I have not done it yet, but when I do overhaul my shelters, I plane on
adding butt boards to the interior of the shelters and the outside
corners. The butt boards will be 2x6 pressure treated lumber attached
in such a way as to be able to replace them easily as they wear out. If
you look at the majority of damage, it seams to be about 18" or so high,
so I will be putting the boards about that high. I currently have 2x4
no climb fencing on T-posts between my ewes and polled rams, it's
holding but has seen better days, so my next pens will either have
walkways between pens, or I will use 2x4 no climb on 5-6" wood posts
with 2x6 butt boards on both sides. My rams like to rub so I figure give
them something to rub on.
Steve
ninemilesheep.com
On 8/26/2014 6:36 AM, mtnrdgr...@aol.com wrote:
My barns are the prefab metal over plywood. They hold up fine to the
mashing. They do however, mar it so I put up plywood panels on the
lower half. They have a little give as they are attached to the frame
and stick out from the wall itself a quarter inch. I find this very
satisfactory. My one barn that is corrugated on the outside is going
to get smashed so I put goat panels along the outside to keep them off
the metal itself.
Best Wishes,
Jann
Mountain Ridge Ranch and
KayaKyi Kennels
American Blackbelly Sheep
Tibetan Mastiffs
PBGVs and GBGVs
mrr.mysite.com
https://www.facebook.com/KayakyiPBGVsAndGBGVs
AKC Breeder of Merit
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Krach <rickkr...@hotmail.com>
To: blackbelly Blackbelly List <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Sent: Mon, Aug 25, 2014 11:17 pm
Subject: [Blackbelly] Barn siding/building material
David, I have corrugated steel siding on my current, antique barn and
it is all smashed in. I have no steel rails, however. Nearly 100% of
all barns are made of wood; I've never seen anything else, and that's
why I'm asking what most of you do about rams butting into your walls
and wearing them down. Any more suggestions? I can imagine the lower
3 feet made with cement blocks, but I don't think that'll look good
and I've seen no barns like that either. My barn was originally build
with the beautiful, inch thick barn-wood planks which were replaced
with corrugated steel as they wore out. Now the steel panels are
smashed, too.
Rick Krach
in Auburn, CA
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:24:17 -0700
From: Rick Krach <rickkr...@hotmail.com>
To: blackbelly Blackbelly List <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Subject: [Blackbelly] barn siding/building material
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I'm beginning the process of refurbishing a 70 year old barn whose
walls have been destroyed in recent years by my American Blackbelly
rams. ?I need to know what kind of material, wall thickness, and
building construction has worked for the others of you for your barns?
?All my sheep, 6 adults (1ram) and each year's lambs live in this barn
during cold and rainy times.?
Rick Krach
in Auburn, CA?
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:39:37 -0400
From: David Sussman <david.gadog...@gmail.com>
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] barn siding/building material
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Steel siding on 2" steel rails works for us...
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