Stock Bull Management Record
Keep everything about one bull's handling in one place, from his first day on the farm. A change in his behaviour is then on paper rather than in one person's head.
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Livestock and smallholding · LK-54
Cattle Crush and Handling System Check
A free printable cattle crush check: collecting pen, race, crush gates, head yoke, floor and lighting, with each fault, its repair and who signed it off.
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What this sheet is for
Find the broken latch or loose race sheet before the cattle are in the race, not while they are. Each fault is written down with its repair and a sign-off.
Who it is for
Farmers, stockpeople and contract handlers getting ready for testing, dosing, foot work or loading.
How to use it
- Walk the system from the collecting pen to the crush before each handling day.
- Tick OK or fault against each part, and write what is wrong and where.
- Put right anything that makes the system unsafe before cattle come in, and date the repair.
- Write any fault left open, and what is in place meanwhile, then sign the sheet off.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: The collecting pen, race, crush, gates, floor and lighting walked before a handling day, with each fault, the repair and who signed it off.
Before the cattle come in. No heights, widths or load ratings are printed: they depend on your cattle and on the maker's instructions for the crush and its fixings. Mark anything that makes the system unsafe and put it right before the cattle come in, not after.
Write-on lines: Yard or farm · Date · Checked by · Handling job planned
Walk the system — OK or fault for each part; describe the fault and what was done
Also printed: Part · Fault · What is wrong · Action · Repaired · tick · and where · date · Collecting pen and its gates · Forcing gate · Race sides and sheeting · Race backing bars or slide gates · Crush front gate and its lock · Head yoke · Rump rail or back bar · Side gates and access panels · Crush anchored, does not move · Floor and footing · Lighting along the race and crush · Shedding gates · Footbath · Escape gaps and man-gates · No makeshift hurdles or tied gates
Write-on lines: Faults left open, and what is in place meanwhile · Can go ahead? · Signed off by · Date · Next handling day
Questions
Why are no race widths or rail heights printed?
Because the right dimensions depend on the size and type of cattle you handle and on the crush maker's instructions. The sheet checks that each part works and is sound, which is the same question whatever the measurements.
Is this a risk assessment?
No. It is a pre-use check of the equipment. Any risk assessment your farm keeps for handling cattle is a separate document; this sheet is evidence that the equipment it relies on was looked at.
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