weanling feeding barrier

ootbitb

Feeding baled silage to weanlings behind a gate designed for cows. Some of them are getting greedy and putting their legs through and tainting the feed.

What can I do to prevent this? Already have a horizontal bar above their necks.
Was considering another bar nearer the ground but unsure what height it should be.

49801

ootbitb wrote: »

Feeding baled silage to weanlings behind a gate designed for cows. Some of them are getting greedy and putting their legs through and tainting the feed.

What can I do to prevent this? Already have a horizontal bar above their necks.
Was considering another bar nearer the ground but unsure what height it should be.

Seen ppl doing the following for calves....hang/tie a plank from the top bar and make the head space shorter....
...simple low cost solutions are best.

1chippy

A lenght of scaffolding tube along the top. use the knuckle attachments, works a treat, just lower it till its not causing a pile of friction on their shoulders.

lakill Farm

this broke my heart last year with 6 and 7 month old weanlings

I did the timber job and the poles but wire and whine always broke

So asked my welder lad and he told me to get a lenght of 50mm x 5mm flat steel and he drilled a hole each side of the diagonal bar and ran a U-bolt around the feed barrier bar and back tot he flat bar.

its so easy to adjust and to be honest it works great. Have the price of the bar saved in dirty sileage already

bbam

1chippy wrote: »

A lenght of scaffolding tube along the top. use the knuckle attachments, works a treat, just lower it till its not causing a pile of friction on their shoulders.

Not sure what a knuckle attachment is, we use inch gunbarrel pipe and large exhause clamps round the diagnals. easy to fit and move up and down..

I'm wondering though, depending on the size of the weanlings, can they reach the ground and enough feed?? If the lower bar of the barrier is too high then small cattle will struggle to access enough feed..

ootbitb

bbam wrote: »

Not sure what a knuckle attachment is, we use inch gunbarrel pipe and large exhause clamps round the diagnals. easy to fit and move up and down..

I'm wondering though, depending on the size of the weanlings, can they reach the ground and enough feed?? If the lower bar of the barrier is too high then small cattle will struggle to access enough feed..

I'm using 1" tube too as I think it's easier on their necks though they are showing signs of bare flesh already.

The problem with mine I think is there needs to be a bar above the frame of the gate.Not sure what height this should be.

Am wondering if vertical bars just wide enough for their heads and neck would be better for this age of animal.

Serious bit of welding next summer maybe.

Conor556

Just finished a shed, made all the barriers and pens myself from scaffolding tube that was thrown around the place, I made the barrier height shorter for the weanlings compared to the ones for the cows

bbam

ootbitb wrote: »

I'm using 1" tube too as I think it's easier on their necks though they are showing signs of bare flesh already.

The problem with mine I think is there needs to be a bar above the frame of the gate.Not sure what height this should be.

Am wondering if vertical bars just wide enough for their heads and neck would be better for this age of animal.

Serious bit of welding next summer maybe.

For last year we made weanling barriers for the shed as we only had one horizontal bar.. They were bedding themselves with silage until then.
We brought a tape and camera phone to the ploughing and measured a few barriers there and then made our own , thats Cavan folk for ya !!...

saranac1

bbam wrote: »

For last year we made weanling barriers for the shed as we only had one horizontal bar.. They were bedding themselves with silage until then.
We brought a tape and camera phone to the ploughing and measured a few barriers there and then made our own , thats Cavan folk for ya !!...

Could you tell us the measurement from ground up?

From one fellow Cavan man to another

bbam

saranac1 wrote: »

Could you tell us the measurement from ground up?

From one fellow Cavan man to another

I'll get it for you but we had an existing butt wall that we worked round so its not from any recommended source....