AGN76
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Skidsteer with soft hands on behind them is really effective
I do, mine don’t back down, cows are glad to get awayWhy do so few UK farmers use cow dogs?
Why do so few UK farmers use cow dogs?
Speaking personally, I like to keep everything as calm and relaxed as possible. Dogs probably not compatible with that? Haven't tried my daughter on her pony yet. I would imagine that a bite on the arse from a morbidly obese ginger aggro merchant would get them moving!Why do so few UK farmers use cow dogs?
Would suspect most blokes would be easy to load once they got the idea of what was onOur handling system entry gate is 8ft 6, our wagon is 8ft. Run cattle into pen, shut gate, reverse wagon into place and faux side gates. Open pen gate inwards and they rush past you to escape and then you close gate behind them as the hit the backboard. Very homemade and heath robinson but it works grand.
our stock bull is easiest. Park up by the gate, throw a handful of nuts in and he’s up the ramp before you turn round! That used to being shunted between different small bunches of cows
Most wouldn't even need the handful of nuts (unless going back to the plain sorts again)Would suspect most blokes would be easy to load once they got the idea of what was on
Tried that once…by the time you get a penfull in they turn around and are heading back out again.A lot of the American loading set ups seem to load cattle single file, you don’t see floats there with a big drop down back door.
cattle run through our single file chute into the crush really well, I often think a single file race running off the chute and up to a wagon would work well and load quickly.
Load of farmers keep sheep without a sheep dog !!Why do so few UK farmers use cow dogs?
My South Devon’s were quiet and easy to load, and were moved twice per year from yard to grazing and back again. One year my haulier was off sick. So sent another driver. What a complete & utter tosser - He would stand alongside the ramp gate and as each cow went up the ramp he would whack it over the back back with a stick. Needless to say it spooked the next cow in line. I shouted to him to stop it, but thick, or deaf I don’ t know but he carried on. So I crept round the far side of the lorry until I was behind him and as he raised his stick I gave him an almighty whack with my stick & eventually he got the message. That driver never moved my cattle again And mutual loathing thereafter.Cattle run in to a handling pen with a smaller pen behind. Close gate in to smaller pen which has a side gate that opens in to a handling race.
Back up trailer. Open gate "tapering " in to race. Let cattle go up one by one
Trucks, straw on tailboard. Rear gate behind. Let them circle and look. Eventually one will start to go up tailgate. Make sure others follow. Have good slam gates on the wagon
The thought of it makes me want to vomitLoad of farmers keep sheep without a sheep dog !!
My South Devon’s were quiet and easy to load, and were moved twice per year from yard to grazing and back again. One year my haulier was off sick. So sent another driver. What a complete & utter tosser - He would stand alongside the ramp gate and as each cow went up the ramp he would whack it over the back back with a stick. Needless to say it spooked the next cow in line. I shouted to him to stop it, but thick, or deaf I don’ t know but he carried on. So I crept round the far side of the lorry until I was behind him and as he raised his stick I gave him an almighty whack with my stick & eventually he got the message. That driver never moved my cattle again And mutual loathing thereafter.
Aye - Then the oaf wonders why cattle won't load. Pillock!There's a firm not far from here whose regular lad is obsessed with his electric prod. Never seen anybody wind cattle up like he can.
There's a firm not far from here whose regular lad is obsessed with his electric prod. Never seen anybody wind cattle up like he can.
True. But neither should be necessary with a well thought out handling/loading system and properly bred cattle.Mr Happy is still a better tool than welting them with a length of pipe
I have never needed anything besides myself to load cattle into a truck.True. But neither should be necessary with a well thought out handling/loading system and properly bred cattle.