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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1554871" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>I know this is an old thread but somebody may have the same issue.</p><p>I use a barbed wire holding area of about an acre then set up a pen of freestanding panels with 2-3 pens - a bale of hay in each pen. Catch all of them with grain in the acre then the bulk in the pen, close the gate and move the works back into the next pen and open the 1st pen again, catch the stragglers and continue moving them back. We're talking 2 pails of grain max for 90 cows.</p><p>Not when it's very windy, not when they're full. If I'm catching them, they all go in every time, no exceptions. That cow that comes running but catches on and goes back in the bush - she needs to be culled. She'll make others or at best lead 2 or 3 with her when she goes. On a bad day when the wicked cow leads a few away, leave everybody you caught locked in the 2nd pen and go away for a half hour. When you return most of the time they'll be standing eating the hay when you get back. I rotationally graze and lead/call my cattle to feed all the time. I often bring a pail of grain with me and when the cows get where I want them to go I spread it out. The better you follow the more grain you get. The leaders now come at a dead run when I drive in the pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1554871, member: 38101"] I know this is an old thread but somebody may have the same issue. I use a barbed wire holding area of about an acre then set up a pen of freestanding panels with 2-3 pens - a bale of hay in each pen. Catch all of them with grain in the acre then the bulk in the pen, close the gate and move the works back into the next pen and open the 1st pen again, catch the stragglers and continue moving them back. We're talking 2 pails of grain max for 90 cows. Not when it's very windy, not when they're full. If I'm catching them, they all go in every time, no exceptions. That cow that comes running but catches on and goes back in the bush - she needs to be culled. She'll make others or at best lead 2 or 3 with her when she goes. On a bad day when the wicked cow leads a few away, leave everybody you caught locked in the 2nd pen and go away for a half hour. When you return most of the time they'll be standing eating the hay when you get back. I rotationally graze and lead/call my cattle to feed all the time. I often bring a pail of grain with me and when the cows get where I want them to go I spread it out. The better you follow the more grain you get. The leaders now come at a dead run when I drive in the pasture. [/QUOTE]
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