Locking head barriers

kfk

Anyone have opinions on self locking head barriers. I hope to fit barriers in the coming weeks and have mixed views on them so far. The will be used for a dairy and suckler herd. Are they useful for TB and Brucellosis testing, insemination etc.

Thanks

Turbury

I fitted some to a new shed last year, left one bay with std diagonal barrier, ended up sending back the std barrier and replacing it with another h/l. I have suckler cows, the calves do not jump out through the h/l – which is brilliant because the silage does not get dirty. They are pricy and head space is slightly down by using them but they are handy. I have injected cows and AI ed one in them but it is a little awkward – better in the crush, good for calving – jacked out a calf one night with cow held in barrier, handy sometimes for feeding meal – stops bully cows pushing away others – overall I’d recommend them!

kfk

Thanks for the reply.

I am going for all locking barriers, twelve in total. Probably wont make use of them all for a couple of years but figure it is probably best put them all in now.