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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 659631" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>in my steer shed we had concrete floor, grooved so it was non slip and also for drainage, and sawdust about 2 foot deep. The pens had a small board about 2/3 way up so the sawdust was kept in the back 2/3 as a bed, the front 1/3 didnt have bedding laid over the concrete, and this was where I put the grain and hay bins. Automatic waterer at the back of the pen. Twice daily scrape out the front 1/3 and remove manure from the sawdust 2/3. Once a week or sometimes once every two weeks (depending on the size of the calf and how many calves were in the pen) remove sawdust bedding completely, allow concrete to dry and replace with fresh sawdust. </p><p></p><p>I used to get sawdust by the semi load dumped out the front of the shed. </p><p></p><p>For the wash rack and tie rails, I just had the same grooved non-slip concrete. Also had a tie rail on dirt for heavy steers that were getting hot feet - tied them there all times except when being washed. In my wash rack, I had a couple horizontal bars that go along the sides of the calf, and a couple verticle bars at the back end of the calf, basically forming a bit of a crush or clipping frame type arrangement, which served two purposes. Got the calf used to walking into a clipping frame, but more importantly let me wash cattle that werent fully broken in and a bit flighty without them swinging round all over the place. Water is a good way to break flighty calves. Funnily enough the vertical bars were just at the right place that if they kicked they would get the bar not me. Teach em not to kick cos it hurt them. I also had just a rail next to this little contraption, so they could learn to be washed without being in the rails also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 659631, member: 3195"] in my steer shed we had concrete floor, grooved so it was non slip and also for drainage, and sawdust about 2 foot deep. The pens had a small board about 2/3 way up so the sawdust was kept in the back 2/3 as a bed, the front 1/3 didnt have bedding laid over the concrete, and this was where I put the grain and hay bins. Automatic waterer at the back of the pen. Twice daily scrape out the front 1/3 and remove manure from the sawdust 2/3. Once a week or sometimes once every two weeks (depending on the size of the calf and how many calves were in the pen) remove sawdust bedding completely, allow concrete to dry and replace with fresh sawdust. I used to get sawdust by the semi load dumped out the front of the shed. For the wash rack and tie rails, I just had the same grooved non-slip concrete. Also had a tie rail on dirt for heavy steers that were getting hot feet - tied them there all times except when being washed. In my wash rack, I had a couple horizontal bars that go along the sides of the calf, and a couple verticle bars at the back end of the calf, basically forming a bit of a crush or clipping frame type arrangement, which served two purposes. Got the calf used to walking into a clipping frame, but more importantly let me wash cattle that werent fully broken in and a bit flighty without them swinging round all over the place. Water is a good way to break flighty calves. Funnily enough the vertical bars were just at the right place that if they kicked they would get the bar not me. Teach em not to kick cos it hurt them. I also had just a rail next to this little contraption, so they could learn to be washed without being in the rails also. [/QUOTE]
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