Sheep and Goat Containment Cage (Sheep Cage)

The Sheep and Goat Confinement Cage is a steel cage with the main structure being of the form of a three dimensional rectangle suited for temporarily confining sheep or goat sized animals for the purposes of administering medicines, deworming, sorting, or providing birthing assistance;

• a) Said cage having an open bottom so that the confined animal stands on the ground in which the said cage is placed;
• b) Said cage being built from steel square tubing with space between each square tubing to afford clearance so the operator can access the animal's body between the square tubing placements but with same clearance limited so the animal cannot exit through said square tubing placement;
• c) Said cage having removable wheels and axel;
• d) Said cage having a stow location for removable wheels and axel to be placed inside the cage after the cage is placed in the location in which it will be used;
• e) Said cage having a vertical opening entry gate that can be opened and closed using a rope from a remote location;
• f) Said cage having three different horizontal swinging exit gates;
• g) Said cage having an operator controlled head gate consisting of pivoting head gate, operator lever, and latch chain;
• h) Said cage having a two segmented confining gate, both segments of which swing horizontally toward the inside of the rectangular form of the main structure with one segment also having the ability to also swing outside the rectangular form of the main structure to serve as an additional exit gate;
• i) Said cage having gravity operated pins and pin receivers to facilitate the opening and latching of all horizontal swing gates;
• j) Said cage having slide/pin receivers to enable various movements of the segmented confining gate parallel to the main rectangular structure.