Kow Katcher

Sami23

Well folks looking for opinions on the Kow Katcher as thinking of investing in one to aid with the dosing of cattle.

Basically are they any good or a waste of money.

Thanks

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058231743/kow-katcher

Use it here, it’s great when dealing with difficult cows. Does take a knack

funkey_monkey

Can someone remind me - isn't it done the right hand side of a cows throat that you dose them? I read somewhere about what side to dose - might have been in relation to boluses though.

Those dosing hooks look like a great job though.

Sami23

Any more opinions please

DBK1

I’ve never used the Kow Katcher but do use the drenching gun with the hook which is the same principle.

I find it makes the job a lot easier, especially if you have a step along the side of the crush. You’re up over the animal then and have a lot more power over them. All dry stock here so no experience with cows and I don’t bolus so it would be just for a drench I’d use it. It would be used on everything from 100kg bucket reared calves to 650kg + continental’s.

The only downside I see with it is they will manage to spill a bit a lot of the time so I’d be setting it to about 10% more than the recommended dosage.

I know it’s not recommended to be over dosing but cattle are all weighed here so I’d say even giving them 10% extra it’s a as accurate as a lot of lads that would be just guessing the weights.