Does anyone remember?

[MikeC]

Lots of people used to put yokes on cows. It was a big forked stick (like a big slingshot) that hung underneath a cows neck and the forks above the neck tied together to keep her from getting out through the fence?

 

[Rustler9]

We used to do it when I was a kid. Seemed to help. I haven't seen anybody do that in along time though.

 

[Medic24]

Neighbor still does it with his goats...................kinda funny watching a few goats out along the roadside eating grass with the yokes on...................needless to say....didn't work for him. :cboy:

 

[msscamp]

Yes, I remember seeing cows with yokes on them growing up. I didn't know what the contraption was called, though.

 

[jersey lilly]

Seen several in an antique mall the other day, asked daughter if she knew what they were, she had no idea....I had to explain

 

[Scotty]

I have seen them on goats. Hear stories of them on cows. I would think if you need one now days those " weaners" would take there place.


Scotty

 

[George]

I remember them,and using them on the odd cow,when i was a kid.We still have 1,in the barn.

 

[Bama]

Yep I remember them well. And When those new fangled electrified fences came out you would hang a chain from the bulls neck.

 

[joe]

seen tires around their necks, cows dragging wooden fence posts tied to a chain around their neck (they learn to straddle and walk fine), and the best one was a log chain with a couple weights from the dumbells.

 

[msscamp]

All things considered, wouldn't it be easier and better in the long run to just sell the fence crawlers? :???:

 

[Beefy]

are cows not supposed to get out?

 

[msscamp]

are cows not supposed to get out?

No! That answer is, of course, assuming (always dangerous) that the owner has put up proper fencing. ;-)

 

[Beefy]

proper fencing and propped up fencing is the same thing, right?

 

[msscamp]

proper fencing and propped up fencing is the same thing, right?

I'm thinking that depends on how well your cows are trained! ;-) I don't think so! :lol: :lol:

 

[Beefy]

i think i shall retire. ciao ciao, muchacha.

 

[msscamp]

i think i shall retire. ciao ciao, muchacha.

Good night!