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I want to post correct information about using a Bud Box online, because all the videos I have seen on YouTube have some errors that indicate the authors don’t fully understand the basic principles behind the Bud Box. This video shares portions of stockmanship schools where Bud talked about the
There have been a lot of articles written about the “Bud Box” for loading a processing chute or trucks in the last few years. Though Bud often stated he “would like to live long enough to see every crowd tub replaced with a Bud Box, or at least with some other
As this topic often comes up in questions and Facebook posts about stockmanship, I thought it was time to share some more information about the Bud Box. The Bud Box is a philosophy rather than a set of dimensions. People usually don’t have any problems getting animals to “break back”
I have 2 questions regarding the Bud box. 1. The first relates to cattle. I have an existing squeeze chute next to a wool shed wall. I want to add a Bud box to it. Because of the layout I cannot make the “Bud Box” in such a way that
. . . . I built a new processing barn with a Bud Box. We used to use a tub. With the new setup, working cattle takes half the time. We never yell or shock anything – and it’s fun!
We keep getting questions from people about the Bud Box. The Bud Box is just a crowd pen that uses certain principles to help the people work animals easier, while allowing the animals to keep doing what they prefer. It isn’t just a rectangular pen that can be put anywhere
Comment: . . . . At long last we are building a barn and getting ready to begin on the pens. Redesigned the pens completely after my weekend with you and built a trial set out of panels it works great. I am a true convert to the Bud Box.
Did a few adjustments to my load out chute and a few to me. We loaded a pot with 59 steers in 8 minutes from first to last one on. Now i think Bud might be proud of that.
I have been working intensively with a group of 4 cows, doing ovum pick up. The cows are in a larger group of about 25. Every time I work with them, I have to gather and sort. I then put my 4 cows through the chute, and perform prep/procedures that
Who are Bud and Eunice Williams? Bud Williams was born in 1932 on a farm in Southern Oregon, where he was raised with a variety of farm animals including work horses, dairy and beef cattle, sheep, and hogs. After we married in 1952, we worked on cattle and sheep ranches
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