Calf Warmers from Barn World – Livestock Supply Necessity

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Rob

Calf Warmers from Barn World

To provide the best care in the critical after-birth hours of your calf’s life, be sure to enlist the help of a calf warmer.

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Calf warmers should be a livestock supply staple when raising livestock

Calf warmers create an excellent shelter and warm nurturing environment for new born calves. Usually constructed out of a durable, long-lasting and rust proof medium density poly, this animal shelter is a must for newborns and should be in every livestock supply arsenal.
New born calves require a warm enclosed space during the critical hours right after birth. They are vulnerable to the cold and need a safe place to recover from the birthing process. Barn World calf warmers have top of the line heaters located in the rear of the warmer in a separate enclosure that provides a steady warm, circulating flow of air. The area is large enough so the calf can stand up or lie down while remaining in the interior warmth of the heater. Being contained allows the identity scent to remain intact so the mothers will instinctively reclaim their rejuvenated infant once they’re ready to be released.

Calf Warmer Features

Barn World carries the Sioux Steel calf warmer with the following top-of-the-line features including a fully controllable an automated heater.

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• An adjustable 1500 watt electric heater with a fan with automatic shutoff and built in thermostat for controlling temperature and air flow speed
• The top hinged section is completely removable for ease of cleaning and for providing the largest allowable access area for calves to enter and leave the enclosure
• The bottom of the warmer is reinforced for easy towing and durability. It comes compete with a tow rope already installed so you’re ready to remove the calf from the delivery area
• The floor is raised and grated to provide warm air circulation throughout the entire warmer. It has a two panel system and is removable for easy cleaning
• The top eve vent allows for ventilation and circulation control as well as provides sighting access so you may keep an eye on the calf without raising the lid and disturbing it
• A popular feature is the 12v adapter
• The warmer measures 45” high, 25” wide and is 48” long to allow for maximum comfort inside.

Livestock Supplies are necessary for newborns

To keep your young, newborn livestock healthy and to give them a great start at a long and healthy live, a calf warmer is a must during the crucial hours after birth. Providing a safe and comfortable environment for your animal is a must to ensure a great beginning in a stress-free setting. To take advantage of all the calf warmer has to offer, call (720) 238-2190 or visit BarnWorld.com today for all your livestock supply needs and remember, they carry everything from cattle guards to saddle pads!

Drive Over Gates – a Cattle Guard alternative from Barn World!

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Rob

Drive Over Gates from Barn World! A Great Cattle Guard Alternative

Push over gate from Barn World

Barn World is excited to announce the arrival of the Drive-Over Gate. No need to stop to open a gate, pull through only to stop again to close the gate. This gate allows you to simply drive right over it! It will return to it’s upright position automatically as soon as the vehicle or trailer is clear.

Drive Over Gate Uses

The gate allows easy access to all your fenced-in areas without the hassle of leaving your vehicle to open and close your gates. This simple design has been tested in high traffic feed lots with all sorts of different vehicles. We tested it repeatedly with very large tractors and heavy loads to ensure the durability of the gate and with the weight of every load transferred directly to the ground, there was no limit to what the gate could handle. It proved extremely durable and trouble-free as shown in the video above.

It also allows for smaller ATVs, walk-through and walk-over traffic to easily pass a fence line. Large or heavy load are not necessary to ‘open’ the gate and it is easily passable by stepping on it or by removing the pass-through stakes and simply replacing them once you’ve gone through.

It also works well with your pivots

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Gate Operation

The Drive-Over Gate is held in position with solid, heavy-duty springs that ensure many years of trouble free use and is designed to be opened by all vehicles, large and small, from ATVs to large tractors with trailers. The tension on the springs may be adjusted to keep the gate as firm as you’d like from day one to through day 10,000.

No more gates to open or close! This gate allows you to drive right over it without exiting your vehicile! It returns to it’s upright position automatically and is extremely durable.

The gate is accessible from both sides, and is easily pushed down by all vehicles and implements – from a small ATV to a tractor with attachments. Irrigation pivots can cross fences any time and if you need to walk through, simply pull out one or two of the cushion rods and step through the gate. You may also just push the gate over slightly and step on it to cross.

