What is a cow alley?

Integrated Cattle Alley Scales While other Weigh Crates have straight sides, limited adjustments, and can be a point where calves may turn around, a consistent cradle-shaped alley that narrows to the center ensures that there is no point in your handling system where livestock can turn back.

How wide should a cattle alley way be?

For most cattle, an alley width of 28 inches at the top and 16 inches at the bottom works well on an alley 60 inches tall. Increase this width for large breeds and bulls. Curved alleys are more difficult to construct, but usually allow for better cattle movement.

How do cattle chutes work?

A well-designed chute reduces stress by ensuring cattle stay focused on the exit, allowing them to see light and think they are escaping rather than walking into a wall. 4. Noise is reduced or eliminated in a cattle chute. This keeps your cattle calm while you’re working on them, and again, reduces stress.

How many cows can fit in a pen?

Number of cattle in a pen varies from 60 to 150 head. Smaller pens are suggested if cattle are being custom fed or if cattle are being purchased and grouped together. Otherwise, most pens are sized to handle the number of head per either one or two semitrailers.

How wide are squeeze chutes?

It should be a maximum of 26 inches wide for a straight chute (see Table 1). It is acceptable to allow extra width in a curved chute (see Table 1). This width will be different if a V-shaped chute is used. The working chute should be 5 feet high for British breed cattle and 5 ½ to 6 feet high for exotic breeds.

How high is a cattle loading ramp?

An average height is 1.2 metres. Side panels should be at least 1.5 metres high. The best internal width between rails for loading is 750mm.

How far apart should I space out injections in cows and bulls?

Location and dosage When giving multiple injections to an animal, don’t put injections close together; space them several inches apart, or on different sides of the neck.

What is squeeze chutes?

It is used for routine husbandry activities such as drafting (sorting) or loading animals via ramp or loading chute into a vehicle; placing them one at a time in a cattle crush (variations also called a squeeze chute or standing stock) for examination, marking or veterinary treatment.