Our ewes are penned up with their lambs after lambing using 4’ and 6’ wood
panels. We build the panels with 1”x 4”s so they’re lightweight and portable. We
decided it would be helpful to have several sets of these panels hinged together
so we could create quick, freestanding pens. After trying several combinations;
two 4’ panels hinged together, two 6’ panels hinged together, and a 4’ and 6’
combo panel, we ultimately decided that the 4’ x 6’ combo panel was the most
useful.
We’ve also found them to be great for moving and catching sheep. We’ve had
several requests for directions to build them so we thought others might find
them useful too.
Note: We recently needed a way to haul a ram lamb when our
full size truck was in the shop. By assembling six of the 4' panels in the
back of our small pick-up (4 panels for the sides and 2 for the roof along with
hay twine to tie them all together) we came up with a great temporary stock rack
. Here are several photos (click on photos to bring up larger
versions...
Here are the supplies and directions for making one
6' panel:
Supplies for one 6’ panel*:
5 - precut 6’ long* 1”x 4”s for horizontal slats
2 - precut 4’ long 1”x 4”s for vertical supports
Package of #8 or #10 1-1/4” wood screws
*for 4’ panel use 5 - precut 4’ long 1”x 4”s for horizontal slats
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