lofty ideas
Well, After 2 years of dealing with alls sorts of animals living under my hay bales I finally decided to put a stop to it this year. My stable consist of 2 stalls and a tack area. I only have a couple of llama's I dont use the tack area and store my hay there. Bunnies, racoons, skunks have decied its a plced to live. They burrow under the blaes to setup home.
Since my llama's dont use a lot of hay each year, (20 large, 30 small bales) I didnt need a lot of space for the hay.
What I ended up doing was to create a loft over the tack room With enough space for about 20 large bales.
Here is a photo of me and my helper after completion of the loft and moving this years hay into position. Note the pulley and davits for moving the hay into the loft.
Well, After 2 years of dealing with alls sorts of animals living under my hay bales I finally decided to put a stop to it this year. My stable consist of 2 stalls and a tack area. I only have a couple of llama's I dont use the tack area and store my hay there. Bunnies, racoons, skunks have decied its a plced to live. They burrow under the blaes to setup home.
Since my llama's dont use a lot of hay each year, (20 large, 30 small bales) I didnt need a lot of space for the hay.
What I ended up doing was to create a loft over the tack room With enough space for about 20 large bales.
Here is a photo of me and my helper after completion of the loft and moving this years hay into position. Note the pulley and davits for moving the hay into the loft.
