Best choice for a team?

[mother katherine]

That means I’m a volovicharka kaluderka. Thanks for all the words. Durdevic will surprised when I tell him.
oxnun
I LOVED the video with the huge black oxen pulling tremendous loads in the obstacle course. I’ll have to make some of those fancy red fringes – to keep flies out of the steers’ eyes.

[bivol]

@mother katherine 14565 wrote:

That means I’m a volovicharka kaluderka. Thanks for all the words. Durdevic will surprised when I tell him.
oxnun
I LOVED the video with the huge black oxen pulling tremendous loads in the obstacle course. I’ll have to make some of those fancy red fringes – to keep flies out of the steers’ eyes.

you can say that, or you can say “kaludyerica volarka”, figured out later that “kaludyerica” is the better way to say nun than “kaludyerka”. grandma says “kaludyerica”.
“kaludyerica koya ima volove” – means nun who has oxen

can you please tell me where to find that video? is it on the web-section?
thanks!

[Vicki]

Joshua, I personally like the look of a yoke of oxen of different colors. (Sure, I like the looks of almost any yoke of oxen!) Work with the good ones, eat the dirty one. I hope you get Dexters again soon. My first three oxen are black long-legged Dexters, and I have a small cow, and I enjoy them more than the other breeds I’ve had.

[dominiquer60]

Joshua,
I agree, sometimes the mismatched are the best match for work. My polled beef mutts are both black and white and that is where their similarities end. The off heifer is sensitive, a little jumpy now and then, she is happy to come in from being turned out, she likes to size up new situations and overall seems to be the brighter one. The near steer is a little dull, he is happy to follow me, doesn’t think much on his own and turns the other way when I go out to get them, he is also rather steady when it comes to different situations and loud noises.

When I yoke them together they are pretty handy, I have to even them out now and then when she is either full steam ahead or sizing something up in the distance. They really come into their own with a load, I was surprised how fast they picked up walking in step together. We are all new at this but I am happy that this freebie team is matched in the sense that when it comes down to it, they work well together.

Good Luck with your Holsteins and finding some nice Dexters in the future,

Erika

[Joshua Kingsley]

Hi all and thanks for all your encouragement.
I am working Buck who is black and white and Bear who is red and white. They are getting along well in yoke, they are even in pace most of the time though the other day they encountered water and were unsure, Bear walked into the puddle and Buck stopped. Jt who is 5 was “working” the steers with me and decided he could splash and kick at the water. Once the boys figured out it was the child making all the noise out of no where and running and splashing they went across the water.
The team is starting to really do about anything on command and I am wondering at what point would you all suggest adding somthing for them to pull?
I was thinking of dragging a chain and starting with that but was wondering if I should have somthing hooked to it in order to keep the chain from being tangled around legs?

I am hoping that I will get dexters again in 2010 with some luck.

Thanks for all the advice, Joshua

[Tim Harrigan]

Just drag a small limb or branch. Give them a chance to get used to dragging something then move up from there.

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