Easy for one person to set up and to move to a different location
Available in 6′, 14′ or 16′ widths

Livestock gate

The drive over or push over gate is great at containing your animals while allowing easy access to all of your pastures and fenced in areas. The gates are large and sturdy enough that livestock won’t look twice at it as a means of escape. Even if they do try and ‘test’ it, a push against the gate only leads to the gate pushing back and frightening the animal away. They quickly learn not to mess with the moving gate.

The speed that the gate ‘resets’ to it’s upright position may be adjusted by varying the tension on the springs or the telescoping tubing. There isn’t much pressure on the rods when they are in the down position so they barely tickle the underside of a vehicle as it crosses over. Please see the above video for a demonstration.

Installing a Drive Over Gate Cattle Guard Alternative

With it’s simple and reliable design, it’s very easy to install the gate. It’s important that the site be level and clear of obstructions in both directions for proper performance. In the winter, you’ll want to make sure the snow doesn’t pile up on either side as the weight of a crossing vehicle may bend the rods when compressed over large ice buildups. The gate is virtually maintenance free.

Cattle Guard Alternative

This gate has been used to provide easy access to all fence lines and it’s durability allows for all type of vehicles to cross effortlessly. When comparing it to a cattle guard installation, there is no comparison. No vaulted area or foundation is required to be dug and poured with concrete. A 6-8 inch gravel base is recommended and it installs in much less time, without an engineer, contractor or permits needed that are necessary with a cattle guard install. Simple to install and simple to use is why this gate is so popular and effective.

If you have any questions or would like a quote with shipping, please contact Barn World at 720.238.2190 or send an emailed to Sales@BarnWorld.com, and we will be more than happy to help.

Animal Shelters from Barn World – portable livestock shelters!

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Rob

Animal Shelters now at Barn World!

Barn World is proud to offer a line of portable steel shelters that are designed to be livestock shelters but come in sizes large enough for efficient to be equipment and storage facilities as well.

Animal Shelter Calf Hut

Calf Shelter

Animals Shelters and Livestock Huts

Whether you need an animal shelter for goats, calves, Ostriches or Emu’s, there’s an animal shelter built for you. All of the huts are constructed from steel and are available with swing in or out bucket holders and bottle holders.

There are also options for the front and back of the shelters. You may choose from the fronts being partially closed with a solid immovable panel that covers half of the entrance, or get a full closure with the optional swinging door if desired.

Animal Hut Front Door and Enclosure

Animal Hut Front Enclosure

Animal Shelter with door (closed) Front closure without door

Small Animal Shelter

The small huts measure either 4-1/2’ or 7-1/2’ long in width. They come pre-assembled and like all the shelters, have the option of the front enclosure without the door or with. The height is 3’10” and light weight of only 145 lbs, allows for easy mobility and greatly increases the uses for this small building. They come with anchors, one in the back and two for the front make your portable shelters a permanent solution until you’d like to move them for another use.

Transporting the huts is made more efficient by design. Up to fifteen of these smaller shelters can be loaded in a pickup when you’re ready to move them for another use. Extremely popular with pig and hog operations, they make great farrowing shelters.

Making them tough is the galvanized, heavy-duty corrugated steel reinforcements and heavy angle irons frames. These buildings are designed to shine in the worst of Mother Nature as well as your livestock.

Ostrich and Emu Shelter

These huts are great for large birds and come pre-assembled in 7’ long sections. You may choose from 7’ as the shortest length and add sections all the way up to your longest use need. Available in 8’, 12’ and 14’ widths, they offer a wide variety of uses and allow for growing and large herd sizes.

Assembly for these portable and yet permanent buildings takes a quick 2 hours and with the included 4×4 skids, you’re never stuck with a shelter in a specific place. All necessary parts are included for complete assembly.

Large Animal Huts

The larger animal shelters come in widths of 8’, 10’, 12’ and 14 feet while the lengths are in any increment of 7’ and although they are not pre-assembled like the smaller shelters, it will only take two men or women, 2-4 hours to completely build them. These larger huts come with skids made of 4×4’s to make it easy to move them in the pasture or around the farm and ranch.

