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<blockquote data-quote="Double R Ranch" data-source="post: 707626" data-attributes="member: 411"><p>I have trimmed cattle hooves now. When we have cattle up for breeding (ai) they stay in a very soft corrals. Sometimes they stay up for a month or more depending on the situation. There feet grow naturally and in soft ground they can't get worn down. Add a lot of weight ontop of it and you get a lame cow. We have trimmed these cattle because as soon as we turn them out they start to break off and get lame on me. It isn't worth having the loss of gain on the cow or calf it may be nursing because she spends a week crippled because her hoof broke off short and it's sore. If I trim the length off they walk out sound and don't have a problem until the next time they are on soft ground for to long. Same with our show steers and the meat steers that we keep on feed on soft ground.</p><p>I have notice people on here are so quick to judge people asking about hoof trimming. Not everyone has hard rocky ground to wear there cattles feet down on. Especially with cattle getting fed hot feed to up fertility, milk production etc. I don't know how many dairy's here use a regular trim guy.</p><p>If the hoof problem was a disfigurement or something like that I would cull for that reason but I won't cull a cow because she isn't on adiquit ground to wear her hooves down.</p><p>Oh and to answer the second ? We have registered and commercial angus, a couple herefords and a charlet. All have had the same problems over the years and most are not related.</p><p>Double R</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double R Ranch, post: 707626, member: 411"] I have trimmed cattle hooves now. When we have cattle up for breeding (ai) they stay in a very soft corrals. Sometimes they stay up for a month or more depending on the situation. There feet grow naturally and in soft ground they can't get worn down. Add a lot of weight ontop of it and you get a lame cow. We have trimmed these cattle because as soon as we turn them out they start to break off and get lame on me. It isn't worth having the loss of gain on the cow or calf it may be nursing because she spends a week crippled because her hoof broke off short and it's sore. If I trim the length off they walk out sound and don't have a problem until the next time they are on soft ground for to long. Same with our show steers and the meat steers that we keep on feed on soft ground. I have notice people on here are so quick to judge people asking about hoof trimming. Not everyone has hard rocky ground to wear there cattles feet down on. Especially with cattle getting fed hot feed to up fertility, milk production etc. I don't know how many dairy's here use a regular trim guy. If the hoof problem was a disfigurement or something like that I would cull for that reason but I won't cull a cow because she isn't on adiquit ground to wear her hooves down. Oh and to answer the second ? We have registered and commercial angus, a couple herefords and a charlet. All have had the same problems over the years and most are not related. Double R [/QUOTE]
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