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<blockquote data-quote="jschoolcraft86" data-source="post: 1572329" data-attributes="member: 27711"><p>I made a new little 2 acre trap when I fenced in a new pecan orchard. I have two different gates that can get into the trap, so if they get tired of being fooled with and don't want to follow me through one I can switch to the other and it's new enough they come right in. </p><p></p><p>I also built a little alley with a bend coming from one the gates that will send them along the corrals and then either send them into a smaller trap in front of my barn or directly into the pens. The whole alley is made with portable panels so it is easy enough to reconfigure depending on how many and where I'm sending the group.</p><p></p><p>When I first started running the ranch it was almost impossible to get all the cows into the smaller trap in front of the barn, and that was the only way to get them into the corrals. I haven't had any problems in the year since I made my new setup.</p><p></p><p>I also ran a new water line to a 100 gallon drinker in the 2 acre trap so I have an extra holding area. Sometimes I will call the herd in and lock them in overnight with some hay and cubes so they get accustomed to it also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jschoolcraft86, post: 1572329, member: 27711"] I made a new little 2 acre trap when I fenced in a new pecan orchard. I have two different gates that can get into the trap, so if they get tired of being fooled with and don't want to follow me through one I can switch to the other and it's new enough they come right in. I also built a little alley with a bend coming from one the gates that will send them along the corrals and then either send them into a smaller trap in front of my barn or directly into the pens. The whole alley is made with portable panels so it is easy enough to reconfigure depending on how many and where I'm sending the group. When I first started running the ranch it was almost impossible to get all the cows into the smaller trap in front of the barn, and that was the only way to get them into the corrals. I haven't had any problems in the year since I made my new setup. I also ran a new water line to a 100 gallon drinker in the 2 acre trap so I have an extra holding area. Sometimes I will call the herd in and lock them in overnight with some hay and cubes so they get accustomed to it also. [/QUOTE]
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