Cotter Agritech has launched a new sheep handling, weighing and targeted worming system dubbed the Cotter Crate. It’s marketed as a sheep handling crate that makes carrying out stock management tasks for both lambs and adult sheep quick, easy and safe, including dosing, vaccinating, tagging, dagging, weighing, mouthing, body condition scoring, and 3-way drafting.
The Cotter Crate system is thought to take the effort out of sheep work while allowing the farmer to carry out several stock management tasks at the same time, reducing the time spent handling sheep, and giving back time to the farmer to focus on other things in his or her daily life.
Developed by sheep farming brothers Jack and Nick Cotter, the crate was created after recognising the industry’s need for a handling system that focuses on making lamb handling easier, whilst also catering to adult sheep.
The result is a simple to use system where the animal is comfortably held under its own weight at operator height, without any pressure being applied, resulting in a calm handling experience for both handler and livestock and reducing animal handling time by up to 50%.
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