Temple Grandin lectures on how distractions, lighting and shadows can cause livestock to balk and refuse to move through races, cattle chutes, and corrals.
Your Video lectures on how distractions, lighting and shadows can cause livestock to balk and refuse to move through races, cattle chutes, and corrals Is Very Useful Sharing
dr grandin, I have a cow calf operation here in mexico and i am thinking of using your 150 cow and calf pair design, the problem is that i have 300 cow and calf pairs in my inventory. Do i just doble the measurements on the desing for my 300 cows?
I see when you say that a hot branding is bigger and also permanent but the reason for a tag is that when you are near cattle, they will turn their head and ears toward you making it easier to see their numbers than something on their butt
@canadiancountryboy94 have you tried dry ice branding? on darker cattle it shows up great, and you can get these really small stainless steel tag that stay in much better. then you can tag them as they go out of your farm and so you can keep better records
@canadiancountryboy94 Hasco makes them for the most part, they sit more flush with the ear. They can still come off, but its 1000 times better than normal tags. ear notching does work too like they do on hogs, but i don't do it
WOW! That is amazing. Glad, I dont have this kind of job. I would feel so guilty/horrible if I scared them. And am obsessive, but I'm sure I would still miss something. -- P.S I have autism too
Some breeds of cattle are more excitable and they can become fearful more easily. They are more sensitive to being startled. My book "Temple Grandin's Guide to Working With Farm Animals" may be helpful.
Luis Lopez go in to the area very calm (I work with cattle every day) and try to do it at a time where they are eating or are distracted with something else
it makes me so sad to see animals die:: i tried being vegetarian, but i only got one year in. before i nearly collapsed from not having enough energy in my system. it's important that we stay sustained, but it's also important that we respect one another, and, especially, the things that don't HAVE a say in what happens to them. i can't IMAGINE being in the place of an animal gone to slaughter, how inhuman and rude and dirty and sloppy such an existence can be!! but Temple, thank God, using her skills, finally puts us ALL in our place. i think, before she came along, nobody, especially owners of slaughter houses, WANTED to put themselves in the animal's place. but, by doing so, she demonstrates that there is a problem with the way we treat the things we eat and that we need to love and respect all life, not just other human beings.
Dr. Grandin, your recommendations on how to keep a terrified animal moving along the disassembly line go a long way to reduce the number of times he will be kicked, poked, electrocuted, punched, and otherwise brutalized by frustrated workers in this miserably cruel industry. Still, nothing in your videos, in my estimation, lends itself to the humane handling of slaughtered animals. What, if anything, have you recommended to the industry with regard to the humane transport of animals?
Cows are castrated, their horns are ripped out, and have third-degree burns inflicted on them without any painkillers. What do you recommend, Dr. Grandin, to ease the animals' stress with regard to these despicable acts of violence inflicted upon them?
Right, which means to say that this facility handles cattle. I miss your point. That this facility is somehow more humane than...say, the slaughterhouse?
When I eat vegan food, I needn't worry about what kind of disease the food died of. This makes for a wonderous meal! 100,000 disease-laden cows rife with infection and shot up with steroids are slaughtered every day. What is not 'fit' to sell for human consumption--slaughterhouse floor remains--is ground up and processed into protein meal and fed to livestock, who are then reprocessed and sold for human consumption. But you knew that already--being a rancher. Bon appetit!
I have learned so much from you. Thank you for standing up and telling the world.
Dr. Grandin...you are great
Thank you for reinforcing what my husband taught me decades ago about cattle behavior. I still consider myself a cattle whisperer.
Thanks for your channel and your lecture. Very informative. You give a good presentation and kept my attention through out your lectures.
Amazing video. She's a genius and my hero
Dr Grandin love your expertise. You've got a great reputation
Thanks!
