Drainage from the lot should not run into a stream. In suburban locations the runoff from both lots and manure storages should not go onto neighboring properties. Manure piles and storages should be shielded from view and appropriate fly, rodent, and odor-control measures taken. One or two low buck walls can aid in load-out of the manure and can help shield the storage. Storages should be located where runoff water cannot enter or leave the pile and where there is room for easy load-out.
Professional advisers can provide additional help prior to construction.
Confinement barns with or without small outside paved yards may be used to house large flocks. Groups of animals are kept inside in large pens The barns may have slotted floors or combinations of bedded and tractor-scraped concrete areas to allow the manure to fall through, away from the animals. Owners with limited land and small numbers of animals may also keep their animals in the barn most of the time. All feed must be brought to the animals and all manure removed and spread on cropland or disposed of. Up to six months storage may be needed to coordinate land-spreading with field and crop conditions.