Would you like to be missing a strip of a few layers of clothing up your spine when your out walking about the yard?
Perhaps my yard and cubicle shed is more open than yoursNo but at the same time I wouldn't like to eat silage and cake either. The hair soon grows back and you can see with fat cattle the difference it makes, the hair where it isn't clipped will be wet on warm winter days like we have been having whereas the clipped area will be bone dry.
I use my heinieger 12v sheep clippers with sheep blades do a band about 8' wide straight down the middle and tidy tail up if long or dirty,Never been a problem with the sheep bladesI have never clipped cattle backs but sounds like I should. What do you do? A couple of stripes the full length of the back? Could I use my shearing machine (longhorn 3.2, runs off battery) , normal handpiece, just put on a cattle comb?
Full back, top of tail and the bottom of tailI have never clipped cattle backs but sounds like I should. What do you do? A couple of stripes the full length of the back? Could I use my shearing machine (longhorn 3.2, runs off battery) , normal handpiece, just put on a cattle comb?
No, but I wouldn't stand in a shed sweating in the middle of winter, nor would I want to spend a winter in a shed with my back exposed.Would you like to be missing a strip of a few layers of clothing up your spine when your out walking about the yard?
There was a few of mine wet on their backs here before the weather cooled down and i asked a few biggish cattle guys local and they all said pretty much not to bother on a open yardNo, but I wouldn't stand in a shed sweating in the middle of winter, nor would I want to spend a winter in a shed with my back exposed.
I'm not being smart, we are just a totally different beast.
There was a few of mine wet on their backs here before the weather cooled down and i asked a few biggish cattle guys local and they all said pretty much not to bother on a open yard
We do get quite windy down here on the west wales coast.Possibly so.
I'm convinced that cattle will suffer more from the heat than they will from the cold.
If they get wet whilst outside feeding, they would dry off quicker if clipped rather than standing around in the shed with a damp coat, maybe.
Full back, top of tail and the bottom of tail
We do get quite windy down here on the west wales coast.
I do have a few holes im the sides of the cubicle shed here but am reluctant to fill or sort them as we very rearly get breathing issues
I dont hardly get anyClipping backs might help your breathing problems?