Ideas..hints...suggestions??

What product do yall use or make to get manure off easily? I have gotten my steer trained to tie now and want to start washing him but he has manure caked on his butt and under his tail. Ive tried pulling/brushing it off but it is not working. I would LUV the suggestions! :-\

big dingle berries merit mineral oil, but most will dissolve with soap and washing regularly.

I use a mixture of mane and tail conditioner and baby oil. Mix about 1/3 mane and tail and 2/3 baby oil. Squirt on, and let set until dirt balls appear dry (15 min or so). Repeat. Repeat. Then take a skip tooth comb and scratch at them. Don't pull.
Once you have all the loose stuff off, apply another coat of mixture and leave on. Work on it the next day and repeat above.

To sum it up: The mixture will soak into the balls, and will crumble them without damaging the hair. Depending on how bad the poo balls are, I can usually get one complete clean in a few days without harming the hair.

Good luck and remember, the calf didn't get caked with manure and dirt over night, so you probably won't get him clean over night!!!

Good Luck

Start with a hose and nozzle, hose the manure spots first for about 5 min, then rinse one side all the way to the front, goe backt o the manure, do the other side, go back to the manure. You wil start to see the manure sluff off. After about a half hour comb lightly with a curry comb. Rinse and repeat till gone. Should be about 40 min depending on water pressure. The manure balls will soften with just water. Your calfs hair is stronger than you think. Dont use a skip tooth comb untill you cant see manure. A round curry comb will not pull the hair but instead scrape manure loose. Hope this helps.

I haven't had a problem getting it out with a water hose nozzle. i also like the scrub brushes that the hose hooks on to the back. Hope this helps

I agree with earthmover. Spray it with pressured water for a while. It forces the water inside the small cracks of the crap and softens it up. Then take a curry comb to it and it should come right off if you have sprayed it enough.

We've had to deal with this a couple of times, and both times, I just hosed them down really well, followed by some soap, scrubbing, then finally some good ole' vegetable oil and it comes right off.  It's a pain, so we don't like to let them get like that  (thumbsup)

russfarm said:

We've had to deal with this a couple of times, and both times, I just hosed them down really well, followed by some soap, scrubbing, then finally some good ole' vegetable oil and it comes right off.  It's a pain, so we don't like to let them get like that  (thumbsup)

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Lol he wouldnt be like this if i coulda got my hands on him....all my animals r brushed everyday before they go out and sprayed with show sheen to keep dirt and mud off or at least not in soo much!

Thanks everyone for the ideas!

Soap and water and elbow grease should do it, WD-40 will help soften them up as well. I think it is listed at like #105 for uses of WD-40.