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Encouraging cattle to go through the headgate?
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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 818245" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>I have said it before many times in other threads.</p><p></p><p>I give mine a cup of feed everytime they are in the headchute.</p><p></p><p>did it with the neighbors red angus who have never been in my barn when we synched them for breeding. by the third time we worked them 8 out of 12 auto loaded and two of the 12 run to my barn everytime the gate gets left open.</p><p></p><p>I do agree that judicious use of the hend held buzzer is more useful than thrashing and wailing and tail twisting. but it must be judicious. it cannot be used as entertainment.</p><p></p><p>i have not weaned my heifer calves yet but they are already used to going thru the chute and being restrained by headlocks.</p><p></p><p>a set of headlocks is a very useful investment for a beef farmer as well as for dairy. I have fed my heifers in headlocks for twenty years. I mostly leave em open but the heifers quickly learn to stand when they lock down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 818245, member: 6543"] I have said it before many times in other threads. I give mine a cup of feed everytime they are in the headchute. did it with the neighbors red angus who have never been in my barn when we synched them for breeding. by the third time we worked them 8 out of 12 auto loaded and two of the 12 run to my barn everytime the gate gets left open. I do agree that judicious use of the hend held buzzer is more useful than thrashing and wailing and tail twisting. but it must be judicious. it cannot be used as entertainment. i have not weaned my heifer calves yet but they are already used to going thru the chute and being restrained by headlocks. a set of headlocks is a very useful investment for a beef farmer as well as for dairy. I have fed my heifers in headlocks for twenty years. I mostly leave em open but the heifers quickly learn to stand when they lock down. [/QUOTE]
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