Cattle sorting pens

The “budbox” is a unique crowd pen first conceived of and built by Bud Williams circa 1975. The objective of this article is to provide the reader with a sufficient understanding of the principles, design and operation of a budbox so they can build one and use it successfully.

I’ve proven this many times, if cattle won’t go through a gate or into a chute, I just stop for a few seconds to allow them to ‘evaluate’ the space ahead. And usually they’ll just move into it…

A design like the picture above shows the handling facility that will be on on my cow-calf operation. This facility is located according to access from pastures, so cattle can go from pastures into the holding and sorting pens. Once in these pens cattle can follow through the layout where we can easily bring them into the squeeze chute. Also the facility will help us load the cattle when transporting.

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Use instructions excerpted from Temple Grandin’s "Guide to Working with Farm Animals" to build a corral that holds five to 10 animals.

Last week Whit busted the myth that distractions cause animals to balk in handling systems. This week he address which handling systems work best. When asked about the differences between tubs and…