The 14’ wide hut is plenty big enough for a full size pick up. You can even open the doors to get out when parked inside. It’s extremely useful store equipment out of the snow, sun and rain and can even make a nice workshop. There are large vents located on the back wall that open up to allow for ventilation and ‘airing out’ in the summer.

This is a picture of the back of the 14’ shelter with the back vents open

A Shelter or Hut for all types of uses

To offer the portability and versatility inherent in the design of these buildings, it is necessary to anchor them to the ground. Please note that due to varying soil composition around the country and from county to county, anchors are not included with the larger shelters, but are included with the 6’ wide huts.

For questions or information on the animal shelters or for assistance any farm and ranch livestock supplies or even cattle guards, please call (720) 238-2190 or visit BarnWorld.com today!

How to Ensure that Your Animals Produce

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rob

Raising an animal is not a walk in the park it needs necessary skills and talents in order for you to produce animals which can generate the best quality meat. If you think that raising cattle is easy you should think again because like humans they need to have love and affection in order for them to become profitable. You need to keep in mind that animals have depression if you do not take good care of them. You do not need to follow a cattle around to make sure that it is happy, the weight of the cattle in cattle scales will show you that you are doing a good job.

It will take more than an hour of your time a day to watch your cattle since all they do is eat grass, you need to have necessary equipments so that you can ensure that your livestock is healthy and productive. Equipment like bulk feed bins will ensure that your cattle is eating to become heavier and healthier. Healthy cattle are said to produce the best meat in the market, when your cattle is producing healthy meat then you can say that you are raising good livestock animals.

To ensure that your animals are producing the best meat, you have to make sure that your animals are having the right necessities. They need an environment where they cannot be harmed by children and other people. The animals also need clean water from time to time to relinquish their thirst and lastly they have to eat well, feeding them with hay feeders can ensure that their food intake is normal. A thirsty and hungry animal can never produce the right kind of meat to pass the meat requirements. It is very important that the meat itself is healthy because many consumers will be feeding on it.

Many factors will contribute so that your cattle can produce good quality meat that can pass the standard in meat production. Ensuring that your animals produce lean meat will ensure that you will gain profit beyond your expectation. Having a good environment and a good barn will ensure that your animals are happy resulting in greater profit and great feedback from your customers. It is like an advertisement because you advertise results, so that you can gain the necessary feedback that you need.

How the Environment Affects Growth of Farm Animals?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Rob

The environment plays a vital role in the growth of farm animals, it is therefore very important that we find a stable environment that can sustain the needs of our animals. Factors like humidity, weather, water source and a rich fertile soil will ensure that the growth of animals will be faster and up to date. An environment that lacks either one of this factor will result to poor meat production and slow growth of your barn animals. You should keep in mind that in order for your animals to grow and multiply all of these factors must be complied.

If you are living in an urban environment, and you want to raise livestock you must ensure that you have all the necessary equipments to make up a perfect barn. Equipment like hay feeders is very important to make your cattle happy. Since we are not blessed with acres of green pasture we can find simple solutions to simple problems to make our barn animals healthy. We should be creative enough to imagine what our animal needs since they can’t tell you that, you have to observe their needs so that you can complete whatever is lacking in their environment.

The environment plays a vital role in animal meat production, it is best to have a pasture so that your animals can roam freely. If your animals are able to move around it is to be expected that their meat is lean and good, a cattle who can’t walk around produces meat that are rich in fats and amino acids. A pasture is a great advantage to your dream of livestock production. If you have many animals that you need to feed you should have bulk feed bins so that you can feed them all at once.

Raising livestocks in a secure and healthy environment will make your animals produce more than expected, rest assured your profits will be doubled and all your clients will be happy. The consumer will always look for your livestock if you are producing good quality mean. You can then be very popular if your meat is good and healthy. Raising a farm animal is pretty tiring since you have to observe what your barn animal needs. Providing your animals with good quality equipment will double your meat production. Equipments like grain bins will even add to the décor of your barn. A clean barn is always a pleasure to visit.

