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Sigh. Thanks. I shared that on my FB page.

"Cycling" IS riding around, balancing on 2 hind wheels.

Yes rem_243 Even tonight the cows are much quieter already... only a dozen now hanging out at the heifer pen I am rather pleased.

I didn't "notice " any sores but I didn't clearly go looking for that either. However, I also didn't notice any reaction of pain or discomfort when removing them. I used them in calves from 400 pounds to 700 pounds... wide noses, thin noses. fat heads, thin heads...

I'm typing it! I'm typing it!

We took the flaps off yesterday which meant another sort and run through the squeeze. Several flaps fell off in the crowding pen behind the chute and the manufacturer suggests that you can remove flaps from the noses by filling the chute and taking them off along the cat walk. However at the...

Calves are quiet, cows are quiet. Udders are nearly gone... One thing that didn't change so far and that is the mother calf bond. They are still travelling in pairs, laying in pairs and keeping tabs of each other. I am afraid that when I do separate them I may find them only half weaned.. I...

Aw thanks Silver... they are not exactly where I want them but they are getting closer..

That was one reason I put up the pictures, was so that you could see the flap in its construction. No pointy stabby parts to inflict discomfort on the cow. The calves are able to eat and drink water as usual... they just can't get their tongue around it to grab a teat. Today is 69 hours post...

These pics were taken about 45 hours post nose flapping.

why wean first? Good question! and the answer is... its too cruel to rip them from their mothers, load them on a truck to be unloaded, sorted and resorted and then stand all night on the cement with no food or water, go through the sales ring, back to a pen to wait for another truck ride to...

Okay I am trying them. Applied them on Thursday afternoon. Not to difficult to do once you get the hang of it, then takes about 2 seconds a flap. Then we put them all back together in a spent hay field. I had begun feeding them about a week ago. Next morning I switched the hay type to premium...

So its up to the price of a bag of chips then?

As deja vu says... freeze first, then thaw a few at a time in a sink of cold water to cut the skin off. It will just peel off a frozen nut. then bread and fry... cocktail sauce is a good dip.

You can get a calf in a laundry basket? Now that's a teeny calf.