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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Location: South East Texas
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Tibbs,
They'll eat out of her hand. Most of the time. But since they are in the Commercial Division they don't hafta be halter broke.....thank goodness.....can ya just see her lil bitty butt out there gettin drug around by them big ole heifers?????
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Angus Cattle Shower
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Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Location: CANADA!!!
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Tibbs,
They'll eat out of her hand. Most of the time. But since they are in the Commercial Division they don't hafta be halter broke.....thank goodness.....can ya just see her lil bitty butt out there gettin drug around by them big ole heifers????? |
Don't underestimate the younger and smaller ones. My brother had his steer halterbroke, leading and setting up by the time I was still halterbreaking, and all I did was help tie him up. lol. It may seem unordinary, but I think that the animals responded better to the smaller people, and not the bigger ones-not saying it is that way all the time, just what has happened. lol.
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Angus Breeder
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| Lilly, every year we will shear out the entire cow hers (350 hd), head and entire body. Here is what the shearing crew does, it takes them about 5 minutes a head. Take a halter and cinch it down as tight as you can in your hans then put it in there mouth, make sure that it lays under their tounge and then pull it around and tie it off. That way you don't have any part of the halter to dodge with the clippers. Sometimes the goofiest heifers are the ones that move the least in the chute, fear kind of lock them up a little. Good Luck
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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Location: South East Texas
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the tip Angus Breeder, hadn't thought of puttin the halter in their mouth so it'd be outta the way.....but I gotta ask, why do you shear the whole herd?
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Northern Rancher
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Location: saskatchewan
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't tell me there's Certified Angus Wool now lol.
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Angus Breeder
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| From feeding programs to general apperance of the cow herd we strive to keep the whole herd looking "sale ready" for visitors that come tour the herd. However, the biggest reason to shear the herd in the spring is to help lower the temprature through the breeding season, and help those fall calving cows shed off a little quicker than mother nature intended.
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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Location: South East Texas
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Where are you located Angus Breeder? I'm guessin somewhere it is actually cold in the winter time. LOL
Our cattle don't hafta put on much hair in the winter, so it doesn't take long for em to slick up in the spring. The few herefords we have get more hair than any of the rest. And takes them a lil longer to get slick. I understand now if your a registered operation selling stock to buyers, wantin to keep em perdied up. We're a commercial operation, so never gave it much thought.
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Angus Breeder
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| We are located in southern Missouri. The average low in the winter is proably 20. No longer than it takes to shear one out it is a pretty beneficial thing for the animal, especially those spring calvers. With fescue being our main forage, we must do something to deal with the endophyte which will elevate the cows body temp. When you are AI'n everything we cannot afford for cows to come through the chute with a temp of 103
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