Cattle Guard Options – planning for animal control with cattle guards

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Rob

Cattle guards livestock and animal control and convenience

Cattle guards allow for ease of access to your pastures and livestock, or keep your valuable animals at home without the use of cumbersome gates. It’s not necessary to stop, get out of your vehicle or climb down from your farm equipment to open a gate, drive through, all the while watching for animals trying to escape along the way, only to then get out again to close the livestock gate behind you. Better make sure it’s secure behind you to prevent a jail break when you’re not around! The guards offer peace of mind knowing that a gate wasn’t left open and that you won’t have to spend your day chasing your cattle or other animals around the county!.

That’s why Barn World offers not only a large selection of livestock supplies, but also a wide variety of cattle guards and options.

Cattle Guard Options

Flat Pipe vs. Round Pipe – two different finishes for different uses.

The flat piping offers vehicles a smoother ride when crossing the control area and is a valuable option to consider when higher speeds are present. Even through the flat topped guard isn’t as daunting to livestock as the round pipe, it still provides an effective deterrent. These are typically used on highways and high traffic areas where speeds and vehicle comfort are a priority.

Round pipe offers the most effective means of dissuading animal crossings. A large part of the deterrent is a mental and visual cue that the animal perceives. A round piped guard creates a deeper shadow and the perception of a larger obstacle than the flat. It also offers a more challenging physical barrier. A flat hoofed animal with have a very difficult time finding footing on a rounded surface and won’t be able to balance its hoof on the pipe. We have seen cattle ‘test’ a guard by placing a single hoof on the pipe only to realize that it can’t place any weight on the hoof to cross. If the visual appearance doesn’t immediately persuade it to stay away, the inability to balance a single hoof on the cattle guard will. The round style is very popular on farms, ranches, private drives and public roadways.

Cattle Guard Boxes

Boxed cattle guards allow for installation directly on the ground. Dirt is typically piled up on each side to provide a ramp for vehicles to cross the 12” tall barrier. The box itself is simply a steel skirt that prevents dirt from creeping in underneath and filling in the space under the guard. You may choose from the integral box, which is welded directly,

Integral Box

or a removable box which allows for cleaning the vault area below without disturbing the area around it be simply lifting the guard:

Removable Box

These boxed guards are extremely popular and useful for construction sites as washouts, dirt shakers and allow for installation without digging a vault and pouring footings. To clean debris out from underneath, it can simply be drug from it’s resting place and then returned again. It is important to install on level ground to prevent movement over time.

Cattle Guard Wings

Wings are used to connect the guard to a fence-line to prevent livestock from crossing around the fence post. They are triangles that attached to the ends of the barrier, lean away from the roadway and provide a vertical post to run the fencing to. Without them, crossing around the last fence post can be possible and some animals may just skirt the guard.

Cattle Guard Animal Safety

It’s important to remember that these barriers are not effective for all types of animals and of particular note, we don’t not recommend them for horses. Horses hooves and legs are such that they can slide their leg down between the pipes. They then panic in an effort to get out and can break their slender leg. We suggest a gate be used with at all times to contain horses.

Other animals that may not be discourage and can simply walk across the tops or rounded pipe are goats, dogs & cats, sheep and hogs. They are more sure-footed and can trot right across a cattle guard.

For information or help with your cattle guard project, whether it’s for private use, construction, public roadways or heavy duty off-road use, please contact Barn World and we will be happy to help plan your project with you.

As always, please go to www.BarnWorld.com or call 720.238.2190 for all of your livestock supply needs!

Animal Dryers from Barn World: The best in animal grooming

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Rob

Animal Dryers from Barn World: The best in animal grooming

Barn World is proud to offer pet dyers and livestock blowers for your show animals. These two blowers are packed with power and can lower your dry-time over conventional blowers by almost 75%. These new powerful dryers offer variable speeds and don’t have harsh heaters that will dry out animal hair. The warm air from the motor is mixed with outside air to deliver a safe amount of heat and prevents damage to your pets or livestock.

