Self locking yokes

[organicguy]

Thinking of putting self locking yokes in a beef shed! Likely the shed will be cows in the future but need to justify doing them now.
Is it worth it for 2yr old beef cattle?
Could I use them for 15 month Friesian heifers for AI?
Will the yokes fit both size cattle?
What are the best yokes?
How many spaces per 15 ft bay?
Sorry so many questions!
TIA
OG

 

[coomoo]

I’ve got 10 space 20ft Agritubel one’s for dairy best things ever imo. Next shed to go up will have them aswell.

 

[coomoo]

7 spaces per 15ft sticks in my mind.

 

[Sharpy]

We have 9 space in 20 ft Jourdain. Heavily pregnant sucklers are better with only 8 in a barrier but fine once calved. Tags vaccinate worm tb test in them and secure them to deal with a calf or calving.
Jourdain do barriers for all sizes of cattle so take your pick. Their website is very good.

 

[BredRedHfd]

You can get the Jourdain ones with either 6,7 or 8 spaces in 15'. Have some 6s for the cows, just installed some 8s for young stock

 

[Horn&corn]

tried both types of iae and more recently jourdain. Jourdain much better, quieter and reliable. Use them for AI hefs and cow vet routine

 

[organicguy]

You can get the Jourdain ones with either 6,7 or 8 spaces in 15'. Have some 6s for the cows, just installed some 8s for young stock

How big are the young stock?

 

[SJM]

Go for jourdins. Done the whole farm out in them now. 15ft with 7 spaces. Can shut them down to take yearlings if required. Great investment

 

[BredRedHfd]

How big are the young stock?

12-18mths

 

[epfarms]

We have Jourdain, 8 spaces in 15ft, can easily open them up to accommodate fully grown large cattle (800kg) and size them down for 9 month old ones.
They are brilliant.
You can do everything in them, if the rest of the infrastructure allowed I’d have a yoke for every animal on the farm and I’d buy Jourdain again not only because I think they are one of, if not the best design but also good value for money. Can’t recommend enough.

 

[Extreme Optimist]

@Forever Fendt

 

[Yonlass]

Jourdain here. Only got a run of 27 as the cows leave the parlour. Trap all the sorted cows for the vet routine every fortnight, and just scan our way along them.
For what they cost, they've paid for themselves many times over. Saving a good half hour of vet time (£65) every fortnight, as opposed to doing them piecemeal through the crush as we used to.

 

[Rossymons]

I wouldn't go longer than 15ft.

Longer yoke = more cows = more power to push and pull it around.

I've worked with Jourdain when I was training and got to say they were brilliant. Well built, very quiet and just the job.

When planning try and leave a squeeze gap at each end. You'll be surprised at how often you might need need to sneak in and out for whatever reason.

 

[PuG]

Jourdain, fitted eight barriers of the mono tube style with 7 clamps each (about 500 + tva two years back) and we have six older Axial design. Galv isn't the best ever but for the price... they do need the centre reinforcement tubes concreted in...obvousily! Previous farmer who left us the Axial hadn't bothered so they've gone somewhat banana shaped.

 

[Forever Fendt]

Thinking of putting self locking yokes in a beef shed! Likely the shed will be cows in the future but need to justify doing them now.
Is it worth it for 2yr old beef cattle?
Could I use them for 15 month Friesian heifers for AI?
Will the yokes fit both size cattle?
What are the best yokes?
How many spaces per 15 ft bay?
Sorry so many questions!
TIA
OG

You will wonder how you managed with out them 7 space are most common in 15 ft bays and will close down to catch any size as will the 8 space just the body space is different 500mm and 600mm when you know what you need I would be pleased to give you a good price on them

 

[Stw88]

We have small hill sucklers and its a neat squeeze with 7 spaces in 15ft. Dont think 8 would fit.
If you put them on a tilt it takes alot of pressure off.

 

[Stuart J]

We have small hill sucklers and its a neat squeeze with 7 spaces in 15ft. Dont think 8 would fit.
If you put them on a tilt it takes alot of pressure off.

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What do you mean, on a tilt?

 

[Stw88]

What do you mean, on a tilt?

If you look the barrier is fixed to the back web of the girder at the bottom but the frount web at the top which puts them on an angle and there’s less pressure on them when the cattle are reaching for silage.

 

[PuG]

If you get Axial make sure they're are similar to the ones above so if a cow goes down you can still open the clamp (in the opposite direction) - older ones like ours you have to unbolt and hammer out the pin quickly and try to force the yoke out of its slot before you can remove it.

 

[Pistonbroke]

We have Bateman 15ft here and they're totally shite. Every one has broken in half through the adjustment bolt holes. Not from locking cattle in,just them reaching for silage. Avoid at all costs