showmomof2
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We are finally getting our limousin heifers this week. Long story why it took this long! I'm excited, but dreading the halter breaking!
:nod:vs_cattle":15xabpxm said:yes it's possible, It will take some work just work hard on it.
I like to get in the corral with them, and just walk along with them for a while she could be wild so she will run around the corral a bit just stay in there and have some grain with you and work your way up to feeding her this can take time it all depends on you and the heifer some heifer are more tame then others once she knows your not gonna eat her so to speak she will calm down and things start working down from there afrer a while when you can feed her out of a bucket next to you or out of your hand I would slep a halter on her while she is eating some grain and let her drag it around for a couple days during those days still be interacting with her and keep working with her just be careful not to let the halter stay on to long it can inbed itself into her head use the grain as a tool / treat to start the leading process you also can tie her for a while in one spot to help the breaking process the heifer will dictate how easy its gonna be to halter break her I have done it so it is possible but it is easier when they are smaller due to age and size good luck and pm me if you need to know more
showmomof2":3pyjf4je said:The only problem that I have with letting them drag a lead rope is what if they hang up on something. We were feeding a ffa project heifer for a boy who was keeping it at school on the weekends. We live close to the school and he lived quite a distance away, so we fed her on the weekend. The grooming shoot had been left in the pen and she had a knot in the end of her lead. there was also a pole behind the shoot with just enough room between them for her to walk between. Sometime between the morning and evening feedings as she walked between the two, the knot hung up under the shoot and she wrapped her rope around the pole several times. By the time we found her, she had thrown herself on the ground. I don't know if she broke her neck or what happened, but she was dead. I cannot get that image out of my head. Our leads don't have knots in them, but I am really nervous about them getting wrapped around something. I guess I'm paranoid.