Low Cost Facilities

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Low Cost Facilities

• The Entire system
• Designed for 20 cows
• Materials
• -Railroad ties
• -Cattle Panels
• -pine slab wood
• -2x12s
• -2x10s
• Total Cost 325

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LOW COST FACILITIES

• Head Gate
• Made of Wood
• Stanchion design
• Swings Open to Release cattle
• Cost 25
• Good for small herds
• In use for 4 years

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LOW COST FACILITIES

• Corral
• Use barn as one side
• Holding area
• Opens to chute area
• Gate swings to crowd
• Solid gate avoids being kicked

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Low Cost Facilities

• Crowding Area
• Gate swings in
• Using barn as wall
• Sides are lined with wood, 1 inch pine
• Cattle Panels provide strength

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Low Cost Facilities

• Cows Eye View
• Area Narrows to chute
• Solid wall and fence
• Cows move forward to opening

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Low Cost Facilities

• Cows Eye View
• Wall made of Cattle Panels
• Lined with trimmed slab lumber-no true dimensions
• 6 high fence
• Gaps allow some air movement to prevent snow
  buildup and prevent overheating

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Wintering Needs

• Windbreaks Provide Protection from Winter Winds
• Important for Young Animals
• Important for Cows Nursing
• Reduce wind speed and lower the wind chill
• Reduce feed needs
• Reduce noise and livestock odor

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Wintering Needs

• Critical temperature
• Coat Description Critical Temperature
• Summer or Wet 59 Degrees
• Fall coat 45 Degrees
• Winter Coat 32 Degrees
• Heavy Winter Coat 18 Degrees

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Wintering Heifers

• Feedlot Design with Windbreak (750 lb)
• Lot area paved-45 square feet/head
• Earth lot-250 square feet/head
• Bedded Mound Area-30 square feet/head

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Wind Chill Chart
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Wintering Needs

• Feedlot with Shed for 750 lb heifers
• Paved outside lot area-45 square feet/head
• Earth outside lot area-250 square feet/head
• Shed area-20 square feet/head
• Shed minimum clearance height-10 feet

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Wintering Heifers

• Windbreaks Provide Protection from Winter Winds
• Important for Young Animals
• Important for Dairy Breeds

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Wintering Heifers

• Windbreaks Provide Protection from Winter Winds
• Important for Young Animals
• Important for Dairy Breeds
• Reduce wind speed and lower the wind chill

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Round Bales Make Excellent Windbreaks
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Wintering Needs

• Increased Maintenance Energy Requirements
• For heifers in winter coat each degree below
  critical temperature requires 1.2 increase per
  degree
• For heifer in heavy winter coat each degree below
  critical temperature requires 0.7 increase per
  degree

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Wintering Needs

• Dec 11th the temperature was zero degrees with a
  30 mph wind so the wind chill was 49 degrees
• This is 57 degree below critical temperature
• (4918) for heifer in heavy winter coat we need
  to increase energy for Maintenance by 40 (57 x
  .739.9)

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Constructed Windbreak
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Multiple Pens off Crowding Alley
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Wooden Head gate
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Self Catching Head gates
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Wintering Heifers

• When calculating windbreak protection use 10X the
  height of the wind break to determine areas of
  excellent wind protection
• 30 foot high trees 300 feet of protection
• 10 foot high fence 100 feet of protection

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Economy Model
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Keep Handling Facilities Simple
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Crowding Alley with Adequate Length
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Corral
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Cadillac Version