What size/length of crush would you need to hold 3 weanlings at a time?

DJ98

AS above!

jimini0

DJ98 wrote: »

AS above!

I can get 5 six/seven month weanlings squeezed tight into a 20 foot crush. That's roughly 4 foot of space each.

Irish Beef

jimini0 wrote: »

I can get 5 six/seven month weanlings squeezed tight into a 20 foot crush. That's roughly 4 foot of space each.

The width of the crush would also have a bearing on this especially with weanlings, I built one last year 30" wide, But the home one was only 24" and big cows would be very tight in it.

farmerjj

Irish Beef wrote: »

The width of the crush would also have a bearing on this especially with weanlings, I built one last year 30" wide, But the home one was only 24" and big cows would be very tight in it.

30" would be a bit wide for weanlings, 27" would be plenty

greysides

The ability to open a section of the side to let out an animal is very useful if you're building from scratch.

Lady Haywire

We made our crush wider than normal, think almost 3ft, it's wide enough for a lightish weanling to be able to turn in it. Works well two ways- Cows are more comfortable and can squish up partway beside the animal in front so they're in tighter, calves usually end up doubled and totally squashed in so able to work with them far easier.
All three sections are gates in case an animal goes down too. Think it's roughly 17/18 foot. I will check in a bit.

pedigree 6

Lady Haywire wrote: »

We made our crush wider than normal, think almost 3ft, it's wide enough for a lightish weanling to be able to turn in it. Works well two ways- Cows are more comfortable and can squish up partway beside the animal in front so they're in tighter, calves usually end up doubled and totally squashed in so able to work with them far easier.
All three sections are gates in case an animal goes down too. Think it's roughly 17/18 foot. I will check in a bit.

I did this too when I built a new crush 6 years ago. The old crush was too narrow for cows incalf. There's gates on mine as well and I kept it out from the wall for access on both sides. The inside rails at the wall are permanent but are lower than the gates with a raised concrete walkway. So easier to work on cows pour on, dosing, etc.

greysides

Other things that come to mind:

Have the back of the crush slightly narrower. If they can get in, they will get out.

Crush floor flat, no slope.

pedigree 6

This is my crush. I built it for my dairy cows as the old one was too narrow for in calf cows. No complaints with it so far. Forgive the muck it gets used.:pac:

grassroot1

Lady Haywire wrote: »

We made our crush wider than normal, think almost 3ft, it's wide enough for a lightish weanling to be able to turn in it. Works well two ways- Cows are more comfortable and can squish up partway beside the animal in front so they're in tighter, calves usually end up doubled and totally squashed in so able to work with them far easier.
All three sections are gates in case an animal goes down too. Think it's roughly 17/18 foot. I will check in a bit.

It is a BLOODY nuisance if cattle can turn in a crush. It would be great to have two crushes with one narrower for small cattle. A crush should be just long enough for 3 cattle, long crushes make it hard to stop cattle running back and forth when injecting and dosing.
The operator also needs height advantage when working so a step of 45 cm is a big help.
If you have a lot of cattle two short crushes side by side might be better that one long one.
There is a small gate to allow you in for AI or scanning in ours it makes these jobs a little handier

Mooooo

It's gas both me and my vet hate steps alongside crushes much prefer to be standing on same level. Others are mad for them then. Fully agree with grey sides whatever about anything else make sure you get an animal out easy if they go down

greysides

I'm reasonably tall, I hate steps. Sometimes it possible to have a narrow ledge/step that facilitates both options.
The height of the middle two bars is vital. If you get it right, the belly bulge of a pregnant cow can poke out between them so she's comfortable but still restricted.

greysides

Another useful thing is a small gate, the width of the chute behind the first animal .which is caught in the head gate. It allows someone in for castration or scanning. It also can be latched to the other side to shorten the chute when it's not full.

Limestone Cowboy

grassroot1 wrote: »

It is a BLOODY nuisance if cattle can turn in a crush. It would be great to have two crushes with one narrower for small cattle. A crush should be just long enough for 3 cattle, long crushes make it hard to stop cattle running back and forth when injecting and dosing.
The operator also needs height advantage when working so a step of 45 cm is a big help.
If you have a lot of cattle two short crushes side by side might be better that one long one.
There is a small gate to allow you in for AI or scanning in ours it makes these jobs a little handier

Can put 8 cows into our crush and most of the time I wish it was twice as long. I'd go mad if I had to face into testing or dosing them 3 at a time.

Lady Haywire

grassroot1 wrote: »

It is a BLOODY nuisance if cattle can turn in a crush. It would be great to have two crushes with one narrower for small cattle. A crush should be just long enough for 3 cattle, long crushes make it hard to stop cattle running back and forth when injecting and dosing.
The operator also needs height advantage when working so a step of 45 cm is a big help.
If you have a lot of cattle two short crushes side by side might be better that one long one.
There is a small gate to allow you in for AI or scanning in ours it makes these jobs a little handier

We never have any issues with cattle turning in it, if it's a single one we lock it in the headgate, any other time the weanlings all go up together so there's no room for them to turn. I was just trying to explain the width of it by saying that!
This is ours, sorry about the dark shed, we have it enclosed as the breeze off the lake is dire in winter.
It's 33 inches wide and roughly 20ft long, If we were doing it again we'd leave a space inside the wall at the cows head, would mean that i wouldn't take the knuckles off myself 50% of the time when catching an animals head.
We tend to leave heifers or animals we need quietened outside in a few fields but with access to both pens through the crush. They learn to walk up and down the crush themselves and have no fear of it for later on.

Lady Haywire

Oh and nice arse pedigree, swit swoooooo

pedigree 6

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Oh and nice arse pedigree, swit swoooooo

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