Anyone have any experience building pasture shelters? I'm looking to build one for a mule in very hot, humid FL. Can anyone send me some how-to links, or links to pre-built shelters?
Since you are in Florida you might want to look into making one out of steel or aluminum. How much are you thinking of spending? I have seen some made out of just those aluminum carport things. I think last time I saw one they were around $6-900 installed.
No termites to worry about with aluminum.
When I was looking for the run-in I found those are cheaper than building one on property (although if you build yourself it certainly will save TONS of money).
4 poles in the ground some 2x4's for the roof boards or tin, there you have it. :lol: It sounds so easy doesn't it :wink: I have thought of building one for ages so I don't have to move my girls from the pasture when it storms. It always seems easy in my little brain :lol:
Ha-ha, Vida! It usually more tough than it looks like. We were thinking about building one ourself, but after accurate considerations on my side I got the Amish one (well, I have a good discount though - one stall for free).
4 poles in the ground some 2x4's for the roof boards or tin, there you have it. :lol: It sounds so easy doesn't it :wink: I have thought of building one for ages so I don't have to move my girls from the pasture when it storms. It always seems easy in my little brain :lol:
We turned our shelter into a chicken coop! :roll: BEFORE we had horses!!! Now the chickens own the shelter and I'm stuck trying to build a new one. I think I like the car port idea. My guys have never had any shelter as far as I know. When the elements get really bad ( hail or ice) we have to take the horses 1/2 mile to the barn.
Anywho The chicken coop is made from 4 cedar posts and some 2x4's and some cheap steel siding. it only had 3 sides my daughters and I remodelded it for the chickens so the carpentry isn't the best (Hubby was a carpenter for 14 years and didn't want the chickens...it was a test it think. We passed and finished it out for the chickens.)
Thanks guys! I know it was a bit random and off topic...lol..my mind wanders sometimes!
I painted it all by my little self!
I had some leftover battleship grey from painting the boys' room in the other house and about an 1/8 of a bucket of white. The grey alone was plain and sad looking really. I think I got a tad carried away, after all the chickens don't care! I really liked it and better than that my daughter (Korrie) LOVED IT! The dancing egg on the door was her idea! :lol:
HAHAHA oops guess I got kinda caught up in myself huh?!?! lol sorry. :lol:
I didn't build the whole thing I just fixed the holes I found and added the sheet of plywood and the doors and chicken wire.
I will give you the rough dimentions of it though. It is 8' x 8' overall with an 8 foot front sloping down to about 7 feet at the back for water shed. It really is just cobbled together. Like I said it has 4 cedar posts, one on each corner. then a header in the front of the building and in the back with the L and R sides of the building supported lower with 2x4's running front to back. It has 4 larger pieces of lumber that run front to back for the roof with 2x4's run L to R over that to help stabilize it and give a place to nail the tin to. I really really don't know if this would be something that you would want to build on purpose! :lol: And I really think that a car port may be better in FL. This big hot mess would be rotten in no time! (it already is a tad here in Ar) And to be perfectly honest I don't think I would have kept my horses in it even if we didn't have the chickens...there are a million nails and the metal siding could easily injure a horse. I have seen carposts that have worked wonderfully for a run in type shelter. They help with the sun, yet allow excellent ventalation, if its really stormy and blows hard where you live you could always cover a couple sides with tarps. Its not likely that you will be fighting off snow and ice. Sorry if I am rambeling, I just don't think you should build MY shelter...lol...it wouldn't pass a code test that's for sure!!!! LOL
Thanks so much everyone! I found this pasture shelter online for about $2.4k less than any other shelter I've found. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with it?
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