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<blockquote data-quote="TXMike" data-source="post: 951979" data-attributes="member: 19019"><p>I am getting ready for fall and am going to worm, vaccinate, and ear tag my cows. As much as Id love to get a squeeze chute I dont think my 10 head justifys the price of one. Earlier this year i had a calf cut her leg and I just tied a piece of hog panel to the exit alley and closed a gate behing her and she was tame enough to let me doctor her up. it was kind of diffcult because she would walk forwards and backwards and id have to move back and forth to work on her. I saw on RFD a special on worming and they suggested using a oral drench and a pour on so I thought I would try it and decided now is as good a time as ever to invest in a head gate. </p><p></p><p>Ive looked at several brands and having never used one cant decide on what type of gate to buy. Id like to stay as cheap as possible but if one is a better system i wouldnt be opposed to spending more. The tarter cattleman auto seems to be the cheapest I found, $434, and I like that it seems easily attachable to wood posts as my pen is built out of railroad ties. I was curious if since its auto if it could be manually operated. I really like the priefert model 91, but it is on the higher end, $716. They also have the model 97 I found for $450, but its a manual and I dont know that if something happened and i needed to use it that i would have somebody here to run it with me. I dont know if id be able to attach the priefert to my posts easily or if id have to spend the money on their head gate holder. I looked at the tractor supply models but was confused about the standard and heavy duty models and they were expensive, $600 standard and $800 heavy duty. The WW seemed identical to the Tarter but more expensive. </p><p></p><p>Im open to any and all suggestions and if anyone knows better prices please let me know. I made a rough drawing of my pen to give an idea of my setup. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/workingpen.png/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9954/workingpen.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Uploaded with <a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank">ImageShack.us</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TXMike, post: 951979, member: 19019"] I am getting ready for fall and am going to worm, vaccinate, and ear tag my cows. As much as Id love to get a squeeze chute I dont think my 10 head justifys the price of one. Earlier this year i had a calf cut her leg and I just tied a piece of hog panel to the exit alley and closed a gate behing her and she was tame enough to let me doctor her up. it was kind of diffcult because she would walk forwards and backwards and id have to move back and forth to work on her. I saw on RFD a special on worming and they suggested using a oral drench and a pour on so I thought I would try it and decided now is as good a time as ever to invest in a head gate. Ive looked at several brands and having never used one cant decide on what type of gate to buy. Id like to stay as cheap as possible but if one is a better system i wouldnt be opposed to spending more. The tarter cattleman auto seems to be the cheapest I found, $434, and I like that it seems easily attachable to wood posts as my pen is built out of railroad ties. I was curious if since its auto if it could be manually operated. I really like the priefert model 91, but it is on the higher end, $716. They also have the model 97 I found for $450, but its a manual and I dont know that if something happened and i needed to use it that i would have somebody here to run it with me. I dont know if id be able to attach the priefert to my posts easily or if id have to spend the money on their head gate holder. I looked at the tractor supply models but was confused about the standard and heavy duty models and they were expensive, $600 standard and $800 heavy duty. The WW seemed identical to the Tarter but more expensive. Im open to any and all suggestions and if anyone knows better prices please let me know. I made a rough drawing of my pen to give an idea of my setup. [url=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/workingpen.png/][img]http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9954/workingpen.png[/img][/url] Uploaded with [url=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/url] [/QUOTE]
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