Animal blower and pet dryer

Cattle guards and livestock supplies

The Air Force Blaster comes with a ten foot flexible hose and a blower nozzle for heavy duty use. The 4HP motor provides plenty of power and the air flow is controllable for allow variable flows from zero to one hundred percent, unimpeded air. The casing is from an all-steel designed that will allow for years of heavy duty, daily use. This animal dryer is lightweight making it a perfect portable, go-anywhere and use on every type of animal, from pets to livestock, animal grooming dynamo. It’s great for livestock with heavy coats and dries hair without drying out their coats. With a simple and easy to change filter, it’s a very versatile design and is built to last. It comes with a one year guarantee too!

Big Brother Animal Dryer

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The Master Blaster is the big brother to the Airforce Blaster. At 8 horse power, it has double the power and will move air at 58,500 feet per minute. It has two motors with 2 stage, dual fans for two temperature settings. As with the Airforce Dryer, this dryer uses the heat from the motors to mix with the ambient air to prevent damage to your pet or livestock’s hair.

It comes with a 10 foot long hose that’s 1.5 inches in diameter and is made of heavy duty commercial strength flexible hose. The nose is also constructed of heavy duty neoprene to handle the roughest of use. The cord is 12 feet long with a three conductor plug for extra reliability and grounding.

This dryer is portable and weighs only 16 pounds making it convenient to take to shows or travel with. It also features the easy to change foam filter for simplicity and efficiency.=
Keeping it simple, portable and efficient, these two powerful and durable animal grooming dryers will provide years of dependable use and will save money for years to come. Whether using as a portable dryer for shows, traveling or barn use, or for your pet grooming or livestock grooming business, these sturdy dryers are perfect for the job.

Visit Barn World today for all of your livestock supplies and even cattle guard needs!

Livestock Scales: Using an animal scale for managing the health of your livestock

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Rob

To effectively manage livestock health and growth, you need a high quality long-lasting scale to provide accurate weight and data to ensure a healthy animal. There are many different live stock scales to choose from and certainly there is one for your needs. This post will focus on the portable platform scales that provide a simple and easily movable scale for everyday use.

Platform scales

Platform scales provide a versatile means of weighing almost anything and come in low profile, light weight and heavy duty options. The most popular are rated at capacities of 1,000 lbs. , 2,000 lbs. and 3,000 lbs. They make great portable animals scales.

Mulit-purpose 1,000 lb capacity platform scale

The PS-1000 all-purpose livestock scale is perfect for 4H and general use for animals that require a nice low-profile platform and portability when being weighed. The scale has a 1,000 pound capacity and a stainless steel indicator whose digital readout creates an easy to see display. This scale also includes a 6 V rechargeable battery for use when not near a power outlet and an AC adapter to provide power to the scale or charge the battery.

The platform itself is a low 2- 1/2 inches and is made with diamond tread to provide traction and prevent falls. The end ramps make it easier for your animals to get on and off the scale with hesitating, tripping or falling. The adjustable feet allow you to even the scale on an un-even surface for accurate weighing and at 55-1/2” by 20”, the platform is large enough to accommodate pigs, sheep, goats and calves.

The PS-1000 arrives ready to use, just place it on a hard surface and connect the indicator to begin weighing immediately – perfect for showing animals at your next 4H function.

PS-2000 Platform Scale

Weigh Scale and animal scale

The PS-2000 animal scale is another platform scale with a 2,000 pound capacity and a large 59″ x 30″ steel weighing area. The rugged steel platform is made with a diamond plate surface that protects animals and yourself from accidentally slipping and falling. To help your livestock access the platform, the scale has ramps on both ends. A calm animal is much easier to way than a nervous or anxious one. The platform itself is only 2 1/2 inches high and weighs only 105 pounds and has two slide-out handles to assist with portability.

There is no installation or set up to be done as this is a true plug and play scale with great potential for waiting almost anything.

The Multi-Purpose PS-3000 platform scale

This platform scale has a 3,000 pound capacity and will weigh almost anything with this large steel platform. The platform is powder coated for corrosion protection and finished with a safety tread to prevent accidental falls. It also has a 150% overload protection feature in case you happen to weigh something more than 3,000 pounds. At 78 -3/4 inches long and almost 40 inches wide and only 3.93 inches tall, there is plenty of room to weigh animals, freight and anything else you could roll onto the platform.

