I give up on the milk stand....

wildhorse · #1 04/10/08, 09:18 AM

My Dh built me one the head gate doesnt fit my girls and Im afraid they will walk off with there back legs and hang there selfs.....Im doing cross ties at least I can do that without having to have help...Working with horses has its pay offs..

mtnmenagerie · #2 04/10/08, 09:30 AM

aww, that's too bad! is it just the part they stand on that's too small?

i have one lamancha that must be half cow... she is, by far, the largest goat i've ever seen... sso anyway, the platform on my stand is to short for her, but i remedied that by building a ramp off the end. she has a bit of extra room, and i'm content she won't walk off backward abd hang herself

wildhorse · #3 04/10/08, 09:37 AM

He fixed the head gate and it for lack of better words swings back and forth so it gives them enough room to walk off,and one of my does can pull her head out of it.he tries but hes no carpenter. I figure at least with cross ties I can keep them still and safe...

mpete · #4 04/10/08, 09:37 AM

I just have an eye bolt at the head of my milk stand and I clip a shortened dog leash to the goats collars, that stops them from going forward and backward... probably similar to what your doing now.... could you put another bar across their chest area to stop them from going forward? Yes, working with horses does have it's advantages, I think working with goats are a lot easier though... less weight to pull around..lol
Was this the first milk stand you guys built? My first was for a neighbor and I watched her goats on it and then made mine with a couple of adjustments... including a chain that goes from front to back so the goats are more in a "chute" so they can't side step away from me, but I can remove the one side if I choose to. It works for my little alpine cross.

wildhorse · #5 04/10/08, 10:09 AM

mpete I had even though of using small stocks especially for the rodeo I had with my Nubian to begin with. lol come to think of it if I built some small stocks I could trim there feet with out having to have DH hold them while they squirm.

Alice In TX/MO · #6 04/10/08, 12:32 PM

Sounds like you don't really have a milk stand.

wildhorse · #7 04/10/08, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose

Sounds like you don't really have a milk stand.

lol not really

**mygoat** · #8 04/10/08, 02:12 PM

Have him make the Fiasco Farm stand - Can't go wrong!

wildhorse · #9 04/10/08, 02:16 PM

Where do you think he got his plans...lol he is no carpenter

and to beat it all he sold the only saw Im good with....

Alice In TX/MO · #10 04/10/08, 03:05 PM

The headgate on the fiasco milk stand is adjustable, based on where you put the hook and eye. The top edges of the gate don't *have* to touch. Or, use a bungee or loop of rope around it above the doe's neck, and you don't have to hook it at all.

Put one side of the stand against the wall, and you don't have to worry about them getting their back end off that side. And, you'll be sitting on the other.