Portable Pen Simplifies Grazing

Portable Pen Simplifies Grazing LIVESTOCK Dairy 17 “Our portable Sheep Tractor Pen takes the time and labor out of moving a small flock of sheep or goats from one pasture to another ” says Dan May who builds the pen components on his farm near Waco Texas Each pen is made of 4 panels and a gate leading to a 16-ft square enclosure that comfortably handles 8 sheep or goats May says his friend John Adams built the first Sheep Tractor Pen and installed 16-in wheels on each corner The 4 panels are made with 1-in square tubing that surrounds 4-ft high by 16-ft long welded-wire metal livestock fencing The tubing creates rigid panel sections held together at 90-degree angles with two metal pins on each end The center of one section has a 4-ft wide gate on metal hinges to move animals in and out The complete 16-ft square enclosure rides 6 in off the ground on “wobble wheels” mounted on each corner May says “one person can easily move the 700- lb pen in any direction in just a few minutes It’s a whole lot easier than having electric fences with posts and the animals never have to leave the pen ” May says he normally has 8 sheep in the pen on his farm but he also substitutes a calf or small beef animal for a few sheep and that works too “We’ve done modifications to the panels for people who want to use the pen for pigs and goats and even poultry How many animals the enclosure holds depends on how dense the grass is They also have an optional canopy that provides shade to half the enclosure at a time Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Sheep Tractor Company 3501 Ross Road Waco Texas 76705 ph 254 730-1965

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