We have added a great addition to our farm, a livestock scale. We can now get an accurate weight on our animals instead of relying on a weight tape for weaning, vaccinations, or in the case of the newborn calves (and goats of all ages)... holding them while standing on the bathroom scale!
RAM Tiffi 1,100#
RAM Lakisha 1,150#
Harriet 550# at 7 months, 2 weeks post weaning
It was a livestock scale kit that included the necessary parts, and the platform was home built. The trial run was done in the shop to test it out, then moved out to the barn to weigh our bull Henry. It did take some bribery with clover pellets to get them on it. Like everything around the farm, it's a work in progress.
Fat Cow Henry 1,800# not quite 4yrs
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