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central Iowa | 10 x 10 minimum I think. I make pens with my corral panels that are 12'. Works good. |
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| 12x12 and make sure to have one in the corner that is 12x16 for those "special" mothers |
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NW Kansas | My dad's are 10x10 and he hasn't ever had any trouble. Mine are 10x12 and I like them. I feel 8x10 is going to get someone stepped on or laid on. Doesn't sound like 2' would be much but my pens look huge compared to dads. |
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high High Colorado | 10x10 is what we use
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SE SD | 12x12 here. Depends on if its a heifer or a big cow. |
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North Cental Mo. | Mines a little smaller than that, but same idea.
Roy |
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Central SD | Macttle - 2/4/2016 19:02
Bout 240 acres - some 480 - some 640 ....
Agreed. |
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Bardstown, Ky | Watch out! I got flamed pretty good on here last winter for not having stuff like calving pens. |
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| jodan - 2/4/2016 20:48
Watch out! I got flamed pretty good on here last winter for not having stuff like calving pens.
Did you get a heated calving barn put up for this year??? |
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nc ks | Yeah I remember that jodan ,I'll I have to say is even the best made plans can go really bad whether you have pens or not at every place we calve we have some kind of facility but if I can avoid it the cows ,even first calvers , never see them ,cows do an awesome job of taking care of themselves ,that being said I've pulled a few calves over the years with the cow snubbed to tree or whatever was available. Lol |
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Casey IL. ( I -70 ) then south on rt.49 | 10x 14 fitsthe barn |
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Eastern Half of Kansas | My Titan west calving pen is 10x10' I think, it gets tight in a hurry. We had some 12x12' pens from panels last year to shut up a heifer pair, that wasn't bad, but wouldn't be bad to go a little bigger. |
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SE SD | We have 5 panel pen rowed up, 10x10, if a cow needs more rooom, such as twins.
We pull out a divideing panel and she now has a 10x20. They work well here.
I like them to calve out side the pens, just use the pens for mothering up and
new borns in nasty weather. Not many stay in side for more than a few days. |
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Iowa | Ours are 9.5 ft by 12ft used continuous fence and cheap gates to fit a 50x32 space next too our working facility.
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Eastern Half of Kansas | That's nice! |
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EC IL | Big enough you can still get the puller on her if she needs help |
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