Feed rooms or feed mixers layouts

One of the best set ups I have seen was several years ago at a farm that is no longer in business due to the death of the owner. The handling facility surrounded the fawn pens and the feed room was on one end of the building. Out from the feed room was a drop shed under which there was a gehl hammer mill/mixer. There was a door through the wall from the shed to the feed room where there was a hopper located inside. A small conveyor belt and metal chute allowed the feed from the mill to be transferred into the bin inside regardless of whether it came out of the tube from mixer or straight off of the hammer mill itself. The mill/mixer was chocked in place and when used a tractor would be backed to it and the PTO hooked up to the mill for power. What his did was to keep the "mechanical" portion of the mixer and mill outside of the feed storage area thus eliminating contamination and mess from lubricating fluids, rats in the mill, etc. I will try to draw a sketch of the place and get it to you in an email to better describe what I remember.

Scott could you post the sketch on here for all to see? Thanks, Allen

Roger, It will cost you more up front but with 20+ yrs in the concrtuction business i can tell you in my opion it will be money well spent the conrete wall you talked about will prove to be more durable than metal ,wood,chip board or about anything else. I think you will find that out when sweeping up,washing the floor, stacking bulk sacks of materials for feed mixing against it,No rusting,chipping,smashed or dented up metal!

You'r on the right track alittle thought at this stage will be a time and money saver in the long run. Good Luck I think you will find this type of setupwill be a great addition to your farm.

Here is an idea we use in the south. A company called Carolina Carports makes all metal sheds. Most of the ones you see are the kind that have no sides, but they can be purchased with metal sides all the way to the ground. These make excellent feeding stations inside the enclosures and are actually movable if need be. If you want to you can pour a slab before they are erected. The most common size is 18'X21' and wall height can be varied from 5' to 12' tall. This makes it easy to mount strattling a cross fence so you have 2 stations from one shed.

3068:layout 2.doc]I hope this works post the sketch.

Great layout Scott. Thanks for sharing, Allen