Fly prevention

leoch

Is there any handy way to put on tar on heifers elders in the cattle shoot/race without getting ur arm broke

whelan2

There is spray on tar. It doesn't last as long as normal tar. I do mine in the parlour.

patsy_mccabe

Have you a leg hoist? Hoist up a back leg and she can't kick.

leoch

No leg hoist patsy unfortunately

Jb1989

leoch wrote: »

Is there any handy way to put on tar on heifers elders in the cattle shoot/race without getting ur arm broke

Toilet brush as bristles point upwards taped to some sort of flexi pipe and come in from behind. Give a good rub in

Water John

If you have someone who can raise the tail right back, then the animal won't kick.
Arrived back in the house Sunday after doing bulls with tar that had been castrated. I said to the OH that the flies would be staying away from me, too. She told me, more than the flies would be staying away from me.

Mac Taylor

Albert posted a reply a while back using a rope.....have done the same myself for years with no issue (so far)

ruwithme

You could get a small paint brush and attach with good silage tape to a wooden brush handle and try that

Lime Tree Farm

When you have her in the headlock, throw a rope with a loop on it on the floor of the crush. Get something with a crook at the end to pick up the rope. Run the rope through the loop and tie her leg securely to the upright. Even with a leg hoist you still have to get the rope around her leg. We put Spot-on the top her shoulder and also around the udder.

Donegalforever

leoch wrote: »

No leg hoist patsy unfortunately

What about using a ratchet strap to lift one leg ?

funkey_monkey

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

When you have her in the headlock, throw a rope with a loop on it on the floor of the crush. Get something with a crook at the end to pick up the rope. Run the rope through the loop and tie her leg securely to the upright. Even with a leg hoist you still have to get the rope around her leg. We put Spot-on the top her shoulder and also around the udder.

This is the way we do it.

Are those anti kick bars any good - http://vetstudentresearch.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-stop-cow-from-kicking-using-anti.html?m=1

Anto_Meath

I find if you keep the garlic bucket licks with the cattle it keeps the flies away fairly well.

Lime Tree Farm

funkey_monkey wrote: »

This is the way we do it.

Are those anti kick bars any good - http://vetstudentresearch.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-stop-cow-from-kicking-using-anti.html?m=1

We use the leg hoist for hoof care, and tie back the leg to the upright for anything to do with the udder.

I find the anti-kick back difficult to adjust, the pop up is spring loaded, you need the head of a nail to press it in while lengthening or tightening it.

ruwithme

Never used garlic lick with stock. Looking online a stockist said to remove from cattle 2weeks before slaughter as garlic can taint meat and milk too??

leoch

havent used any sort of lick bucket here since i went down with tb years ago alot of deer and badgeers about here