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[FarmerJamie]

I'm thinking there's some beagle in that mix . He looks so friendly.

Agreed on the beagle influence

 

[farmerjan]

Agree also on the beagle influence. @CrealCritter make sure you contact the local dog warden/animal control and even a few vets in the area in the possibility that it got lost and owners are looking for it... Beagles are notorious for "following their nose" and getting lost from home and will just find the next "nice person" to latch on to...
Not saying you would not make a good dog owner... because I am SURE you would... but just to exhaust all possibilities of it belonging somewhere and someone looking for it... They have been know to travel MILES when they get on a scent....
Kudos for you feeding it and taking care of it...
Any vet can check for a chip.....

 

[farmerjan]

Also, why replace the red gate? It should not have that much pressure on it since it is in the "load out" alley.... Also, it should be lower to the ground... young cattle will occasionally look to go UNDER a gate or fence before they will try to go over it... we have had calves put their heads down under the corral panels we set up at pasture to get them in to load into trailers at the end of the grazing season.... and they can flip those panels in a hurry... and they are only about 12-15 inches off the ground...
Granted yours are all pretty quiet and tame... but the ones you have gotten to feed out for beef are not the "babies" your belted ones are...


AND if you are thinking sheep, you want it to be low enough to be able to use it to load sheep in a trailer if needed... and they will get out under anything 6-8 inches off the ground....it should be down around the same height of the boards on the side of the alley...

 

[CrealCritter]

Also, why replace the red gate? It should not have that much pressure on it since it is in the "load out" alley.... Also, it should be lower to the ground... young cattle will occasionally look to go UNDER a gate or fence before they will try to go over it... we have had calves put their heads down under the corral panels we set up at pasture to get them in to load into trailers at the end of the grazing season.... and they can flip those panels in a hurry... and they are only about 12-15 inches off the ground...
Granted yours are all pretty quiet and tame... but the ones you have gotten to feed out for beef are not the "babies" your belted ones are...


AND if you are thinking sheep, you want it to be low enough to be able to use it to load sheep in a trailer if needed... and they will get out under anything 6-8 inches off the ground....it should be down around the same height of the boards on the side of the alley...

I hung it high enough to swing into the livestock trailer. When I'm done loading it'll get hung on the lower gate pins. high is for loading, low is for normal. But I will have it chained open most of the time. It's only a 6 foot gate, so easy to move from one set of gate pins to the other.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

Agree also on the beagle influence. @CrealCritter make sure you contact the local dog warden/animal control and even a few vets in the area in the possibility that it got lost and owners are looking for it... Beagles are notorious for "following their nose" and getting lost from home and will just find the next "nice person" to latch on to...
Not saying you would not make a good dog owner... because I am SURE you would... but just to exhaust all possibilities of it belonging somewhere and someone looking for it... They have been know to travel MILES when they get on a scent....
Kudos for you feeding it and taking care of it...
Any vet can check for a chip.....

I put word out when he first showed up looking for his owner. If he decides to stay, I'll take him to the vet and ask to have him scanned for a chip, while they do a check up.I doubt he's chipped though, he showed up without a collar, but you don't know until they do a scan.

My neighbors are thinking like I am, that someone dropped him off. If I can't find his owner, It's ok. I'll take care of him. He seems to think I should be his owner anyways. And besides I was having problems with rabbits (was) copper has seem to have run them off

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

@farmerjan I keep forgetting to ask you how wide do need to bring the alley in for milking one cow at a time? It's a little over 5 foot wide now and I know it's too wide for a single cow. Farmbabe will be milking them from the outside. She'll hang a feed bucket on the red gate. I'm working on removable panel to make the alley narrower and a back stop.

Thanks

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[Mini Horses]

Milking from outside, as in not tame enough to go in? Well those girls are really beefy, body wise...big girls. Ya need to tame whomever is the chosen and work at handling her. Might be a challenge at their age but --- ya need a calm one for this, safe handling and letdown. Reckon ya figured that.
I'm sure @farmerjan will have experienced tips for you. I can say, a 175# goat is easier to manage than a 1500# cow when "convincing" them of this mission in life

So it's back to more normal temps -- cold front passed. Now 58 and moving to 78/80. I see no rain for next 10 days, could change. Beautiful sunshine out! Finally, a chance to mow.

Need to plan for capture/removal of this possum I found on porch about midnight. I'm sure he'll be back -- he's gotta go!!

 

[baymule]

@CrealCritter I’d be concerned about Farmbabe reaching through the fence to milk. A sudden jump on the part of the cow, could injure Farmbabe or even break her arm.

And I vote beagle also.

Texas prison system keeps tracking dogs for prisoner escapes and general law enforcement. Our local sheriff calls on them sometimes, in a Chase situation when the person ditches the car and runs out in the woods, they will bring in a dog pack to flush them out.
This happened a couple of years ago, turned out the subject was wanted in Houston for sexual contact with a child. Sheriff called for a dog pack. It turned out to be a beagle pack. Sheriff dryly noted that this was the only pack in Texas that did not bite. The only pack in Texas that did not corner, hold and bay the subject. This pack was for locating the subject so law enforcement could hear the dogs, close in and capture the subject, which they eventually did. But not before the subject, in an attempt to silence the dogs, called a friendly beagle to him. He removed his belt and put it in the beagle’s mouth, tied it behind his head, mouth gapped open, the beagle could not bark.

This was an assault on a law enforcement officer.

What the city of Houston had not been able to do, Trinity county got done. Subject got 3 years in prison for assault on a law officer. I’m sure city of Houston could find him then. I’m also sure the parents of the child were glad he was captured, punished and held for the court process for what he did to their child.

All because of a friendly little beagle.

 

[Mini Horses]

My area uses bloodhounds and Shepard's, Malinois. Yes bloodhounds howl, others bite. So be it!! Crime has penalties!!

 

[CrealCritter]

Milking from outside, as in not tame enough to go in? Well those girls are really beefy, body wise...big girls. Ya need to tame whomever is the chosen and work at handling her. Might be a challenge at their age but --- ya need a calm one for this, safe handling and letdown. Reckon ya figured that.
I'm sure @farmerjan will have experienced tips for you. I can say, a 175# goat is easier to manage than a 1500# cow when "convincing" them of this mission in life

So it's back to more normal temps -- cold front passed. Now 58 and moving to 78/80. I see no rain for next 10 days, could change. Beautiful sunshine out! Finally, a chance to mow.

Need to plan for capture/removal of this possum I found on porch about midnight. I'm sure he'll be back -- he's gotta go!!

I would prefer her to milk from outside at least to start with. Untill they all get aquatinted.

Jesus is Lord and Christ