Farm hay sheds are popular in rural settings. Whenever you visit any villages, you can find such hay sheds in the farmhouses.People can store grains, raw materials and livestock in their sheds, and they can protect their livestock from extreme weather. 

It is one of the most important things for farmers where they can store their livestock. You need a large space for storing them in bundles and stacks. There are a few critical parameters when it comes to designing hay sheds.  You must choose the sheds according to your needs. For example, you can install a shed in your domestic garden and you can use it for spending your weekends with your family and friends. But, when you choose a shed for your livestock, you need a bigger space, and you must consider its durability, ventilation and installation before you buy. 

1. Hiring A Company

The price is a crucial factor while designing farm sheds. You should hire a company that has lots of experience in shed designing. You can search such contractors online and check their portfolio. You can check their templates to choose the design. To know about their previous projects, you can consult with their clients and you can easily do search researches online. 

2. Design And Size 

The size of your hay shed is one most important thing to consider. A too-small shed cannot accommodate all your tools and equipments. On the other part, you need to spend more for a large shed.

For this, you need to have adequate space near the farm. Now, there are some other things as well that need to be stored in the hay sheds like- shovels, axes, farming equipment, vehicles like tractors, seeds, crops, pesticides, etc. In this regard, you can measure your property where you want to install such sheds, and then you can customize your sheds according to the space available inside your property. 

3. Ensuring Good Drainage 

Ensure that there is no water clogging inside the shed, else your haystacks will rot.

To ensure good drainage, you can build channels for the water to flow down from the side of the shed. Else, you can build a platform inside your shed and keep haystacks on the platform.

4. Pest And Mold-Free

Making sheds is one thing but you have to ensure that the hay and other perishable items are free of pests. For this, you have to maintain hygiene parameters inside the shed. Things like sprinkling bleaching powder, antibacterial, and anti-fungal sprays are important. This will ensure that they are free from pest and fungal attack.

During the rainy season and in winter, there is a chance of growth of molds inside the haystacks. You need to maintain proper ventilation to avoid such problems. 

5. Having Proper Ventilation And Sunlight In Your Shed

You need air and sunlight in plenty inside your storage sheds for hays. Like already mentioned earlier this will ensure that the hay does remain dry and in good condition. You can install few skylights in your sheds to allow enough sunlight and air. Ensure that there are plenty of windows on top of the walls to allow fresh air to come in. 

6. Ensuring Safety Parameters

Last but not least you must plan for emergencies like fire hazards for your sheds. Since most materials like crops, hay, and seeds will catch fire quickly you should have fire extinguishers near the entrance of the shed.

Constructing and designing a shed is not that easy. Some key factors might go unnoticed. Make sure to talk about this with your hay shed contractor, and you must check their license, experience level and insurance before you hire.