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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1720269" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>I used to be in charge of raising our dairy calves, weaned from Momma at 1-2 days, and thrown into individual calf huts. Started out using little fences in front of each one....... what a horrible, labor intensive mess. Eventually tore out all those hard to work with, high maintenance, high cost fences, and drove in a T post on the corner of the hut by the door, dropped a lightweight 10' chain over it, and slipped the other end around the calf's neck (no halter).</p><p></p><p>Calves stayed tied at that hut for 2 months, fought with the chain for maybe a day or part of a day, and when I took them down to the barn, they were all already halter broke.............. for life. I'd just lift the chain off the T post and walk 'em about 1000' to the barn. A beautiful thing................</p><p></p><p>Glad she came to you so quickly....................... isn't it an awesome thing when you literally see it happening right before your eyes? I've never seen any animal move so far so quickly as a young colt, pulling for all he's worth, wide-eyed and ears laid back.................. and if done right, some of 'em can literally have their head buried under your arm in like 5 minutes. Or................. you can hang 'em on the back of the tractor and drag 'em for days and then potentially NEVER be able to get them there., because you've destroyed the animal's ability to ever be able to trust you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1720269, member: 39018"] I used to be in charge of raising our dairy calves, weaned from Momma at 1-2 days, and thrown into individual calf huts. Started out using little fences in front of each one....... what a horrible, labor intensive mess. Eventually tore out all those hard to work with, high maintenance, high cost fences, and drove in a T post on the corner of the hut by the door, dropped a lightweight 10' chain over it, and slipped the other end around the calf's neck (no halter). Calves stayed tied at that hut for 2 months, fought with the chain for maybe a day or part of a day, and when I took them down to the barn, they were all already halter broke.............. for life. I'd just lift the chain off the T post and walk 'em about 1000' to the barn. A beautiful thing................ Glad she came to you so quickly....................... isn't it an awesome thing when you literally see it happening right before your eyes? I've never seen any animal move so far so quickly as a young colt, pulling for all he's worth, wide-eyed and ears laid back.................. and if done right, some of 'em can literally have their head buried under your arm in like 5 minutes. Or................. you can hang 'em on the back of the tractor and drag 'em for days and then potentially NEVER be able to get them there., because you've destroyed the animal's ability to ever be able to trust you. [/QUOTE]
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