This was tried in Wyoming...didn't work...not enough crew or
enough knowledgeable people on the supposedly regular crew...
The instigator of the Cowboy Service hired some local cowboys to help out his
'regular crew' when he was hired to brand a big bunch of calves. Some
of the local cowboys that were hired to help with this particular job (and they agreed because it looked like it could be fun)
worked their rear ends off, because the regulars doing
the branding, castrating, dehorning was a woman, a kid and an
old man (not everyone showed up so they were very short of help). Nothing wrong with that, if they knew what the were doing (they didn't) and there needed to be more of them.
The guy doing the dehorning had not a clue and was
just digging holes in the calves head. The castrating was
absolutely scary. It was just awful and the guys didn't get home
til way late and they were exhausted. I think they were paid $25
each. :shock:
One of the good hands remarked after they were done,
"Heck, I'd just as soon go for free and feel like I did somebody
some good. This was just a wreck i more ways than one."
Good luck on your venture, but you need to be SURE you have
a good, knowledgeable crew (and that's gonna be tough, I would
think) so I totally agree with Justin.