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automatic skulling gate

  • 05-07-2011 11:22pm
    #1
    williemakeit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭


    looking for your thoughts or advice. upgraded our cattle handling facilities back in april. alot of planning, and combinations of well thought cattle crushes went into same. problem is cattle are not inclined to put their head through the automatic gate, the chute is on a slight downhill slope which may contribute to the problem. anyone have similiar problems or any advice? another point, the automatic gate may be faulty even though we got it of a reputable engineering company, one side only seems to close ...


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  • #2
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Continue on the crush, with a gate about 8ft or so past the head gate. Hold a bullock or whatever in that area, until the next one has put their head through. Let out the very front one then. Continue on like that.
    They'll always follow through the gate if there is one ahead of them. Hinge the gate on the other end so that you can swing it clear of the head gate.
    You could make up something temporary first to proove it out.


  • #3
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    do you have one of the yokes on the crush to stop them backing up ? They are a handy job you could ease him through with that


  • #4
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    We have a crush inside in a slatted shed. The head gate faces a door 15' up ahead of it. We find if the door is open, cattle tend to progress through the crush better. They head for the light so to speak!


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