rdh1
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getting udders ready
what can be done ahead of show to devlop /improve udder for show. what can be done show day. i have only ever show calfs before and am young and interested
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3/12/2011, 21:27
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Eugene Duvenage
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Re: getting udders ready
Prepare the udder the same you would for a show, a while before the show and then have a look at when she looks at her best.
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5/12/2011, 5:53
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PADairymen
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Re: getting udders ready
Yes, bag her and stretch the udder before the show.
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7/12/2011, 0:25
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Re: getting udders ready
Talk to your local fitter. get some drugs of him to get her pumping. gassing up the udder with aerosol seems to be the way to go these days. even stick some jelly at the top of the rear udder if you are feeling really creative....
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8/12/2011, 9:41
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Re: getting udders ready
quote: Cowtalker wrote:
Talk to your local fitter. get some drugs of him to get her pumping. gassing up the udder with aerosol seems to be the way to go these days. even stick some jelly at the top of the rear udder if you are feeling really creative....
Come on, the guy is simply asking for some honest advice on getting udders ready. Take your cynicism elsewhere (there are several threads where it will fit in nicely).
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8/12/2011, 18:12
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Re: getting udders ready
It is a fair question though, and one that I think you will find difficult to get answered. I am in a similar position, I have spent the last few years developing our herd and I enjoy going to shows and watching judging. I would really like to start showing myself a lot more as a hobby more than anything but also to add value to some of my cows. It is difficult starting to show though, I have exhibited at local shows over the last few years but the presence of fitters and their 'expertise' at even these is becoming more apparent. This is the reason in my opinion, why numbers at shows are struggling. The local man with a good honest cow struggles to turn it out as well as some of the professionally done animals. How to stop this, I don't know- not very easy as sometimes there is a lot at stake. I'm sad to say this, but I am starting to think that it is going to have to be a case of "If you can't beat em then join em".
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8/12/2011, 19:16
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PADairymen
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Re: getting udders ready
I can tell you that a good show cow does not have any of that crap done to her udder like the earlier post. A lot of times the crap you do their udder does more longterm damage than just showing them naturally. What a lot of people don't know how to do is it to get a cow ready for a show. How to feed her, how to bag her, etc.
What drugs are you referring to cowtalker? BST? That is used often. Oxytocin as well. Neither are illegal.
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9/12/2011, 1:58
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rdh1
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Re: getting udders ready
all advice is helpful and cowtakers advice is good to
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9/12/2011, 14:42
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Re: getting udders ready
Cowtalker does have some fair points though. There is a lot more to it than putting your best cow on quality feed for a few weeks before the show and bagging her up for show day. There are plenty of great cows out there that don't get recognised because they haven't been professionally fitted.
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12/12/2011, 7:21
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Re: getting udders ready
I'm really just being honest. I'm not a fitter and don't want to be. I've shown my own cows before and didn't want to have anything to with 'modification' as they call it. I've helped enough people around shows to know what goes on. You can find out the names of the drugs yourself - there are plenty of people about who would know what i'm talking about - but here is not the place to talk about such methods. The show ring has changed - seems to be the best cheat wins these days....
RDH - Just get your cows looking as well as you can, and as long as you are happy how they look then you have succeeded - and I encourage you to do this using traditional methods. Good luck!
If all else fails you could just join the modification brigade and employ a local fitter.... Maybe ask him about gluing cows teats inward at 45 degree angles cause that's how cows look naturally. Or even ask him to put a stomach tube down her to fill her up with water on show morning - possibly putting her life at risk. Stick 4 or 5 CIDR's inside her to drop down those high pins............ She got long teats? Bit of ice injury spray can shorten them up pretty well.
But have some thought for animal welfare before you go employing any of these methods!
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12/12/2011, 7:38
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