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Crush help

  • 01-06-2012 6:35pm
    #1
    D-mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    hi,
    I'm 21 and
    starting farming on an outside farm, gettin ready to go at it next spring so i'm sorting and fencing to prepare the to get my hard number at the moment, i'm starting to plan the crush set up, what would people recommend for passing herd number standard and a good workable design, what size and materials would people recommend, any help is very welcome, thanks in advance.


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


    To get you started -
    http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/farm_management/buildings/facilities_fittings_services/cattle_handling/HandlingFacilities_Farmers%20Journal.pdf
    http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/farm_management/buildings/facilities_fittings_services/cattle_handling/Elaborate_crush.pdf

    A few DONTS I've learned.
    The opening for the head of the cattle, on the front crush gate should go right to the ground, as low as possible. I have one, old style, and the opening stops about 1 1/2 ft from the ground. Only last week I had a young bull go down while in it. I thought he'd choke. They are lethal.

    The side bars should slide back fully if needed. Better still, side gates that open.

    Dont put in a side walk. They trap an animal if it goes back on it's back. Removable ones, of say welded farme are better.

    Leave access too for a tractor and front loader if needed on an emergency. Have a look at the crush in a mart the next time. Most don't have this.


  • #3
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    It depends how much land you have at the out farm. On a 15 acre field I have set up a 15X15 pen and crush 20' long useing heavy stakes driven by a postdriver thsi is adequate in this situtation.

    If however you have more land at the out farm you will need a crush 30' long and a good size gathering pen.I saw one recently where at the back of the crush one line of the pen came back straight and the other at 45% so as it was easy to force cattle into crush. He had a small pen behind the main pen so as he could seperate cattle and had it going back to a 9' wide section for loading.

    I be inclined to put a side wake on one side of crush when you are injecting ,moving along crush, testing it is great to be able to stand above cattle. Make sure crush is not too wide so cattle cannot turn and put in plenty of places for backing bar's. I get an automatic head gate and put in a rear gate as well.

    Another idea I saw was the lenght of an animal back from the head gate was a small gate at the side that could be closed back on animals behind to allow a person to go in to AI cows or pare hoof's or squeeze bulls without having to climb over/through bars


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