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From: Carol J. Elkins celk...@awrittenword.com
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2011 11:13:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Barn fans
Last week I bought a seriously cheap box fan that is all plastic. I
Just remember this-- Exhaust the air as High Up as you can, on the warmer side
of the building,n-- bring it in from as low as you can, and on the Shady/cooler
side of the building.
If you are building something new- or are fortunate to already have one on
the property, a 'raised center
Carol, I remember reading in a veterinary manual, That the heat envelope that
develops UNDER sheep needs to be eliminated! This is done by moving air at
ground level. If your shed has a peaked roof- exhausting air at the peak, and
encouraging air to enter at the ground level maintains
Last week I bought a seriously cheap box fan that is all plastic. I
hung it from one of the rafters in the back part of the sheep shed.
It helps a little, the sheep aren't afraid of it, and they seem to
enjoy the air being stirred around. My shed has no peaked roof so
this was the best I could
yeah, even May for us in California can be an issue for lambing. Poor little
buggers sit out in the sun and can't self- regulate and don't know any better
and get too hot.
In California it's feast or famine on the weather. A month earlier and you
might still have sub-freezing mornings, and
