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Shorthorn Girl said:has anyone built their own grooming chute? if yes what did you use and how did u do it? any pictures? how much did you spend on supplies? thank you
i do not plan on buying a chute. i also do not have the things i would need to weld one. can i use steel pipes and thread them together, you know the kind you can turn into place like a skrew? would that work?
If I remember right you keep your calf at a farmers house? Does he have a squeeze chute? If so, you can start him out in a squeeze chute an til you get a grooming chute. I encourage you to clip clip clip. That is the only way you are going to learn to clip. I saw a chute in the classifieds a couple months ago and it sold for $300. It was a nice chute. If you do it as an Ag project sometimes your advisor might be able to get a discount on the metal and if you do it in 4-H see if the supplier would give you a discount for 4-H. Its worth a try.