head gates

[tartanfarms]

Can you use locking head gates like the ones used at dairy farms on beef cattle?

 

[Rookie]

I use a homemade one that be similar, works just fine. I installed a bimba cylinder so as to be able ta close it from behind the cow as it goes thru.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Can you use locking head gates like the ones used at dairy farms on beef cattle?

Absolutely. That is all I use. I have a self closing/self catching one now that took some time to get used to. Ear tagging, innoculation, and everything else is over in no time when you run them into a head gate. No one gets injured and neither do the animals. VETs use them, and just about everyone else I know uses them.

There are several types out there on the net. Some are equipped with squeeze chutes and some aren't.