There is also an optional indicator stand that is 36 inches tall for easy viewing in remote areas. The battery life is approximately 20 hours and there is an auto off feature to help prevent the battery from being drained when not in use. This scale also features an average weight hold for when animals are skittish on the scale.

As with all the platform scales, there is no installation or parts assembled. Just plug it in, set it on a hard surface and you are ready to weigh!

Scale can be used on battery power alone is what outlet is not available. It also has a hold feature to assist getting an accurate weight even when the animal is moving.

When you need to weigh large loads or have the option to weigh large objects, this scale provides an economical means for weighing everything from livestock to bulk containers.

Whatever weighing your needs, from animals scales, livestock scales or just large, heavy duty weighing, there is a platform scale for you at Barn World.

Please visit BarnWorld.com or call 720.238.2190 today.

Hay Feeders Save Money and Pay for Themselves Quickly

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Rob

Hay Feeders Save Money and Pay for Themselves Quickly

It’s another hot and dry summer and the cost of feeding your livestock is only going up as hay gets more difficult to come by. Shipping hay long distances from the few growing areas left in the country to the animals that need it has become all too common.

To make the best of this terrible hay growing season and to save as much money as you can while still providing for your animals, it’s important to provide the most efficient means of feeding and minimize the amount of waste produced. This calls for a no-nonsense hay feeder from Barn World.

There are many different feeder styles that allow for any budget and will produce savings that will allow the feeder to pay for itself in a short amount of time. Whether you feed small square bales to a few animals, or large round bales to a lot, the proper feeder is critical to saving money. A quality feeder will allow you to minimize money lost to hay waste that falls on the ground and erodes your profits, while providing a safe environment to maximize your feeding budget.

Types of Hay Feeders

Round Bale Feeders

For large animals that are fed large quantities at a time, you can’t go wrong with a round bale feeder. These large and durable feeders are designed to feed almost any large animal from cattle to buffalo. We carry a Bull Tuff Round Bale Feeder that has a 9’ 6” bottom diameter that tapers to 8’6” at the top. It will accommodate the 6’ round bale, has 12 feed openings and 9 heavy duty mud skids to keep the feeder entirely off the ground. There are no sharp edges for animals to cut themselves and the 3 piece bolted assembly is built for years of heavy duty use. This is a very common and popular feeder for large bulls and horses.

Another large animal feeder that’s new and very popular is the hay hopper design. This feeder holds the bale off of the ground and livestock will eat from the bottom up. The loose hay will drop to the bottom of the feeder where it is protected from being trampled by a metal skirt. This preserves the hay to be eating directly under the suspended bale. The hay hopper feeders are made for cattle, buffalo, horses, goats and sheep and has a patent pending design.

Horse Hay Feeders

For a quick and simple method of feeding your horses’ large bales, look no further then the Hay Hut Hay Feeder. At 84” deep and 72” wide, and a height of 84”, this plastic feeder will not rust out and is extremely easy to use. Simply drop your bale on the ground and cover with the hay hut. It’s an attractive feeder that looks like a small house or hut and has eight feeding stations available for easy access to the hay bale. It also provides a covered shelter to protect the bale from the weather and the sun. This feeder ships in two easy to assemble sections and will fit in the back of a pickup truck. It takes approximately half an hour to put together and is easy to move around your pasture should you choose.

The plastic is a durable and UV protected material that provides fantastic, maintenance free cover for your bales. There is a one year warranty and most feeders last for 10 or more years with steady use. They’re also available in two colors: black and forest green.

Popular Horse Hay Feeders

One of the most popular horse hay feeders is the Poly Round Hose Hay Feeder. It’s designed especially for horses and all of the hardware is counter-sunk into the feeder so there aren’t any sharp edges for potential cuts or scrapes. This feeder is mad e from four pieces to form the circle and is also idea for small ponies and colts. It’s easy to assemble and move to where you’d like to feed. Simply drop your round bale either on the ground or on a pallet, roll the feeder next to it and drop it over the bale. At only 80lbs, this one is extremely portable and can be rolled to your bale. Made from recycled plastic, it’s environmentally friendly and is composed of UV resistant resin. With a two year warranty on material and workmanship, this feed will last for many seasons.

