Things to Bear in Mind When Keeping Animals in a Polytunnel Construction

Can you keep animals in a polytunnel construction?  Increasingly, smallholders and farmers are finding novel ways to keep their animals safely contained. Constructing new farm buildings often requires planning permission and is costly.

 

If you are only just starting out, you should consider a polytunnel installation for your smaller livestock instead.

 

Easy to set up and even easier to maintain, a polytunnel installation has a lot going for it.

 

What Breeds Of Livestock Can You Keep In A Polytunnel?

 

Keeping larger livestock in a polytunnel is not going to work for you. However, smaller livestock such as chickens, sheep, and even pigs, are right at home in a polytunnel during the winter months.

 

Chickens probably require more shelter than other animals as they are much more likely to fall victim to predators. That being said, winter protection is something that all livestock need.

 

That does not mean that your livestock needs to live all winter in a polytunnel. On warmer days, they can come out and enjoy the fresh air.

 

How Safe Can You Make A Polytunnel Construction?

 

Before you go ahead and start your own polytunnel installation single-handedly, it is a good idea to get in touch with a local specialist.

 

Polytunnels are popular right across the UK, and you will probably find a supplier in your local area!

 

When you have experience of polytunnel installation, you can make your polytunnel safe for both livestock and produce.

 

Today's modern construction build of polytunnels have made them more user-friendly and easier to fit in and around your needs. The only downside is that when you first start out, you will have very little knowledge of polytunnels and how to make them safe for livestock.

 

Can My Livestock Overheat?

 

This is a very common misconception when it comes to polytunnels. Once again, planning ahead is really what you need to do before you get going, find out firstly what planning you will need to be consider such as venting, access and if the insides of the polytunnel will need to be protected against livestock damage..

When you know how you are going to use your polytunnel, your local polytunnel installation service is happy to give you advice on how to manage both security and the temperature of your tunnel.

 

Thanks to a few innovations, controlling the temperature in your polytunnel installation is not something that is out of reach for both farmers and smallholders. Exciting new technology can also help you to heat up your polytunnel when you grow crops that may be sensitive to the cold.

 

If you have gone through everything with your polytunnel construction service, they will create a tunnel in line with both livestock and crop requirements.

 

Compared to other forms of livestock housing, a polytunnel installation is much more user-friendly in build, when compared to ordinary bricks and mortar. If you plan ahead, even sanitation systems  and running water can be installed and fitted to turn your polytunnel into an all year around home for both livestock, crops or other activities.

 

With so many of us longing to grow our own produce and keep at least a few livestock, a polytunnel construction is not such a bad idea.