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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1642934" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Ditto what Stocker Steve said...</p><p></p><p>We worked with polywire divisions for several years before we put in semi-permanent cross fences; don't be in a hurry to make things 'permanent'. </p><p>Ideally, on our place, paddocks were big/small enough that the cattle would pretty well eat everything in a day, then move on to the next paddock. Depending on season,rainfall, and cow numbers, sometimes that would stretch out to 3 days per paddock - or sometimes necessitate twice-a-day moves - but we tried not to ever keep them on one paddock for more than 3 days, to eliminate them grazing off the beginning re-growth of most desirable forages. We were shooting for 30 days regrowth before return grazing a paddock, but at some times, it was as little as 21 days. </p><p></p><p>Amen to the need for decent handling facilities! Back when wife and I were in veterinary practice, it was amazing to me the number of folks who had cattle and absolutely no way to get them contained for treatment... I often wondered how those folks ever got anything off to the salebarn! Used the d@mned Cap-Chur gun way more than anyone should have had to, and envied my classmates/colleagues who had the ability/gumption to tell folks "Call me when you get them up... I'm not a cowboy, I can't rope, and I'm not gonna chase your cow all over the countryside." Our boss, however, would spend(and have us do likewise) hours chasing cows over those middle TN hills, trying to get close enough to shoot 'em &/or drop a noose on 'em and dally 'em up to a tree or the brushguard on the front of the practice truck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1642934, member: 12607"] Ditto what Stocker Steve said... We worked with polywire divisions for several years before we put in semi-permanent cross fences; don't be in a hurry to make things 'permanent'. Ideally, on our place, paddocks were big/small enough that the cattle would pretty well eat everything in a day, then move on to the next paddock. Depending on season,rainfall, and cow numbers, sometimes that would stretch out to 3 days per paddock - or sometimes necessitate twice-a-day moves - but we tried not to ever keep them on one paddock for more than 3 days, to eliminate them grazing off the beginning re-growth of most desirable forages. We were shooting for 30 days regrowth before return grazing a paddock, but at some times, it was as little as 21 days. Amen to the need for decent handling facilities! Back when wife and I were in veterinary practice, it was amazing to me the number of folks who had cattle and absolutely no way to get them contained for treatment... I often wondered how those folks ever got anything off to the salebarn! Used the d@mned Cap-Chur gun way more than anyone should have had to, and envied my classmates/colleagues who had the ability/gumption to tell folks "Call me when you get them up... I'm not a cowboy, I can't rope, and I'm not gonna chase your cow all over the countryside." Our boss, however, would spend(and have us do likewise) hours chasing cows over those middle TN hills, trying to get close enough to shoot 'em &/or drop a noose on 'em and dally 'em up to a tree or the brushguard on the front of the practice truck. [/QUOTE]
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