Hoof trimming made easy

[common sense]

I just wanted to let anyone know that I have placed a hoof trimming chute ad in the classified section.  It's a GREAT piece of equipment and works great on cattle and yearlings.  If you HATE having to haul your cattle somewhere else or just want to have a safe way to work on hoof issues this is a great piece of equipment.  It's really different than what most people are used to but is much less stressful for cattle so if you have any questions...let me know.

 

[red]

we use one too. I like how we can do it here ourselves. The bro-in-law has gotten quite good at it actually.

Red

 

[TJ]

we use one too. I like how we can do it here ourselves. The bro-in-law has gotten quite good at it actually.

Red

I have a phobia of trimming hooves.  We actually have an antique table & I've tried it a time or 2, but I am just not confident enough to do anything major.  The guy who usually trims my calves to does a much better job than I can.  Is it really pretty easy?  Any advice or good instructional videos or anything?     

 

[common sense]

The manufacturer of the chute actually has a video they offer.  Doing feet on show calves vs. doing feet on cows is a little different thing. You don't have to worry so much about the finer details.  I got along great with it by know the basics of foot care. I used it when I had cows that needed their long toes worked on, had foot rot or injury, or just needed to have thier feet touched up.  It's a self catching head gate so actually used it for doing some other types of work.