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Handling cattle: Who taught you ?
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 808443" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Cush? My cows understand 'hush'.</p><p>The oddest thing is now I sometimes have the opportunity to work in a team of four cattle-men and we all use much the same sounds and gestures to work the cattle - yet I've worked alone from 2002 until this year and developed my methods without any guide.</p><p></p><p>Second question is easy. Most dairypersons here (and yes, totally different type of handling to beef) use a stick, usually cut from 3/4 inch alkathene water pipe. The difference is in how it's used, which determines whether you have gentle cattle or wild cattle. I favour a gentle touch on the spine or tail head to move the cow up, only using a harder tap if she doesn't move first time. In the yard drafting, used to extend your arm as a guide or block to turn them.</p><p>They've got automatic drafting systems now... at a price.</p><p></p><p>'Who taught me' could be answered many ways. Sometimes I favour the 'cattlemen are born not made', especially after seeing my sister around cattle for the first time. My earliest lessons were as a kid living next to finishing steers; the steers taught me. Weren't other kids in the area, just siblings and steers and our cat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 808443, member: 9267"] Cush? My cows understand 'hush'. The oddest thing is now I sometimes have the opportunity to work in a team of four cattle-men and we all use much the same sounds and gestures to work the cattle - yet I've worked alone from 2002 until this year and developed my methods without any guide. Second question is easy. Most dairypersons here (and yes, totally different type of handling to beef) use a stick, usually cut from 3/4 inch alkathene water pipe. The difference is in how it's used, which determines whether you have gentle cattle or wild cattle. I favour a gentle touch on the spine or tail head to move the cow up, only using a harder tap if she doesn't move first time. In the yard drafting, used to extend your arm as a guide or block to turn them. They've got automatic drafting systems now... at a price. 'Who taught me' could be answered many ways. Sometimes I favour the 'cattlemen are born not made', especially after seeing my sister around cattle for the first time. My earliest lessons were as a kid living next to finishing steers; the steers taught me. Weren't other kids in the area, just siblings and steers and our cat. [/QUOTE]
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