04/13/2025
Halter Breaking Hack: When our babies are 3-4 months old, we set up a calf pass through panel where they can come into a baby spa just for them. There is cozy straw bedding, fresh water, plenty of hay and a feeder that gets a couple big scoops of creep morning and night. It doesn’t take long for them to figure out that creep is calf crack and they start calling us if we are late with their meal. 😂 Then we start petting them while they eat. Some take a few days to realize we are annoying but harmless, others transform when we separate them and give them a bowl to themselves. This was Josie’s first time getting a bowl of her very own. She would have let us paint her toenails, she was so obsessed with her creep. This was the first time we had hands on her. Clearly, she doesn’t mind! This makes it easy to slip a rope halter on while they are eating.