She's amazing... Such a great educator in the hard world of cattle
wow, this lady is the true "cow whisperer". I understand exactly what she is saying, thanks for this. B
Your Video lectures on how distractions, lighting and shadows can cause livestock to balk and refuse to move through races, cattle chutes, and corrals Is Very Useful Sharing
dr grandin,
I have a cow calf operation here in mexico and i am thinking of using your 150 cow and calf pair design, the problem is that i have 300 cow and calf pairs in my inventory. Do i just doble the measurements on the desing for my 300 cows?
Good word.
I see when you say that a hot branding is bigger and also permanent but the reason for a tag is that when you are near cattle, they will turn their head and ears toward you making it easier to see their numbers than something on their butt
Temple
What is your postion on using herding dogs ?
@canadiancountryboy94 have you tried dry ice branding? on darker cattle it shows up great, and you can get these really small stainless steel tag that stay in much better. then you can tag them as they go out of your farm and so you can keep better records
@canadiancountryboy94 Hasco makes them for the most part, they sit more flush with the ear. They can still come off, but its 1000 times better than normal tags. ear notching does work too like they do on hogs, but i don't do it
brilliant
Dear Dean Counts - Thank you for your positive comment.
WOW! That is amazing.
Glad, I dont have this kind of job. I would feel so guilty/horrible if I scared them. And am obsessive, but I'm sure I would still miss something.
--
P.S I have autism too
I have had some experience with Coriente / Angus cross cattle that has got me jumping fences! Are there certain breeds that get stressed easily?
Some breeds of cattle are more excitable and they can become fearful more easily. They are more sensitive to being startled. My book "Temple Grandin's Guide to Working With Farm Animals" may be helpful.
I clean the containers where cattle drinks water, I'm afraid one of them will hit me , tips?
Luis Lopez go in to the area very calm (I work with cattle every day) and try to do it at a time where they are eating or are distracted with something else
it makes me so sad to see animals die:: i tried being vegetarian, but i only got one year in. before i nearly collapsed from not having enough energy in my system. it's important that we stay sustained, but it's also important that we respect one another, and, especially, the things that don't HAVE a say in what happens to them. i can't IMAGINE being in the place of an animal gone to slaughter, how inhuman and rude and dirty and sloppy such an existence can be!! but Temple, thank God, using her skills, finally puts us ALL in our place. i think, before she came along, nobody, especially owners of slaughter houses, WANTED to put themselves in the animal's place. but, by doing so, she demonstrates that there is a problem with the way we treat the things we eat and that we need to love and respect all life, not just other human beings.
Thanks for your post. If you would like to read further about some of my work, there is lots of information on www.grandin.com
None of these facilities are in a processing plant. They are all on the farm, the facilities are used to treat, load and unload cattle.
Dr. Grandin, your recommendations on how to keep a terrified animal moving along the disassembly line go a long way to reduce the number of times he will be kicked, poked, electrocuted, punched, and otherwise brutalized by frustrated workers in this miserably cruel industry.
Still, nothing in your videos, in my estimation, lends itself to the humane handling of slaughtered animals.
What, if anything, have you recommended to the industry with regard to the humane transport of animals?
Cows are castrated, their horns are ripped out, and have third-degree burns inflicted on them without any painkillers.
What do you recommend, Dr. Grandin, to ease the animals' stress with regard to these despicable acts of violence inflicted upon them?
balk.
toxickatie take your base.
Man... Poor cows :(
+VerdePinguino How so?
Right, which means to say that this facility handles cattle. I miss your point. That this facility is somehow more humane than...say, the slaughterhouse?
Please tell me your kidding...you'd rather kill people than eat steak?
When I eat vegan food, I needn't worry about what kind of disease the food died of. This makes for a wonderous meal!
100,000 disease-laden cows rife with infection and shot up with steroids are slaughtered every day. What is not 'fit' to sell for human consumption--slaughterhouse floor remains--is ground up and processed into protein meal and fed to livestock, who are then reprocessed and sold for human consumption.
But you knew that already--being a rancher.
Bon appetit!