Milking stanchion designs

[dexterfarm]

Nice job. You may want to add a removable board across the milking access. If you think she made it through the head gate with no problem wate until you get one that wants out and ducks through that side open. I have had one do it.

I have one that is a year and a half old now. She was trained to go in the stanchion at a few months old. She loves to go stand in the stanchion. She does not care much for grain just wants to go stand in there. You can open the head gate she runs out circles around and waits to go back in. I hope she is that good when it comes time to milk her.

[john]

  Good evening I just saw your milking stanchion and I loved it so much I was wondering if you could send me any and all information on the exact measurements to build one, I am milking Jersey's. you can send the information to [e-mail]  Thank you very much. John

[john]

Does anyone know how to get in touch with the gentleman that built this stanchion I need to build one quickly and I would like to know if I could get the plans for the one on this post

[dexterfarm]

I made a head gate for my stanchion. It is all black pipe 1" and 1/2". the latches at the top are made from rebar. The latches just drop down as you move the pipe they will not back up unless you release them. The feed box is removable. I ran in a couple of my heifers in training. they were use to the stanchion but have never been in a head gate. the dun one could have cared less that she was locked in. the black one was less happy about it but she didn't fight it much.

[zephyrhillsusan]

Thanks for the photos, especially the ones with the cows. It's super!

[lsg]

Here is my take on stanchion and raised platform milking for short Dexters. We put some blocks of wood on the floor to make her high enough for me to milk more comfortably. She goes into the stanchion and then I push her rear over until she puts her hind feet up on the blocks. Here she is in the stanchion.