Rack and Trough Hay Feeders – the combo feeder

Rack and Trough Feeders allow for both hay bales and grain to be feed from the same feeder. Another plus is the ability of the trough below the rack to catch hay that falls when animals pull from the bale. This allows the hay to be eaten from the trough, rather than wasted on the ground and eating into your profits.

Our combo feeders come in a variety of sizes, each designed for the animal being fed. They are primarily built to accommodate cattle or horses and the versatility of the feeder allows for animals that require both grain and hay in their diet. A very convenient feature.

Portable and Stall Feeders

Although used in the stall with smaller amounts of hay, a lot of potential food can still be wasted. The portable hay feeders are useful when traveling or in the stall. Typically mounted on the wall or in a corner, they can provide an easy means of dumping in flakes for your animal to enjoy at any time. The Health-EZ Hay Feeder even does double duty as ‘entertainment’ and can keep some horses minds occupied and out of trouble while they nudge a hanging feeder around the stall.

It doesn’t matter what type of animals you’re raising or enjoying, a hay feeder is one of the easiest ways to introduce an efficient means of saving money and will pay for themselves in short order.

Visit Barn World today to view all of our livestock supplies and if there’s anything we can help with, please let us know by calling (720) 238-2190.

Heavy Duty Cattle Guards, a Texas Fence from Barn World

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rob

Cattle Guards

Barn World offers several types of cattle guards for private, commercial, public highway and heavy duty offroad equipment use. We comply with city, county, and/or state regulations.

Whether it’s called a Texas gate or a cattle guard, Barn World has the variety and selection needed to complete your project.

Private Use Cattle Guards

Private use cattle guards are perfect for farm and ranch use and for access areas where the total axle weight is up to 10 tons. Semi trailers, tractors and large farming equipment are perfect for this type of guard.

	Boxed style cattle guards are designed to sit on flat ground. Gravel underlayment is recommended for drainage of these cattle guards. In many cases these boxed cattle guards are used for wheel washes in construction sites.
	Flat style cattle guards are designed to be mounted on cement footings.
	All cattle guards can withstand the weight of full tractor-trailer loads.
	These cattle guards are constructed with an approximate gap of 4″ between each pipe.
	Due to availability of pipe, cattle guards will be built with either 9 pieces of 4 1/2″ outside diameter pipe, or 11 pieces of 3 1/2″ outside diameter pipe and are 12-1/2″ tall.
	There is no difference in strength between the boxed cattle guard and the flat styles of cattle guards.
	These cattle guards are designed to accommodate full semi loads at 10 tons per axle.
	Cattle guards weigh about 100 Lbs. per foot (a 10′ cattle guard weighs about 1,000 Lbs.). Add approximately 8 Lbs. per foot for boxed cattle guards and about another 200 Lbs. total for winged cattle guards.
	To use for deer, you may need to place two cattle guards in tandem so you have 16 feet of protection. Cattle guards are easily bolted together and the extra depth will deter deer.
	For a shipping quote, please send us an email with your destination zip code and quanitity or feel free to call the telephone number at the bottom of this page with any questions you may have about our cattle guards.
	If you prefer, you may order your cattle guards online without the shipping total and we will forward the exact shipping cost for your review via email before processing your order.
	A very important note: You must have equipment available to unload the cattle guards from the delivery vehicle when it arrives. The delivery truck will require you to unload the cattle guard with a loader or fork lift or some other means upon delivery.
	Private use cattle guards are NOT built to exact dimensions and sizes may vary slightly. Adding the removable box option will add about 7″ to the total length and width of the cattle guard. For example, a 12 foot cattle guard will be about 12′-7″.

Also see our unique ATV Cattle Guard:

For more information on cattle guards, installation or for help with any of your livestock supply needs, please visit www.BarnWorld.com today or call (720) 238-2190 and we’ll be happy to help.

Remember, Barn World is y our home for everything from saddle pads, hay feeders, grain bins, mineral feeders and everything to do with livestock. We even carry livestock scales!