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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 1440105" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>I rotate pastures about once a month now, but the majority of cows I have I raised or have been here long enough to know that following a bag of cubes leads to a treat and probably a new pasture. Time of day plays a part. If they have settled under the shade chewing cud in the later part of the morning they aren't as willing to go on the move. Enthusiasm of the younger raised cows to follow the bag of cubes seems to be contagious. I have 6 younger cows I bought several months ago that aren't so trusting but they do seem to know that bag has something they are interested in and they follow the rest. But I guess the main reason I don't have much trouble is the catch pens are hubs to the pastures where they always have access to and travel through them to go to different pastures. This way they don't associate the pens a place they are going to be trapped. I can get every one of them most of the time if I want them all. An exception to this is a few that aren't eager to follow if they have a newborn calf. Also, as Aaron said, problem cows don't hang around very long to be a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 1440105, member: 7795"] I rotate pastures about once a month now, but the majority of cows I have I raised or have been here long enough to know that following a bag of cubes leads to a treat and probably a new pasture. Time of day plays a part. If they have settled under the shade chewing cud in the later part of the morning they aren't as willing to go on the move. Enthusiasm of the younger raised cows to follow the bag of cubes seems to be contagious. I have 6 younger cows I bought several months ago that aren't so trusting but they do seem to know that bag has something they are interested in and they follow the rest. But I guess the main reason I don't have much trouble is the catch pens are hubs to the pastures where they always have access to and travel through them to go to different pastures. This way they don't associate the pens a place they are going to be trapped. I can get every one of them most of the time if I want them all. An exception to this is a few that aren't eager to follow if they have a newborn calf. Also, as Aaron said, problem cows don't hang around very long to be a problem. [/QUOTE]
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