Blow dry after rinsing?

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heatherleblanc

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I have heard a lot of mixed opinions regarding this, so I would love to have a topic dedicated just to this.
I was told that you should always blow them, but now I'm hearing that it's better to rinse for 15-30 minutes, and then just brush them a bunch under the fans, and brush and blow in a conditioner.

So, in order to enable maximum hair growth, do you blow dry your calves after rinsing them in the morning and at night?  Why or why not?
 

paj315

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We rinse, spray in conditioner, comb then blow dry. We dont have a cooler but we still have plenty of hair.
 

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Heather said:
I have heard a lot of mixed opinions regarding this, so I would love to have a topic dedicated just to this.
I was told that you should always blow them, but now I'm hearing that it's better to rinse for 15-30 minutes, and then just brush them a bunch under the fans, and brush and blow in a conditioner.

So, in order to enable maximum hair growth, do you blow dry your calves after rinsing them in the morning and at night?  Why or why not?


Blow blow blow. You do not have to blow them bone dry. I am not sure where you are climate wise, but it does keep the hair trained. Almost all the grooming videos that we have watched say the same thing. Caution with oils in summer month especially those that leave residue.
 

sizzler14

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You really have to pay attention to their hair coat as well. I rinse at 6am before putting them in the cooler and blow them out and sheen them. Noon I rinse again and leave wet. at 9 pm I rinse again and blow out before I turn them out for the night. I have a Alias in and a Bodacious. The bodacious has finer hair and her hair in fine at 9pm when I rinse her again. The Alias steer has fuller hair but when its wet it becomes more nappier. When its blown out its hair like a black mans afro (not being racist at all) its full and thick but when its wet it becomes curly and nappy. At 9pm it is still like this after being left wet and dried by the fans. If i didnt wash and blow him at 9 before I turned him out his hair would be a mess come 6am. So pay attention to the hair coat as well. I would say blow them dry and just put misters on your fans.
p.s each time I do comb them each after I rinse them, again when they get under the fans. I brush them to they are almost dry. Then blow them and sheen them. So i would suggest blowing them each time. Also make sure on the air expresses that the heat is turned off during the summer
 

shortyjock89

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Your rinse at noon is probably doing you more harm than good. I never understand why people leave one wet, especially in a cooler.
 

sizzler14

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We rinse at noon we we put the Neck Coolers on. In our cooler the more cattle in there the more body heat is being put off. We rinse them for 20 minutes in freezer cold water to lower their temp. We have plenty of hair and by leaving them wet from the freezer water and putting the neck coolers on we actually have more hair then just rinsing morning and night so I believe the system is working good for us.
 

mocharolais

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Olson Family Shorthorns said:
Your rinse at noon is probably doing you more harm than good. I never understand why people leave one wet, especially in a cooler.


We work with them in evenings when it has cooled down just a touch.
 
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