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Calving gate info

  • 14-09-2010 7:11pm
    #1
    jonny d
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    Hi everyone, do any of you have advice or links regarding calving gates.Also i am looking to buy a solar electric fence for an out farm that is isolated and has no ESB any where near it.Any input appreciated!! MAYO abu customer !!!


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  • #2
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    jonny d wrote: »
    Hi everyone, do any of you have advice or links regarding calving gates.Also i am looking to buy a solar electric fence for an out farm that is isolated and has no ESB any where near it.Any input appreciated!! MAYO abu customer !!!

    http://www.persteel.com/Calving%20Gate.html

    This is pretty much the design of them. We have one for about the last 10 years in the calving pens. A few people have looked at it and made similar ones to it. I evenmade one myself for another pen - they are not too difficult to put together. One difference between the one above an ours is the gate that swings around to hold the cow in - our gare is in 2 pieces (top and bottom which can be bolted together to make one also), you can open the bottom piece and still have a chain holding the top piece and the cow in place. This will allow you to give a newborn calf a suck without any risk to you or the calf.

    Connacht Agri in Mayo for solar fences. See their ad on Farmers Journal


  • #3
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    there are a few designs but basically all on the same principle as the one in reilig's link ,

    just bear in mind, to have the gate closing on the cow's left hand side (looking from behind) just in case you may have to do a caesarian section at some stage


  • #4
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    snowman707 wrote: »
    there are a few designs but basically all on the same principle as the one in reilig's link ,

    just bear in mind, to have the gate closing on the cow's left hand side (looking from behind) just in case you may have to do a caesarian section at some stage

    I agree, its very important.
    Most gates are designed to work both sides.


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