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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1846982" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We have a head gate in the barn .... all compliments of the farmer we bought the farm from. Mounted to the one weight bearing barn upright and another post sunk in the ground next to it... No squeeze.. The 30 ft long alley leading up to it is built along the wall that separates the main barn feeding area... has a small catch pen at the back that the cows go into, and then funneled into the alley and up to the chute. We work all the cows through for preg checks... and all the calves through for whatever they need... we are running over 125 cows in the cow calf operation and feed out 50-100 head at a time after weaning for 2-4 months. </p><p>Any decent used head catch and an alley/chute leading into it will be more than sufficient for a small operation like that... being able to restrain them by the head for treatments is the biggest thing. If your animals are fairly quiet from you working in and around them, and with a smaller number they should be.... having a way to just catch and work them is nice. Does not need to be so fancy or expensive. </p><p>We used to haul cows to the vet when we had a smaller 20- 25 cow operation, and there are a couple guys around here that have this whole catch pen, chute etc that is on wheels and folds up like an accordion... that they take to pastures where there are no facilities, and do "custom catching" . We have catch pen panels that we set up at pastures to get the cows in to catch and bring home. Our cows are pretty much "trained" to come to call with a bucket of feed and some nice hay put out in the catch pen.... and there used to be a vet that had a portable head catch/squeeze chute that he pulled behind his truck that he used on smaller places.... the farmer set up a short alleyway and the cows went in the head catch at the end that the vet had set up. </p><p>Some sort of restraint is nice/necessary if an animal needs some doctoring etc... for a small operation, spending a fortune on "infastructure" is often a waste of money when a basic set up will do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1846982, member: 25884"] We have a head gate in the barn .... all compliments of the farmer we bought the farm from. Mounted to the one weight bearing barn upright and another post sunk in the ground next to it... No squeeze.. The 30 ft long alley leading up to it is built along the wall that separates the main barn feeding area... has a small catch pen at the back that the cows go into, and then funneled into the alley and up to the chute. We work all the cows through for preg checks... and all the calves through for whatever they need... we are running over 125 cows in the cow calf operation and feed out 50-100 head at a time after weaning for 2-4 months. Any decent used head catch and an alley/chute leading into it will be more than sufficient for a small operation like that... being able to restrain them by the head for treatments is the biggest thing. If your animals are fairly quiet from you working in and around them, and with a smaller number they should be.... having a way to just catch and work them is nice. Does not need to be so fancy or expensive. We used to haul cows to the vet when we had a smaller 20- 25 cow operation, and there are a couple guys around here that have this whole catch pen, chute etc that is on wheels and folds up like an accordion... that they take to pastures where there are no facilities, and do "custom catching" . We have catch pen panels that we set up at pastures to get the cows in to catch and bring home. Our cows are pretty much "trained" to come to call with a bucket of feed and some nice hay put out in the catch pen.... and there used to be a vet that had a portable head catch/squeeze chute that he pulled behind his truck that he used on smaller places.... the farmer set up a short alleyway and the cows went in the head catch at the end that the vet had set up. Some sort of restraint is nice/necessary if an animal needs some doctoring etc... for a small operation, spending a fortune on "infastructure" is often a waste of money when a basic set up will do the job. [/QUOTE]
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