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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1741401" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Sorry it took so long, but here are the pics of the head catch closure. There are two boards fastened on either side (front and back) of the uprights (which go 3 feet down into the dirt floor), then one fixed board and one that tilts back and forth to close on her neck. The piece on the top drops down between the top side boards to block the moving board from flopping open. It's about as tall as I am, so getting a good pic from the top was hard, but here you go.</p><p></p><p>This shows the two boards on the front and back of the uprights, and the blocker piece in the "up" position. That little block on the hinge is the adjuster. The eye bolt is so I can tie a cord to it and work it from my seated position next to the cow if I want.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]15300[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Front view, with the adjuster block flipped down so it will make a narrower opening for a skinnier necked cow. The little block actually used to be a bit bigger, but it broke, and in the meantime, my skinny neck cow got fatter, so I didn't really use it anymore. Prolly have to put a new adjuster on there when I start milking Molly, unless she drastically fattens up, LOL!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15301[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>And in the closed position.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15302[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I begged my husband not to paint everything white when he built the inside of this barn for me, but he was having none of my nonsense. He even painted the eye bolt! LOL! It had to be all white and pristine. I said, "But, POOP!" And I hadn't even considered all the rubbing... It looks trashy now, but hey, it's still working after 15 years, so other than the white paint, he did a really good job. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (To be fair, it did look REALLY nice for a short while, until the cows started their own interior decorating endeavor.)</p><p></p><p>And now, a gratuitous picture of my spoiled rotten baby. She's having her first serving of soaked pellets with beet pulp here, because she's been eating the dry pellets so fast, she choked on them yesterday. The soaked stuff makes her eat a LOT more slowly. She's not crazy about the soggy pellets, but she'll get used to them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> She still has a long way to go, but she's finally eating enough hay to have decent rumen fill, and I'm feeling a bit of flesh over her ribs now. It's hard to see through her long hair, but her spine is still too prominent, and her hips and shoulders are too bony, but she'll get there. We have plenty of hay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15303[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1741401, member: 8202"] Sorry it took so long, but here are the pics of the head catch closure. There are two boards fastened on either side (front and back) of the uprights (which go 3 feet down into the dirt floor), then one fixed board and one that tilts back and forth to close on her neck. The piece on the top drops down between the top side boards to block the moving board from flopping open. It's about as tall as I am, so getting a good pic from the top was hard, but here you go. This shows the two boards on the front and back of the uprights, and the blocker piece in the "up" position. That little block on the hinge is the adjuster. The eye bolt is so I can tie a cord to it and work it from my seated position next to the cow if I want. [ATTACH type="full"]15300[/ATTACH] Front view, with the adjuster block flipped down so it will make a narrower opening for a skinnier necked cow. The little block actually used to be a bit bigger, but it broke, and in the meantime, my skinny neck cow got fatter, so I didn't really use it anymore. Prolly have to put a new adjuster on there when I start milking Molly, unless she drastically fattens up, LOL! [ATTACH type="full"]15301[/ATTACH] And in the closed position. [ATTACH type="full"]15302[/ATTACH] I begged my husband not to paint everything white when he built the inside of this barn for me, but he was having none of my nonsense. He even painted the eye bolt! LOL! It had to be all white and pristine. I said, "But, POOP!" And I hadn't even considered all the rubbing... It looks trashy now, but hey, it's still working after 15 years, so other than the white paint, he did a really good job. :) (To be fair, it did look REALLY nice for a short while, until the cows started their own interior decorating endeavor.) And now, a gratuitous picture of my spoiled rotten baby. She's having her first serving of soaked pellets with beet pulp here, because she's been eating the dry pellets so fast, she choked on them yesterday. The soaked stuff makes her eat a LOT more slowly. She's not crazy about the soggy pellets, but she'll get used to them. ;) She still has a long way to go, but she's finally eating enough hay to have decent rumen fill, and I'm feeling a bit of flesh over her ribs now. It's hard to see through her long hair, but her spine is still too prominent, and her hips and shoulders are too bony, but she'll get there. We have plenty of hay. [ATTACH type="full"]15303[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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