NEFarmwife
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Anyone have a supplier outside their local vet or ammo supplier for pneu darts? They get pretty pricey, so we were looking for maybe someone online that others have used to buy in larger quantity for a better price.
NEFarmwife":1erqvh51 said:I was browsing Livestock Concepts. It's good to see a recommendation.
Have a friend who is stating he can get them for $18. My husband was going to look into him and see if they are the same brand, etc... But felt it was worth a try to see if anyone else out there sold for that also.
LDEnterprises":11pn4u9a said:NEFarmwife":11pn4u9a said:I was browsing Livestock Concepts. It's good to see a recommendation.
Have a friend who is stating he can get them for $18. My husband was going to look into him and see if they are the same brand, etc... But felt it was worth a try to see if anyone else out there sold for that also.
If true that's a pretty good price. I'm paying $27 right now per pack.
Anyone with cattle should have a dart gun. Lot of times I'll dart one in the pen just so I don't get it all worked up going through the chute.Jeanne - Simme Valley":388oil7c said:Oh, yeah. Now it makes sense. Thanks We do have a few producers around the state that use darts.
Sorry, but I have never had an animal get so "worked up" putting it thru the chute that I would consider darting it. I am not trying to criticize anyone, but I believe having good facilities is the number one thing a producer needs on their farm. If my facilities were so poor or my cattle were so wild that I needed to dart them ---- well, I'll just say that is not my kind of working cattle. Wild cows get culled.jedstivers":2onff4bm said:Anyone with cattle should have a dart gun. Lot of times I'll dart one in the pen just so I don't get it all worked up going through the chute.Jeanne - Simme Valley":2onff4bm said:Oh, yeah. Now it makes sense. Thanks We do have a few producers around the state that use darts.
Totally understand where it can be super useful in individual situations. I forget how BIG beef farms are elsewhere!!! I walk my whole property. LOLDave":30sps4zr said:They work real good in big pastures where you have to gather a large bunch to doctor one animal. A lot easier than roping and knocking one down. Easier on both the cow and the cowboy.
I pay about $18 a pack for the darts.
Jeanne - Simme Valley":1gev1nmm said:Sorry, but I have never had an animal get so "worked up" putting it thru the chute that I would consider darting it. I am not trying to criticize anyone, but I believe having good facilities is the number one thing a producer needs on their farm. If my facilities were so poor or my cattle were so wild that I needed to dart them ---- well, I'll just say that is not my kind of working cattle. Wild cows get culled.jedstivers":1gev1nmm said:Anyone with cattle should have a dart gun. Lot of times I'll dart one in the pen just so I don't get it all worked up going through the chute.Jeanne - Simme Valley":1gev1nmm said:Oh, yeah. Now it makes sense. Thanks We do have a few producers around the state that use darts.
Jeanne - Simme Valley":39l9kmhb said:Totally understand where it can be super useful in individual situations. I forget how BIG beef farms are elsewhere!!! I walk my whole property. LOLDave":39l9kmhb said:They work real good in big pastures where you have to gather a large bunch to doctor one animal. A lot easier than roping and knocking one down. Easier on both the cow and the cowboy.
I pay about $18 a pack for the darts.
Anytime you take a sick animal through the chute you are inducing stress.Jeanne - Simme Valley":vetvo09h said:Sorry, but I have never had an animal get so "worked up" putting it thru the chute that I would consider darting it. I am not trying to criticize anyone, but I believe having good facilities is the number one thing a producer needs on their farm. If my facilities were so poor or my cattle were so wild that I needed to dart them ---- well, I'll just say that is not my kind of working cattle. Wild cows get culled.jedstivers":vetvo09h said:Anyone with cattle should have a dart gun. Lot of times I'll dart one in the pen just so I don't get it all worked up going through the chute.Jeanne - Simme Valley":vetvo09h said:Oh, yeah. Now it makes sense. Thanks We do have a few producers around the state that use darts.
Dave":1ox6amz1 said:They work real good in big pastures where you have to gather a large bunch to doctor one animal. A lot easier than roping and knocking one down. Easier on both the cow and the cowboy.
I pay about $18 a pack for the darts.