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starbaby

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WOKE UP TO NIEGHBORS CALL,OUR 1 1/2 YEAR BULL CALF WAS IN THERE YARD . HE HAD BEEN WALKING OVER THIER CATTLE GUARD \ SAW WITH OWN EYES . HE CAREFULLY PLACE HIS HOOFS BETWEEN THE PIPES , BACK A FORTH . HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS \ WHAT TO DO
 
You are lucky he is not stuck in the cattle guard with broken legs.

He will not stop doing this until it's to late.
 
starbaby":2we598pj said:
WOKE UP TO NIEGHBORS CALL,OUR 1 1/2 YEAR BULL CALF WAS IN THERE YARD . HE HAD BEEN WALKING OVER THIER CATTLE GUARD \ SAW WITH OWN EYES . HE CAREFULLY PLACE HIS HOOFS BETWEEN THE PIPES , BACK A FORTH . HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS \ WHAT TO DO
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Yes, my folks occasionally had a cow who would walk the cattle guard. I've heard of them breaking a leg, but none of theirs ever stayed around long enough to do that. If they couldn't keep the cow in, she went to the sale barn.
 
starbaby":uf233gum said:
HE HAD BEEN WALKING OVER THIER CATTLE GUARD

HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS
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Yes. A friend of mine had 2 over the years that would do this. One was a walker, the other would jump it.

His solution, he ended up putting up a gate at that guard.

And the one that would jump the guard, got sold.

Good luck.

Katherine
 
cattleluvr18":3vsdupg8 said:
ok i see it, but how does it work??
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In theory cows have no depth perception. The areas that don;t have the pipe look to them like they're deep holes. Anyway that's how it was explained to me. I've seen them painted as alternating strips of white and black paint on pavement and they supposedly worked the same way.

dun
 
If the bull's walking the cattle guard you've got two options - sell him before he breaks a leg(s) or put up a gate on the cattleguard. AND REMEMBER it ain't a pretty sight when they get caught in a cattleguard!!
 
Had a cow get her hoof hung in the cattle guard. It had started filling up with dirt and they started walking it. Luckily I was able to use a pry bar to get her out. She limped for a day or so and then was okay.

I tried painting every other bar and that didn't work. Ended up raising the cattleguard up to where there is a slightly steep slope on both sides of the cattle guard where the cattle guard is higher than the road. The hole under the cattleguard is about 4 foot deep. That seems to have done the trick. Haven't had a problem since.
 
I've also heard of painting each bar yellow. I know of a Longhorn breeder that has used that successfully. Of course, if that does work, a person should be able to paint a solid surface and have it work too. I've always wanted to try it and see.
 
A good working cattle guard should be deep enough so a cow can't walk between the bars. Also wide enough to not be easily jumped. A gate across it is the only sure way to stop anything from jumping it.
 
i would never use one. sounds like trouble. and i know my luck, they'd figure out someway to get over it and hurt themselves in the process.
 

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