Dead hair question

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LF Show cattle

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I have the show heifer and she was brown dead hair and every day be for a rinse her I use a grill brick on her but no hair seems to be coming out of her. And also were I could get some of it to come it is all un even and looks really bad. Is there any different shedding tool that would help this???? ???
 

willow

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There is a tool on page 178 of the March/April edition of the Showtimes Magazine.  They call it the "Shedding Comb".  It has a website listed on the ad ( www.thewinnersbrand.com ).  I haven't used it and have no idea if it will work, but it is another idea. 
 

KSUwildcat2009

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You could also try leaving her in the sun for a couple of days.  Not ideal, but sometimes it gets them to let go of the old hair.  We've ran into the same situation when we didn't slick heifers, and started rinsing right away.. It's definitely frustrating!  Good luck!
 

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as the hair comes out it may be slightly uneven. If you find areas it is really uneven you can body clip. Clipping can stimulate the hair to grow if you are rinsing daily and keep the calf chilled. I went through a couple grill blocks pulling hair. What you have is normal.
 

OLD WORLD SHORTIE

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Just clip it down and start over, with the warm weather coming on it could do her some good cooling off.
 

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I looked into the shedding comb from weaver and was going to buy one at expo but went to buy it and it cost $35. I am sure it is a good product but for now im gonna stick with the $6 shedder brush that has the hacksaw blade in it (forget what the call it).
 

LF Show cattle

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Thank you guys for all the help it sounds like to me I just have to keep working on it I order those new shedding combs and I hope that works thanks a lot.
 

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