Head Gate vs. Hip Gate

[Bret]

How not to use the cattle chute.

Last night I ran a little bull into the chute to castrate. One side of the automatic head gate did not close all of the way. The calf got through until he hip locked. I was able to latch the other side without too much stress on the calf for the short time I planned to work.

It worked out pretty good. Anyone else with much more experience than me ever do something similar?

Sometimes you just play the hand that you have.

Bret

 

[mitchwi]

Have done that many a time, we have a manual chute and sometimes they have taken "the leap" at the last moment and they sneak thru.... hate that when it does happen. But if it's a tagging or something easy and they are small enough we have done the same as you. Other times, let 'em go and run them thru again.

Michele

 

[Herefordcross]

I think all of us have had that happen once or twice at least.