Small Cattle Working Pen Designs

Cattle into the working chute.

Small cattle working pen designs.

Cattle handling system for a feedlot. Generally a holding pen provides 14 square feet per calf and 20 square feet per cow. With pre fabricated chute and round forcing pen. That small 10 head pen may need enlarged soon.

The heart of the crowding pen is a swinging gate that is used to reduce the size of the crowing pen and to push cattle into the. A full half circle takes advantage of the natural tendency of cattle to go back to where they came from. Most of us started small and grew. Choose from 120 new designs and ideas to save time labor.

It features a two way sort in front of the squeeze chute and cattle can be soprted three ways out of the curved central alley. This easy to construct facility is for five to 10 cows. Weld cattle panel to light steel frames to make your own panels and pin them together. Being resourceful is always better with a simpler design.

Design it so that you can add on or enlarge. A shorter radius can be used for pigs and sheep. For cattle the crowd pen should have a 12 ft 3 5 m radius. The crowding pen must be designed so that cattle can be easily moved into it from the holding pens and then easily moved into the working chute.

The disadvantage is that large cows from breeds that have really wide bodies may have difficulty walking through them. How design plays an important role in small herd cattle working pens. The x represents the position of the person moving the cattle through the pen. This is a simple economical layout that incorporates many of the features of the larger more expensive designs.

Apr 9 2019 explore roger dooley s board cattle pen designs on pinterest. Both system designs have the same goal of reducing stress on cattle as they work through processing facilities. The basic layout for the bud box is illustrated below. V shaped chutes work well for younger cattle handled in feedlots.

Construction and designing a cattle working facility does not require too much money. Have a free look now. Right now you are focused on 10 head. The round crowd pen will work most efficiently if it is a full half circle 180 degrees.

We all understand that. A simple cattle corral. You need to consider growth. Build safe one man cattle corrals at 1 3 cost of corral panels.

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