backhoeboogie
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RanchMan90":2ivpdfry said:Reminds me of a time when I was kid I helped a family put CIDRs in a couple hundred broncky f1 tigers, the wife insisted I not use a sorting pole on her "babies". Turned a one day job into 2 pretty quick.backhoeboogie":2ivpdfry said:NECowboy":2ivpdfry said:First generation cattleman, didn't have my dad or no one else to teach me. I get the experience part but don't mind seeing what someone else has to say and then applying that to my observations. Certainly doesn't qualify me to say I got this versus an experienced cattleman. Particularly interested in learning from these books where Temple Grandin has a great reputation on low stress livestock handling methods and corral design.
Over my lifetime I have helped work cows at hundreds of different places. No two cattle men at alike, exactly. Different facilities, different breeds, different goals, and different people.
I don't mind compassion for animals. But there are times when you simply have to get it done. The facilities are no yours but you have to make them work. Its not all fun (no matter what the commercials show).
She had names for each and every one of them I bet. And you were supposed to know who each one was. LOL