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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1677934" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>You had 5 people for 63 calves? I'm pretty jealous. My husband and are in our late 60's. We do about 40 calves at a time, running them through a chute. It takes a couple hours including gathering them into the corrals. It was faster when we were younger and more agile. It would help to have a third person so we could have one bringing them up the chute while the other two work from both sides, but it goes pretty good this way. My neighbor will work that many of his cows all be himself with a self catch head-gate, although he usually gets help when working calves.</p><p></p><p>I suspect the branding you described is much more about tradition and the social interactions than efficiency. I can see it making sense for 3 guys and their horses to come to an open range situation to brand 300+ calves, but with the right facilities you can easily run 63 calves through a chute and have them vaccinated, cut & branded in under a couple hours with two or three people. All you need is someone to run them up, and another to catch and do the work. It seems like it would add at least a half hour to catch and saddle the horses and get them hauled to where your working. I admit that your way sounds like a lot more fun though. I really enjoyed the photos. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1677934, member: 9933"] You had 5 people for 63 calves? I'm pretty jealous. My husband and are in our late 60's. We do about 40 calves at a time, running them through a chute. It takes a couple hours including gathering them into the corrals. It was faster when we were younger and more agile. It would help to have a third person so we could have one bringing them up the chute while the other two work from both sides, but it goes pretty good this way. My neighbor will work that many of his cows all be himself with a self catch head-gate, although he usually gets help when working calves. I suspect the branding you described is much more about tradition and the social interactions than efficiency. I can see it making sense for 3 guys and their horses to come to an open range situation to brand 300+ calves, but with the right facilities you can easily run 63 calves through a chute and have them vaccinated, cut & branded in under a couple hours with two or three people. All you need is someone to run them up, and another to catch and do the work. It seems like it would add at least a half hour to catch and saddle the horses and get them hauled to where your working. I admit that your way sounds like a lot more fun though. I really enjoyed the photos. :) [/QUOTE]
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