Posted by Notjustair on May 25, 2014 at 20:05:49 from (174.238.67.10):
I do farrow to finish. Growing up we only finished and everyone else in the family is dead - I'm left doing it how we always did it and it has always worked fine for me. Don't claim to know it all. I had a thought today as I was dealing with animals.
I had a couple of calves to run through the chute - one to band. When I do anything with caIves I grab the tail and hold it high - it really calms them and they stand still for everything. I wasn't raised to work "with" the animals - if they were a deal you got the hot shot.
I've never known of any calming position or technique with hogs - is there such a thing? I had a piglet that I missed when castrating yesterday so I cut him today. I always have someone hold them upside down against their chest and then I cut them. They still wriggle. With a chicken you hold them upside down and they calm. Every animals has something that works. Like I say, grandpa was more of a "do it by force" kind of person. He loved animals but was very old school. No Temple Grandon for him. Nothing you do will make it fun for the pig, but maybe I'm unaware of something.
Oh, and I cut the pigs no later than a week old. They aren't a huge handful, but when you have a bunch to do it is tiring.
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