pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
Last year (first year with sucklers for a while), had cows in cubicles with access to a yard, then the calves could creep to another loose bedded shed with better quality silage available. Had a temp creep gate last year which was just made of two horizontal bars. worked well till the claves got bigger and we raised it a bit and a couple of cows started creeping it as well.
This year I would like to make a proper creep gate and swing it across the doorway, the gap is 15foot wide. So what design do people recommend? anything to avoid?
I'm thinking verticals as well as an adjustable horizontal bar to stop the cows creeping it. One thing I'm not sure about is if the bottom horizontal bar will be a problem for feet if it is up say a foot off the ground so the gate doesn't catch muck when it is swinging.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
This year I would like to make a proper creep gate and swing it across the doorway, the gap is 15foot wide. So what design do people recommend? anything to avoid?
I'm thinking verticals as well as an adjustable horizontal bar to stop the cows creeping it. One thing I'm not sure about is if the bottom horizontal bar will be a problem for feet if it is up say a foot off the ground so the gate doesn't catch muck when it is swinging.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.