I'm ever going to break a handle on a shovel!

Well, maybe I could have 20 years ago, but even then I think I was smart enough not to---if I needed to work that hard, it needed to be done a different way. Now, just not physically strong enough, but it's cute that he thinks I am.

 

[10AcreChick]

And I'm always saying that to MY husband "don't break it!" Bull in a China cabinet.

Man, i soooo want to try one of those hoop coops! Maybe I can convince the DH we need one for the meat flock this summer!