03/11/10, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linn
I am thinking a poke is a neck yoke. DH makes them with two "Y" branches from a tree. The Y-part goes around the neck top and bottom and both branches are then wired together to stay on the neck. Each "Y" has a long enough tail to prevent the cow from going over or through a fence.
Here is a link with a picture of a metal neck yoke.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1404/...8ddc3e201a.jpg |
There you go! You say yoke I say poke.
We've used 2x4s and screws at the joints where the boards go togeather.
You fix it on her so she can eat, drink, lay down, yet cannot slip her head back out of it. It is naturaly cumbersome. When the animal tries to jump, her knees and brisket are "poked" as the design will not allow them to clear the fence. A lot of times they will fall directly on their face. Essentially it breaks their spirit. I've used this both on heifers and goats.
Some animals are just to valuable to send to the market if a bettter buyer cannot be found.
Sorry it took a while to respond back, spring seems to have made an appearance here in northern Pa. Had to jump on a bunch of projects while the weather was nice.
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~*~Erin~*~
