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<blockquote data-quote="VCC" data-source="post: 1130586" data-attributes="member: 6399"><p>Hillsdown, first calves look good, and kids look like they are having fun.</p><p>To get them used to keeping their head up, we tie the calves for an hour a day with their head up, just above where you want it to be when on the lead, there is nothing worse than a heavy headed calf, especially for younger kids, they can get plain tuckered out just trying to keep the head up the whole time. </p><p>As far as setting up, we tie the calves during the day the last 3 months, we keep them out of the sun and cooler to get some hair on them, the boys rinsed twice a day, once is fine, and soap them once a week, keeps from pulling all the oils out of their hair. We rinse to help grow hair but it also plays a big part in getting the hair to go the way you want it.</p><p>We do not get a lot of hair on our calves but the hair we have goes the right way and helps the calf look fresher, rinse then comb the hair forward at a 45% angle upward, then blow them out in the same direction. On the legs you comb and blow it upward. The leg hair gives the impression of a little more bone. </p><p>This is where the setting up comes in, at the end of the day just before the calves get turned loose for the night they have to set up, whether it takes 15 minutes or 2 seconds they have to set up and stand. The calves figure this out pretty quick, the sooner they do want you want the sooner they get turned loose. The key is getting them to step into setting up, instead of stopping them in a full stride you want to stop them in the middle of their stride so they are close to square when they stop. Some calves do not like their feet messed with that much so we also tell the kids close is good enough, more times than not if you try to get them perfect, they start fighting you and it gets worse not better.</p><p>I think the daily rinsing helps calm them down and get used to being messed with more than anything, it pays off big at the fair, calves that have a routine seem to adjust to the fair more than claves who are not worked with daily.</p><p>Kids look like they are doing a great job, keep it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VCC, post: 1130586, member: 6399"] Hillsdown, first calves look good, and kids look like they are having fun. To get them used to keeping their head up, we tie the calves for an hour a day with their head up, just above where you want it to be when on the lead, there is nothing worse than a heavy headed calf, especially for younger kids, they can get plain tuckered out just trying to keep the head up the whole time. As far as setting up, we tie the calves during the day the last 3 months, we keep them out of the sun and cooler to get some hair on them, the boys rinsed twice a day, once is fine, and soap them once a week, keeps from pulling all the oils out of their hair. We rinse to help grow hair but it also plays a big part in getting the hair to go the way you want it. We do not get a lot of hair on our calves but the hair we have goes the right way and helps the calf look fresher, rinse then comb the hair forward at a 45% angle upward, then blow them out in the same direction. On the legs you comb and blow it upward. The leg hair gives the impression of a little more bone. This is where the setting up comes in, at the end of the day just before the calves get turned loose for the night they have to set up, whether it takes 15 minutes or 2 seconds they have to set up and stand. The calves figure this out pretty quick, the sooner they do want you want the sooner they get turned loose. The key is getting them to step into setting up, instead of stopping them in a full stride you want to stop them in the middle of their stride so they are close to square when they stop. Some calves do not like their feet messed with that much so we also tell the kids close is good enough, more times than not if you try to get them perfect, they start fighting you and it gets worse not better. I think the daily rinsing helps calm them down and get used to being messed with more than anything, it pays off big at the fair, calves that have a routine seem to adjust to the fair more than claves who are not worked with daily. Kids look like they are doing a great job, keep it up. [/QUOTE]
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