Katpau
Well-known member
We tag and weigh each of our newborn calves with a hanging scale, out in the pasture, wherever they are born. I have used both mechanical and digital scales, and would prefer the digital because they are usually smaller and lighter. My problem is that every one we have ever purchased requires you to lift the calf high enough so that the scale is at eye level or above. We do this as a team, lifting with a rod through the scale and I usually need to duck down to read the scale once the calf is off the ground, which makes it hard for me to hold up my share of the weight. Ours are NOT tiny 60 to 70 pound calves and we are not young, so this job gets harder every year. If I could find a scale that could be read from above as soon as the calves feet are off the ground, it would sure make this job easier. Does anyone have such a scale, and if so, where can I get one?