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    Halter placement on mules?

    My son broke him to ride then he went to some friends for a year and I think they let him get away with poor manners. My wife’s been riding him this fall on some trail rides and he does good but needs to be finished off. On the ground he’ll try to lead you . Pushy.
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    Halter placement on mules?

    We own a mule that needs a little work on his ground manners. Before I start working with him I’ve seen/heard a couple different ways/position the nose band sets across the nose. I’ve heard for mules or donkeys two fingers above the nostrils and I’ve seen half way up. Both by different trainers...
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    Cinches

    I think we’re good on the saddles and pads so do you think one type of cinch may help better than another?
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    Cinches

    What about neoprene type cinches? The horses we had in the past were quarter type with good withers. We have a mule and a quarter/Morgan type mare. If think we have the saddle fit properly for the mare but she’s kinda round over the withers. My wife had a neoprene type cinch on the saddle and...
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    Show your calf pictures.

    Yes , all are registered. We have about 20 breeding females. The bull we used was a registered Char. Homozygous polled. No horns on any of the calves
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    Cinches

    getting back into horses/mules. Thoughts on best cinches. Rayon? Mohair? Blend?
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    Show your calf pictures.

    Nice set of calves
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    Show your calf pictures.

    Some Charolais/longhorn cross calves. Pictures from this past summer.
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    Breed what you love

    The hereford calves the Hereford calves were pretty solid calves but for selling feeders a lot of color on some of them.
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    Breed what you love

    I Also always thought that there shouldn’t be any horns when crossed with an angus. The bull I used was a papered bull.
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    Breed what you love

    This was my first crop from the char bull. I am contemplating possibly keeping a couple F1 heifers back next year to see how they make brood cows. As far as using angus bulls my experience was and this was with a registered angus bull 1/3 came out solid black 1/3 came out line back and 1/3...
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    Breed what you love

    Weaning size was slightly heavier at roughly 175 day average they weighed 445#s. Knocked the color off almost all the calves. They were a very consistent group. Nice frames on them. This was the first group of char calves I’ve had . I haven’t fed any out. This is my first post and I don’t know...
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    Breed what you love

    Have owned Longhorns for 20 years have did cross breeding a few times during that time. Have used angus. Hereford, black baldy and the last two years Charolais. By far the Charolais cross calves were the best crosses I had. Although they all were good. Haven’t pulled a calf in all those 20...
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