Was told by someone the other day that the best way to halter break cattle is to tie them to a donkey, simply tie up and leave the donkey to it and it will follow it around. I’ve YouTubed it and there’s plenty of videos, I thought it sounded like rubbish!! Has anyone tried it?
Donkey for halter breaking
- Thread starter jacobl741
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
I've heard of it, I think smiths of bloxham used to use them. You've got to put up with a bloody donkey for the rest of the year though.
- Location
- Cumbria
A fair few do it round here, you heard the expression ‘stubborn as a mule’…
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Mate tried one a few years ago. He soon learned to muzzle it, as it ruined atleast one heifer by biting it!!
Tbh with halter breaking here, it's usually me who ends up as the donkey
Tbh with halter breaking here, it's usually me who ends up as the donkey
M-J-G
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A friend does it, but the animal has to be well started.
I let them drag a long halter for a week, and grab them and tie them to the barrier when I get a chance after a couple of days in. That way half the work is done for you.
Then I start putting them on the Manitou the following week, the donkey comes in at that point if you choose that route.
I let them drag a long halter for a week, and grab them and tie them to the barrier when I get a chance after a couple of days in. That way half the work is done for you.
Then I start putting them on the Manitou the following week, the donkey comes in at that point if you choose that route.
- Location
- West Wales
A friend has a rig made up on his telehandler, could be an old greys buckrake with no tines on it as it’s got a big back plate to it similar looking and then 4 cows can be lead on it
I got a donkey for that very reason. Kids have him spoilt. He just stands there if i tie a beast to him. So it serves a purpose for a bull or heifer that walks too quickly.
Works for some but like @Whitepeak said - Im still the donkey round here.
Use the tractor and modified gate to exercise more than one at a time. Hard to beat the one on one for building trust though.
Works for some but like @Whitepeak said - Im still the donkey round here.
Use the tractor and modified gate to exercise more than one at a time. Hard to beat the one on one for building trust though.
- Location
- Cheshire
My great uncle used a Ferguson 135 with a similar arrangement on the back for limousin bulls. Old buckrake headstock with 3 tie points on it. Grandad always reckoned that they were waiting for the day the 3 bulls worked out they could boss a fergy without much effort!A friend has a rig made up on his telehandler, could be an old greys buckrake with no tines on it as it’s got a big back plate to it similar looking and then 4 cows can be lead on it
- Location
- SW Scotland
The breeder I often buy Simmental bulls from uses one. Quite something to watch it in 'action', if that's the right word.
Certainly the bulls I've had from him have always been easy to handle.
Certainly the bulls I've had from him have always been easy to handle.
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- cattle cows limousin telehandler