Hpacres440p
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I will next time. Done for this yearCan you get her behind a heavy gate and get it tied off behind her?
I will next time. Done for this yearCan you get her behind a heavy gate and get it tied off behind her?
I cut the overhead bars of the race and with the tractor bent the pipe posts out a bit to form a V and then welded in the new size overhead piece and it has helped a lot with the big ones
That was the tricky part-long enough that the tail gate won't close if her head isn't through the head gate. Side exit would have been a good idea rethinking what we did. She squished in ok, the out-door hung her up. I won't cull her just for this-she's already earned her keep. Just trying to think ahead for next yearSo, you would sell a good producing cow, because she has too much volume/size late in pregnancy?? I can't believe the reasoning. But, like I've said before, my management practices are a lot different that others.
I have several that will not fit thru my headgate - we just open the side gate. I breed for width/volume. That is a GOOD trait as far as I'm concerned. Easy keepers.
Yes, that is a risk and I'll keep it in mind thanks GB but the V is not severe just gives me an extra couple of inches bearing in mind large cows did get through the race before the modifications and I do avoid working any oversize ones now.medina gate..
Ken, is sounds like you are describing a Vee shaped working alley.
I saw a heavy bred get mixed in with a bunch of yearlings being worked in a vee alley that was solid 1/3 way up from the bottom , and she was long and wide. As she was moving along waiting in turn, she went down for some reason. Every exhale, she slipped a bit farther down, couldn't expand her lungs and basically suffocated in the alley before they could get a cutting torch and cut the alley apart. They did a rudimentary C section but the almost full developed calf was dead too.
At the risk of public shaming, ain't no way I'm showing you pics of my bred fatties. My heifers are a good 1200!@Jeanne - Simme Valley this is the girl who got stuck. Not bred she is about 1200 lbs. she definitely packs it on.
2nd two are her half-Aberdeen daughter. She fit in the chute a lot easier! She's short enough that she can do a belly scratch on the feet bunk, man are they some pumpkin hogs!
She's not too tall, but she's heavy bred wide. Maximum densityThat must be a big old girl. I had one that went across the scales at the sale barn at 2075#, and she fit. I think my alley is as wide as the open on a Priefert sweep, I think it's about 26". She fit, and fit the chute, but I had to leave the back open.
AI bulls are easy!Two things here. 1st You've gotten through the worst part so now you know what to expect. From now on you know that her and anything her size won't fit so you just sort them off and Dr in a spot they will fit. Easy deal there. 2nd if a 1200# cow won't fit what are your plans for a 2,200# bull? Any good brand chute built in the last 20 yrs should handle a 1,500# cow. Might look at facilities and make sure ally and chute are built to spec. Option 2 isn't as easy as option 1.
Need more details? LolJust a practice I did with other livestock-vaccinate last 8 weeks prior to delivery for better colostrum immunity. Probably not something I'll do again. Did it earlier last year, everyone lived. Tried it this year, had a near-disaster. Vote is in for next year.