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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 726509" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>Back to the original question.</p><p></p><p>I am with the guy who put up a head gate and built the rest.</p><p></p><p>for a small herd you don't need thousands of dollars of equipment.</p><p></p><p>forget the automatic head gate. They are more of a problem than a solution.</p><p></p><p>For real ease of use only one simple step is needed. Easily done for a small herd but also easy for larger herds.</p><p></p><p>Give every cow a cup of feed every time you put her in the headgate. cost is negligible. time is minimal as she will be done eating before you are done what you need to do with her in the gate.</p><p></p><p>after just a time or two cows will look for an opportunity to go down the chute because something good happened there. I have to keep the pens to my chute closed or I have cows banging on the head gate at all hours of the day or night. When I did my synchrony breeding around thanksgiving every cow was standing behind the cutoff gate ready for her turn at the feed tub. I refer to it as auto loading.</p><p></p><p>I took a plastic barrel and cut it in half and stuck a big feed pan in the top bottom half. I can kick it out of the way and turn out the cow. kick it back in front of the chute and drop in a cup of feed and open the chute for the next cow. She is there ready to eat. takes maybe twenty seconds.....rather than five minutes driving and prodding the cow up the chute. Low stress and the cows don't tear up my stuff trying to avoid the chute.</p><p></p><p>I can not tell you how many people have told me it won't work for them and they still dread working cows and have to round up a crew to gather and work. the few folks who have had the courage to try it have called me and thanked me for the best tip they ever got.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 726509, member: 6543"] Back to the original question. I am with the guy who put up a head gate and built the rest. for a small herd you don't need thousands of dollars of equipment. forget the automatic head gate. They are more of a problem than a solution. For real ease of use only one simple step is needed. Easily done for a small herd but also easy for larger herds. Give every cow a cup of feed every time you put her in the headgate. cost is negligible. time is minimal as she will be done eating before you are done what you need to do with her in the gate. after just a time or two cows will look for an opportunity to go down the chute because something good happened there. I have to keep the pens to my chute closed or I have cows banging on the head gate at all hours of the day or night. When I did my synchrony breeding around thanksgiving every cow was standing behind the cutoff gate ready for her turn at the feed tub. I refer to it as auto loading. I took a plastic barrel and cut it in half and stuck a big feed pan in the top bottom half. I can kick it out of the way and turn out the cow. kick it back in front of the chute and drop in a cup of feed and open the chute for the next cow. She is there ready to eat. takes maybe twenty seconds.....rather than five minutes driving and prodding the cow up the chute. Low stress and the cows don't tear up my stuff trying to avoid the chute. I can not tell you how many people have told me it won't work for them and they still dread working cows and have to round up a crew to gather and work. the few folks who have had the courage to try it have called me and thanked me for the best tip they ever got. [/QUOTE]
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