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<blockquote data-quote="FlyingLSimmentals" data-source="post: 1130924" data-attributes="member: 16752"><p>I'll lead from a single to around 50 head give or take, several more I guess counting calves sometimes. I'm usually on foot, but sometimes we'll use the atv's and the border collies when moving a good distance or the large group. We do have a particular call for the cattle and some do know their names and will answer and come to them. Have had a bull and a cow or two that would do their best to keep the herd from coming until he felt it was time to go and he would then lead them showing that he or they were boss. Have had them get excited and decide to go quickly that's when the trees here come in handy. I've been caught ducking behind them and letting the cattle pass by. Usually one person will call on ahead and 1 of us will lead and 1 or 2 will try and follow to make sure all of them will come and not have any slackers or sleeping babies. Depending on how many of us is there that day. Half the farm is on one side of the road, the other half is on the other side therefore we get to move them several times rotating the fields. Again there are those other times when they have to be driven sometimes by force, like out of the hay field that they find a way into sometimes. Therefore both methods are used here when needed, also like others who have mentioned it first skill is part of it. Flight Zones can be really different from 1 animal to the next one. It really pays to know your cattle's personality and behavior. Also to spend a bit of time with them as much as possible, where they'll feel comfortable with you. I know several who either don't have the time or the willingness to do so. I'll try to average walking through the herd at least once a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlyingLSimmentals, post: 1130924, member: 16752"] I'll lead from a single to around 50 head give or take, several more I guess counting calves sometimes. I'm usually on foot, but sometimes we'll use the atv's and the border collies when moving a good distance or the large group. We do have a particular call for the cattle and some do know their names and will answer and come to them. Have had a bull and a cow or two that would do their best to keep the herd from coming until he felt it was time to go and he would then lead them showing that he or they were boss. Have had them get excited and decide to go quickly that's when the trees here come in handy. I've been caught ducking behind them and letting the cattle pass by. Usually one person will call on ahead and 1 of us will lead and 1 or 2 will try and follow to make sure all of them will come and not have any slackers or sleeping babies. Depending on how many of us is there that day. Half the farm is on one side of the road, the other half is on the other side therefore we get to move them several times rotating the fields. Again there are those other times when they have to be driven sometimes by force, like out of the hay field that they find a way into sometimes. Therefore both methods are used here when needed, also like others who have mentioned it first skill is part of it. Flight Zones can be really different from 1 animal to the next one. It really pays to know your cattle's personality and behavior. Also to spend a bit of time with them as much as possible, where they'll feel comfortable with you. I know several who either don't have the time or the willingness to do so. I'll try to average walking through the herd at least once a day. [/QUOTE]
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