Travlr
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Oh, an electric fence? I guess I missed that part...
Turned out today.
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kenny thomas
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Exactly, when they see me putting up the polywire they know whats next. They will stand at the gate waiting. I never herd them for any reason. Even in the lot they know they will get a treat.
mwj
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Post #176 Kenny says to zoom in to see the polywire.
kenny thomas
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I fed these 22 cows, and a bull 75lb of 16% feed with added molasses for 3 days to help be sure i had them in the lot to preg and semen test. Now every time i go to the barn here they come. Very steep hill coming up to the barn so they stop several times to rest. A few more days and surely they will forget.
Travlr
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I train my cows to come when I call with a 3 pound coffee can of feed. Up to half a mile away, and maybe more. All you have to do is give a taste to the leaders and the rest will follow.
kenny thomas
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Sure easier than running them.
I have a smart Blue Heeler, but he never gets to work cows, because we never get behind them and push them. We call them everywhere.
If a gate is open and shouldn't be, heeler won't let cattle thru.
As far as moving for rotational grazing, like Ken said, when they see us head towards a gate, they are ready to follow us anywhere.
If a gate is open and shouldn't be, heeler won't let cattle thru.
As far as moving for rotational grazing, like Ken said, when they see us head towards a gate, they are ready to follow us anywhere.
CowboyRam
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My dog rides on the ATV with me, and usually he will stay there until I tell me to go after them. He is starting to get better. This morning he ran out with me when I went to feed. He had to make sure that all those cows all bunched up. Before I could start back a couple cows wander a bit from the rest of the herd; he had to push them up to the herd.
Named'em Tamed'em
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Roy's only concern is to bunch them up and hold them. She has an amazing "run out" to circle them. A great recall but she's ADHD and only at your feet for a split second when recalled.
I don't understand why people don't get their cattle to come to feed. I guess if you're in an enormous area it's harder but we've only got a bit over 200 acres and these cattle will come to almost anywhere you want them. If you have to supplement feed at anytime it's an easy process to teach an I think if I didn't have to supplement feed I still would just to keep them coming to where I want. It sure makes it easier if they get out or if you need to work them
CowboyRam
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Where I summer my cows the pasture on my uncles ranch is about 5700 acres, that is why. That is one of the smaller pastures he has, others are around 12,000 to 20,000 acres. If we supplement we have to put it near water, and that could be an issue with several water locations.
I've been throwing 100 to 150 pounds of 14% mix out on pasture every 2 or 3 days for the last 2 weeks. It's got them eating more of the brown stuff I feel like.
@kenny thomas --- you're a damn tough feller!
@kenny thomas --- you're a damn tough feller!
I understand that, as I said if you have a really large place it would be harder, but on most of the folks on this site I'm not sure if there's many that are running on that big of a place. A while back we had some friends that were running cattle on marshland, probably well overa thousand acres and it was like herding deer over there
mwj
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There are cattle on large areas that will follow a bale-bed on the truck or a feed wagon.
kenny thomas
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Moved again today. Were predicted to get 6 to 8 " rain by Saturday so i moved then on higher ground.
cattle look good
chevytaHOE5674
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Strangest looking winter I've ever seen. Haha
kenny thomas
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Beautiful today but go into work on snow plow truck tonight at 11.
chevytaHOE5674
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County guys here have been plowing 24/7 since early December, haven't got a break yet. Mother nature won't quit this year.
farmerjan
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Yeah, @kenny thomas is supposed to start seeing some snow about 4-8 hours ahead of us up here further... I'm headed to test cows at 3 a.m. and we will get done and out of there about 9-10... so will come home in some snow. We fed extra hay at 2 places tonight as it gets rather slick in there so ought to be good for a couple days... It's bout 2-3 miles to come with the tractor instead of feeding with the truck and bale bed, so fed extra to not have to go back in before Thursday or so... We are scheduled to get rain end of the week but not as much as him..2-4 inches.... but it will melt the snow and make a bigger muddy mess if we get the 4-8 inches of snow they are predicting first...
Oh well, it is "winter" ????
Oh well, it is "winter" ????
