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<blockquote data-quote="2004farmgirl" data-source="post: 599232" data-attributes="member: 9012"><p>Our first heifer we broke this spring for 4H used to lay down when we would tie her and walk her behind the tractor. It really got annoying. And you will learn a lot from this experience. We have 4 new heifers that we bought from fresh out of the pasture. Never been around people let alone have a halter on. What is working amazing for us is walking them to water. They have no water in the pen with them. We leave the rope halters on them...all the time. They learn very fast that we bring the "goods"! :wave: Food and Water! I start off with stepping on the lead rope and holding it while putting a bucket in front of them. Then I work up to pulling them to water. I move the bucket closer to the pen door and then out the barn. It took about a week for us to do this last month. With them wearing the rope halter 27/7 helps a ton. When it was time for her to walk out of the barn for water we hooked her up to the wagon. We walked her around the yard over 20 times. One person driving the tractor, one sitting at the back of the wagon where she was tied and one walking behind the heifer. It worked like a charm!!! We went slow but not slow enough that she would act up. When she was done we always walked to water then back in her pen. We did this in the morning, that evening and then the next morning. By that next evening we were walking her out of the barn to water and walking her around the yard by herself.</p><p>We started tying her up in the morning after her long walk and water while she ate grain (for an hour). Then back in her pen. I increased the time to be tied for 3 days and now she is tied all day.</p><p>Here is what I do with our 5 babies...4 heifers and 1 steer. All are walked in the morning to water then they are tied in a line, like they would be at fair or a show. They are fed grain and a little hay and left all day. They can stand or lay down as they want. (I check on them at least 3 times during the day) Then in the late afternoon they are untied and walked again to water. For the evening they are let out in the pasture to run and play all night. We have a cement feeder that is built into the fence and we dump the grain into it for the night feeding. All the halters are left on while out in the pasture. When I go out in the morning they are all standing in the barn mooing at me waiting for their walk to water. Then it is back to the wall to be tied.</p><p>Hope this helps...it has worked great for us. Some breeder friends told me....If you want to keep a cow tame, walk it to water!</p><p>Take care and Happy Holidays</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2004farmgirl, post: 599232, member: 9012"] Our first heifer we broke this spring for 4H used to lay down when we would tie her and walk her behind the tractor. It really got annoying. And you will learn a lot from this experience. We have 4 new heifers that we bought from fresh out of the pasture. Never been around people let alone have a halter on. What is working amazing for us is walking them to water. They have no water in the pen with them. We leave the rope halters on them...all the time. They learn very fast that we bring the "goods"! :wave: Food and Water! I start off with stepping on the lead rope and holding it while putting a bucket in front of them. Then I work up to pulling them to water. I move the bucket closer to the pen door and then out the barn. It took about a week for us to do this last month. With them wearing the rope halter 27/7 helps a ton. When it was time for her to walk out of the barn for water we hooked her up to the wagon. We walked her around the yard over 20 times. One person driving the tractor, one sitting at the back of the wagon where she was tied and one walking behind the heifer. It worked like a charm!!! We went slow but not slow enough that she would act up. When she was done we always walked to water then back in her pen. We did this in the morning, that evening and then the next morning. By that next evening we were walking her out of the barn to water and walking her around the yard by herself. We started tying her up in the morning after her long walk and water while she ate grain (for an hour). Then back in her pen. I increased the time to be tied for 3 days and now she is tied all day. Here is what I do with our 5 babies...4 heifers and 1 steer. All are walked in the morning to water then they are tied in a line, like they would be at fair or a show. They are fed grain and a little hay and left all day. They can stand or lay down as they want. (I check on them at least 3 times during the day) Then in the late afternoon they are untied and walked again to water. For the evening they are let out in the pasture to run and play all night. We have a cement feeder that is built into the fence and we dump the grain into it for the night feeding. All the halters are left on while out in the pasture. When I go out in the morning they are all standing in the barn mooing at me waiting for their walk to water. Then it is back to the wall to be tied. Hope this helps...it has worked great for us. Some breeder friends told me....If you want to keep a cow tame, walk it to water! Take care and Happy Holidays [/QUOTE]
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