Cattle
What is the most basic restraint for cattle?
A halter
What is the safest halter to use?
A leather halter
What is the simplest way to restrain a goat/sheep?
Head hold
How do you restrain a piglet?
Football hold
What restraint does Mrs. Bennett refuse to use on a horse?
An ear twitch
What can happen using a tail hold?
(List both reasons for full points)
You can get kicked
You can break their tail
What do cross-ties allow you to do?
Walk away/around
have free hands
How do you flip a sheep?
1. Thumb in mouth
2. Apply pressure while turning their to the side of their body
3. Turn over into a seated position
Where is a snare placed on a pig?
Around upper jaw
If in the wrong hands how can a lip chain damage the horse?
Break their teeth
What are the two types of chutes?
Squeeze chute
Grooming chute
Where do you wrap the chain and how many times do you wrap it around the halter?
On the nose band one time around unless it's a long chain.
Why is the hammock used?
1. Sherring
2. Hoof trimming
What is a sorting panel used for?
To move or push them in a certain direction
How can the hammock be dangerous?
Their back feet can get stuck and injured
How do you use nose tongs?
Open the tongs then put them inside the nose and clamp them. Pull the chain and clip it to the chute.
Which twitches are known as humaine?
Nose and rope
What is a gambrel?
A plastic restraint that holds their front legs to the sides of their head. (superman pose)
Why do we overlap sorting panels?
To make it so pigs can't push their way though small openings.
Why is it important to load/unload properly in a grooming chute?
You could hurt yourself or the animal and give the animal a bad experience (making it harder to load them in the future).
(Haley knows a lot about this)
Why did cowboys originally rope calves?
For injections and branding.
What kind of twitches are there? (name all three)
rope
chain
shoulder
What are the most important things to remember when using a blocking stand? (name all)
1. line them up straight
2. don't leave them unattended (can lead to them strangling themselves)
3. make sure they aren't choking themselves on the head piece
What puts pigs on their side?
Scratching their stomach
What damage can a halter cause if not placed correctly? (horses)
Can chip the bridge of their nose