locking yokes for heifers

[Headless chicken]

Anyone have an idea how many head spaces your likely to get for heifers likely 3-400kg in a 15ft bay? trying to make some plans and no point trying to get more cubicles in that yokes

 

[Cows 'n grass]

With 400 kg jersey cows you never average more than 7/bay when they're eating at a straight rail feed face.

Heifers will be a bit narrower for the same weight but I still don't think I'd want to go beyond 8.

 

[Bald Rick]

We use the standard Jourdain yokes for our heifers. I assume for AI?
10 spaces/15’

 

[Happy hillbily]

I'm sold on the jourdain yolks after seeing this pic off a friend. He got them out Without too much bother

I think

 

[I thats it]

I'm sold on the jourdain yolks after seeing this pic off a friend. He got them out Without too much bother

I think [emoji85]

We had 2 like this once, sadly one hung itself

 

[Headless chicken]

We use the standard Jourdain yokes for our heifers. I assume for AI?
10 spaces/15’

that’s the plan yeah. Two row barn to match the cow cubicles but if I put too many beds in the yoke idea goes out the window.

 

[Rossymons]

Whilst I can't say much about size but whatever size you go with then go with Jourdains. Great yokes.

 

[Scholsey]

7 in a 15ft section here, got 28 yokes for bullers, never putting a normal feed barrier in again.

 

[Farmersdaughter]

Thinking about putting some locking yokes for heifers. Had quote for 8 places in 15ft barrier. Plan a straw yard with a scrapped passage fenced off in front on yokes if that make sense. Trying to work out how wide the passage needs to be so can ai heifers in yokes and so heifers can move around if shut in passage. Would 12ft be enough?

 

[epfarms]

Thinking about putting some locking yokes for heifers. Had quote for 8 places in 15ft barrier. Plan a straw yard with a scrapped passage fenced off in front on yokes if that make sense. Trying to work out how wide the passage needs to be so can ai heifers in yokes and so heifers can move around if shut in passage. Would 12ft be enough?

Plenty. Ours are in cubicles, but 7ft passage allows enough room for myself or heifers to pass behind them whilst they're locked in. 12ft will be more than adequate

We use the standard Jourdain yokes for our heifers. I assume for AI?
10 spaces/15’

You sure? The best number/length ratio I can see on the jourdain website for 15ft is 8 spaces, and this is for the heifer sized ones?

 

[Bald Rick]

You sure? The best number/length ratio I can see on the jourdain website for 15ft is 8 spaces, and this is for the heifer sized ones?

No .. I cocked up. It's 10 spaces in a 20' bay. You can adjust the "squeeze" on a Jourdain to allow for smaller animals but the mechanism stays the same
Apologies to anyone who took me at my word.

 

[epfarms]

No .. I cocked up. It's 10 spaces in a 20' bay. You can adjust the "squeeze" on a Jourdain to allow for smaller animals but the mechanism stays the same
Apologies to anyone who took me at my word.

I thought i'd missed out on 2 extra animals per run!! As a tip for anyone buying, as Rick says, you can adjust the heifer yokes to open so much that they easily accommodate adults - which is a way of fitting more adults in per run than with the 'adult'yokes

 

[Cows 'n grass]

These are very near me and I thought these looked quite cheap l, someone else must have to because there were 14 available the day before yesterday and only 2 now.