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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 996489" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>dun, let me tell you what happened last week. I got a cow in the chute due to calf on 3/25/13 with her second calf. She is a short simangus girl that goes about 1450. Very, very gentle. I lead her into the chute with a pan of feed. I set the chute for automatic catch and everything goes perfect. I am giving the second Calf Guard shot which is called for within 30 days of calving. In goes the needle. She jerks her head up. Out comes the needle. She does not rear up but she raises her neck high enough and fast enough that I cannot get the job done on the first attempt. I hate having to do it again. I do and all is well but I would like to know if there are tricks to improve my performance. I go into the neck behind the headgate to avoid her hitting me with her head. I let one of the bars down to obtain access. Question: should I be doing this in front of the headgate? I use the BQA approach of forming the tent with the skin but I find my cows are well muscled and fat; the skin does not want to pull out very far. Thanks, I know you have done this a long time, I figure you can offer me something that will help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 996489, member: 17767"] dun, let me tell you what happened last week. I got a cow in the chute due to calf on 3/25/13 with her second calf. She is a short simangus girl that goes about 1450. Very, very gentle. I lead her into the chute with a pan of feed. I set the chute for automatic catch and everything goes perfect. I am giving the second Calf Guard shot which is called for within 30 days of calving. In goes the needle. She jerks her head up. Out comes the needle. She does not rear up but she raises her neck high enough and fast enough that I cannot get the job done on the first attempt. I hate having to do it again. I do and all is well but I would like to know if there are tricks to improve my performance. I go into the neck behind the headgate to avoid her hitting me with her head. I let one of the bars down to obtain access. Question: should I be doing this in front of the headgate? I use the BQA approach of forming the tent with the skin but I find my cows are well muscled and fat; the skin does not want to pull out very far. Thanks, I know you have done this a long time, I figure you can offer me something that will help. [/QUOTE]
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