Re: need come cow advice.

Posted by jackinok on November 18, 2011 at 07:55:48 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: need come cow advice. posted by Dave from MN on November 17, 2011 at 17:44:17:

OH, heres another thing,if your loading real early of a morning or late evening or night,make sure the lights inside your trailer work. Honestly ,you would not believe the difference it makes. Cattle are not particularly smart, but the are smart enough to not go into a hole, which is what your trailer looks like when its dark inside. They will ALWAYS move out of the dark places into the light if they are scared. Its actually very often easier to load them in the dark. If you will notice at a place where they load a lot of cattle the loading docks are always well lighted while the rest is dark. opposite is true of the docks where you unload cattle ,they move out of the trailer area into a lighted area. Makes unloading much easier also. Same thing is true of a dairy barn. Always light where you want cattle to move to ,it does make a difference,especialy if they are skittish. Think about it,if you were walking down a dark street and someone was chasing you,would you go to a lighted area ,or to the darkest place? It does make a difference believe me. Your old cows might jump into a dark trailer,but all those calves hear and see is a dark hole with a lot of noise coming out of it. If they can see another calf or cow inside they are not near as scared. Thats the place to be to get away from the person pushing them. Hope this helps. Nearly all cattle and horse trailers have lights in them, thats what they are there for. If your loading turn them on,if your unloading turn them off. Honestly it makes a big difference. You would be surprised at how often a old cow that is used to being moved will walk into a lighted trailer with no pen at all,and even more surprised at how often their calves follow. Thats how those folks who steal you cattle load them,they dont set up a pen ,no time. They just back up to a gate at night, turn the lights in the trailer on and start pushing your cattle. When a load walks in they shut the gate and drive off. Believe it or not they can steal a pasture full of the wildest calves and never make a sound. Got a wild cow? thats when to load it ,dead up midnight on the darkest night of the year.

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