Sheep farming
Custom steel frame farm sheds for lambing and housing sheep
Deciding to house your sheep for lambing can come down to any number of factors, but one thing’s for certain – you need a quality shed that ensures the welfare of your animals.
At Fowler & Gilbert, we work with you to outline your requirements and design a building that helps make your job easier, improves productivity, and protects the sheep.
Benefits of steel frame sheep sheds
A sheep shed can help with:
- reducing stress in the flock and protecting them from illness or harm
- managing the sheep more easily in terms of movement and shearing
- providing shade and doubling as storage in the summer months.
For a custom-built sheep building that’s designed around the needs of you and your animals, our experienced team of designers, fabricators and buildings have got your back.
Specially designed steel frame lambing sheds
A well-designed lambing shed can have a huge impact on productivity and animal welfare.
- Lambing in a shed can help to reduce mortality rates by protecting sheep from predators and reducing stress.
- Adequate housing protects animals from cold weather and draughts, which can otherwise lead to pneumonia.
- Lambs and mothers that are housed together can be easily supervised and tagged.
- Sheds that are divided by pens can also make it easier to move a lamb for fostering if necessary.
If you’re planning to lamb during winter or early spring, talk to our team and find out how we can help you.
Fowler & Gilbert are committed to providing a safe, high-quality service that you can trust – that’s why we’re proud to be accredited by the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS).
Steel frame buildings and sheep sheds to suit your exact needs
- We offer free site visits and chat with you about what you need.
- Sheep and lambing buildings are designed to be low level and simple to maintain.
- Because our designs are custom-made for you, they’re easy to adapt – if you need to extend the shed in the future, you know who to call.
- Your building can easily be designed for more than one purpose, like a hay or machine store in the warmer months.
If you’re planning to lamb during winter or early spring, talk to our team and find out how we can help you.
Designing, fabricating and constructing custom steel frame farm buildings
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