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<blockquote data-quote="uplandnut" data-source="post: 1723367" data-attributes="member: 24555"><p>So 2 weeks ago he caught half the herd in the lean to. He decided to sell the half he had that day, so he called a hauler and another neighbor and I went to help him load. Took about an hour to load 8 head, the bull with the sore foot was the hardest to get loaded at the end. </p><p></p><p>Started out a little rough as the neighbor who was trying to sell them went down the alley to open a gate at the end to allow critters in to it. He screwed up though and instead of staying in the alley behind the 24 foot panel for protection he stepped out into the lean to, to open the gate, which exposed him to the cows/bulls. He is very lucky to not have gotten hurt, as one of the bulls threw him into the air feet higher than the 6' panel. Luckily the bulls and cows just kept on there circling routine and he hurried out after he got back to his feet. He never did anymore to help load the rest.</p><p></p><p>Once that situation was over the other neighbor was standing on a panel just thinking by banging a stick and making noise they would go down the alley into the trailer. He had no intentions of going into the pen after what he just saw. There were no gates in the lean to to help push them into the alley or even to take away the running are they had. So I put two corral panels into the lean to and chained one end to the 24 foot panels so it had something to pivot on and cautiously made my way in using the corral panels as the barrier between me and the critters. Used the 2 corral panels to slowly take away the space they had and some of the cows finally started to go down the alley, till all that was left was a sore footed bull that wanted no part of going. It took about 20 minutes to finally get him to go down the alley and into the trailer. The neighbor that hadn't gotten thrown in the air finally came in to help with the last bull thinking that a zapper would do the trick, didn't even phase him. Finally got him to go down the alley by me walking on the outside of the alley so he could see me and keep trying to "get" me, never took his eyes off me after I got in the lean to behind the corral panels.</p><p></p><p>All in all it went ok other than the neighbor who is getting rid of them getting thrown by the bull, he's very lucky. Now he is down to 8 left and as of yesterday he has 3 bales of hay. These last 8 only go in at night and he has yet to catch them in there. The 2 neighbors decided that they should put a skidsteer in the lean to so that when they catch them they can use that to push towards the alley. I can see it helping and hurting us at the same time. I think they're just scared that I'll have my tendon surgery before he gets the other ones caught. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The whole situation sucks as I believe with a relatively small amount of forethought it would have already been done. Instead here he is over 3 months into this and still fighting the same battle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uplandnut, post: 1723367, member: 24555"] So 2 weeks ago he caught half the herd in the lean to. He decided to sell the half he had that day, so he called a hauler and another neighbor and I went to help him load. Took about an hour to load 8 head, the bull with the sore foot was the hardest to get loaded at the end. Started out a little rough as the neighbor who was trying to sell them went down the alley to open a gate at the end to allow critters in to it. He screwed up though and instead of staying in the alley behind the 24 foot panel for protection he stepped out into the lean to, to open the gate, which exposed him to the cows/bulls. He is very lucky to not have gotten hurt, as one of the bulls threw him into the air feet higher than the 6' panel. Luckily the bulls and cows just kept on there circling routine and he hurried out after he got back to his feet. He never did anymore to help load the rest. Once that situation was over the other neighbor was standing on a panel just thinking by banging a stick and making noise they would go down the alley into the trailer. He had no intentions of going into the pen after what he just saw. There were no gates in the lean to to help push them into the alley or even to take away the running are they had. So I put two corral panels into the lean to and chained one end to the 24 foot panels so it had something to pivot on and cautiously made my way in using the corral panels as the barrier between me and the critters. Used the 2 corral panels to slowly take away the space they had and some of the cows finally started to go down the alley, till all that was left was a sore footed bull that wanted no part of going. It took about 20 minutes to finally get him to go down the alley and into the trailer. The neighbor that hadn't gotten thrown in the air finally came in to help with the last bull thinking that a zapper would do the trick, didn't even phase him. Finally got him to go down the alley by me walking on the outside of the alley so he could see me and keep trying to "get" me, never took his eyes off me after I got in the lean to behind the corral panels. All in all it went ok other than the neighbor who is getting rid of them getting thrown by the bull, he's very lucky. Now he is down to 8 left and as of yesterday he has 3 bales of hay. These last 8 only go in at night and he has yet to catch them in there. The 2 neighbors decided that they should put a skidsteer in the lean to so that when they catch them they can use that to push towards the alley. I can see it helping and hurting us at the same time. I think they're just scared that I'll have my tendon surgery before he gets the other ones caught. :) Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The whole situation sucks as I believe with a relatively small amount of forethought it would have already been done. Instead here he is over 3 months into this and still fighting the same battle. [/QUOTE]
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