Cattle chute ideas

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We recently improved the working facilities at our other farm. I don't have a picture that does justice to the before, but suffice it to say a lot of twine was involved. Now we have several sorting pens, a loading alley, and a covered head gate. I think things will run smoother the next time we have to work the cattle here.

FARM SHOW Magazine: 2004 - Volume 28 Issue 2 Page 2

Cattle corral designs are important for safety and efficiency. Here is an easy-to-construct facility for five to 10 cows.

Feed Lot Loading Chutes are designed to load animals into a cattle liner. Portable or Stationary, 13' ramp with 5' of deck, both have a blocker door entries and a built in catwalk. #loadingchutes #feedlot

'diy cattle chute, do it yourself'

Randy Kell can safely work cattle in his stock trailer and haul them away a few minutes later in the same trailer. His Double K Alleyway makes it easy to use the same rig for both jobs. \

The “budbox” is a unique crowd pen first conceived of and built by Bud Williams circa 1975. The objective of this article is to provide the reader with a sufficient understanding of the principles, design and operation of a budbox so they can build one and use it successfully.

Cow dung has quite a few interesting uses, some more useful than others. Here's what you can do with it to not let it go to waste. #homesteading

Hydraulic Cattle Chutes

A design like the picture above shows the handling facility that will be on on my cow-calf operation. This facility is located according to access from pastures, so cattle can go from pastures into the holding and sorting pens. Once in these pens cattle can follow through the layout where we can easily bring them into the squeeze chute. Also the facility will help us load the cattle when transporting.

Priefert 81 Cattle Squeeze Chute With Headgate, Portable, 2" Ball, P235/75R15 Tires, Auto And Manual Headgate, Adjustable Sides, Width - 40" X 8' Long X 78" High (Approx.), Model 85 Headgate, SN: 8649

Chuck Laughbaum grew up using a wooden headgate and still uses one today. He patterned it after one his dad Earl and uncle Howard built in 1950 and used for nearly 40 years. “I remember as a boy pulling the rope to shut the headgate on a cow as my dad pushed her down the chute,” says Laughbaum. “I would hold the chut...

We have a reliable squeeze shoot for our herds for examination and administration. It is a quiet and electronically operated shoot that carefully holds the cattle without creating too much panic or stess.

Around here during the week my husband is off spraying field crops or weeds in the back country and I am busy visiting with ranchers about their nutrition programs, so that leaves most of our cattl…