I put together a new "Bud Box" animation with narration to help folks understand how they work. The Bud Box system is usually the best option for getting cows into an alley or trailer. It's cheap and simple to build, and it works well with all kinds of cattle. Importantly, it is also very easy to train up a person to use the system.
If you are concerned about working from inside with bud box (for example with aggressive bulls), the system can work with you on the outside of the box as well.
Show, excellent explanation!
Best think we ever done was make a bud box. Our cattle used to be wild af and handling was always stressful. Now 2 years on I find most of my cows turn up the race before even going to the back of the bud box there that much happier
That is the best explanation and example I have seen! Thanks, making one just like this!
Bruce Cole Watch "low stress cattle handling using a bud box with some freshly weaned calves" on KZhead kzhead.info/sun/dtyDls-NbaOreWg/bejne.html
Great explanation by the way. Once you use it a few times the concepts become intuitive.
Brasil começa a adotar este projeto. Brazil starts to adopt this project
Works great in my corral
Do you have any tips for preventing the cattle from backing out of the alley before they enter the trailer? I know your walking patter helps with that. Also, do you have any tips to prevent cattle from coming back out the trailer and into the alley?
hey, sorry for the late response. I rarely check my youtube comments! The best way to prevent that is a "no back" gate (or sometimes called an anti-backing bar), which is kind of a flapper that falls down behind them as they walk forward. They're easy to walk forward under, but almost impossible to back thru.
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I wouldn't enter this full of Ongole haha
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SketchUp?
Yea, it's all in SketchUp.
That's a terrible layout. I designed handling systems before mad cow that works many times better. I fact the first time cattle go through it, they go by themselves.
Are your cows mad? Or just slightly agitated? Why not just tell the cows what to do and avoid all the crazy fencing, gates and chutes? I guess everyone is just not as smart as we are. Right?