Posted by KEH on February 20, 2016 at 18:09:43 from (67.231.175.190):
In Reply to: Livestock folks posted by notjustair on February 19, 2016 at 21:00:14:
Random thoughts on corrals: I make working/loading chutes 6 1/2 feet high. Would be comfortable making them 7 feet high.
A loading chute should be slightly curved so the cow can't see the end and will keep going instead of backing up(works most of the time). Another loading trick I have seen used at stockyards is to have a light shining on the trailer at the end of the chute. Cows go toward light. It also works well to have the working/ loading facilities inside a barn or shed. Cows think they are getting out when they head toward the daylight.
A neat trick I used in one pasture is to have two exits for the catch pen. Feed cows in pen. Go in one gate and get the skittish cows used to going out the other gate. Have that gate in the chute but make it swing back to open a chute that leads to the trailer. They start down the chute and are at the trailer before they know what is going on.
For wooden gates It's best to bolt them together instead of using nails. For the wooden chutes, it's best to fasten them to the posts with lag screws, no smaller than 5/16 diameter.
All this stuff I learned to do by first doing it the wrong way.
Final thought: Don't stand too close behind the cow in the chute. So far I have avoided that mistake.
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