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<blockquote data-quote="VCC" data-source="post: 852685" data-attributes="member: 6399"><p>The best part of rinsing and washing is how fast it helps them tame down, as soon as you can get them in the wash area, the better. We start rinsing long before the calves actually lead. As soon as they will tie we start rinsing. We have a small catch pen to halter break them in, run in the pen get the halter on them and them tie them for a while. Make sure you stay there with them incase something goes awry. (Make sure the knot you tie with is a quick release knot or you have a knife handy)</p><p></p><p>As far as hair care goes, I agree: wash once a week, rinse at least once a day, comb the hair forward, in the early morning if it is still chilly we will leave the water on them just comb it forward and let the fans run on them for a half hour and then comb and blow them out. We use the cream rinse twice a week (5 gallon bucket full, with a quarter sized dollop of the cream rinse, poured over the back, do not rinse out) other products have all been listed so go with what you want. We did use pink (Wall Mart ethnic hair care area) </p><p>2 or 3 times a week, you blow it in, just do not use too much. It helps keep oil in the hair. </p><p>We did this right before we kicked them out for the night, use it only if you are keeping in the barn during the day since you do not want them in the sun with this on it will speed up the sun bleaching process.</p><p></p><p>If your calf is black then you can dye the hair to get rid of the sun bleached areas (black dye on a black calf is not altering the hair color) Sullivan's dye works fine or you can go with store bought dye. We use about 4 bottles and fog it in, with the blower and a fogger, weight 15 to 20 minutes and rinse out, any longer and it can burn the skin.</p><p></p><p>Have fun and good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VCC, post: 852685, member: 6399"] The best part of rinsing and washing is how fast it helps them tame down, as soon as you can get them in the wash area, the better. We start rinsing long before the calves actually lead. As soon as they will tie we start rinsing. We have a small catch pen to halter break them in, run in the pen get the halter on them and them tie them for a while. Make sure you stay there with them incase something goes awry. (Make sure the knot you tie with is a quick release knot or you have a knife handy) As far as hair care goes, I agree: wash once a week, rinse at least once a day, comb the hair forward, in the early morning if it is still chilly we will leave the water on them just comb it forward and let the fans run on them for a half hour and then comb and blow them out. We use the cream rinse twice a week (5 gallon bucket full, with a quarter sized dollop of the cream rinse, poured over the back, do not rinse out) other products have all been listed so go with what you want. We did use pink (Wall Mart ethnic hair care area) 2 or 3 times a week, you blow it in, just do not use too much. It helps keep oil in the hair. We did this right before we kicked them out for the night, use it only if you are keeping in the barn during the day since you do not want them in the sun with this on it will speed up the sun bleaching process. If your calf is black then you can dye the hair to get rid of the sun bleached areas (black dye on a black calf is not altering the hair color) Sullivan’s dye works fine or you can go with store bought dye. We use about 4 bottles and fog it in, with the blower and a fogger, weight 15 to 20 minutes and rinse out, any longer and it can burn the skin. Have fun and good luck [/QUOTE]
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