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a foal stands tied quietly with the rump rope
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Teaching a horse to tie

Neck injury is possible if the foal doesn’t learn to stand quietly – Part 3 of a 4 part series

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It’s a great frustration to have a horse you cannot trust to stand quietly when tied. Some horses learn bad habits later in life, but many have never been given a good foundation as foals.  We teach our foals to stand tied right after they learn to give to pressure on the halter, and they […] Read more
foot rope on a foal
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Getting foals used to handling their feet

Horse Handling: Ease into it with gentle moves that help build trust – Part 2 of a four-part series on training foals

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Horses are a useful tool on the ranch and farm and they are wonderful companions and friends if they are handled properly when they are young. A horse is a prey animal that moves away from perceived threats. Their feet are very important to their ability to get away from danger. If a horse trusts […] Read more
A young foal stands to show the figure eight rump rope.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Putting a halter on a foal: Part 1

Horse Handling: Be gentle but firm in getting them use to halter and lead rope. Part 1 of a 4 part series on training foals

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Horses are still a vital tool for many ranches. When they are not being used for work, they are a good source of recreation and exercise. Every good horse started out as a foal. A good foundation is so important for a horse’s later usefulness. As we start this four-part series on foal handling, let’s […] Read more
The Eppich Quarter Horses had a good Christmas morning as well as the hay was rolled out.
Cattleman’s Corner

Definitely a cold, snowy start to winter

Eppich News: Blowing snow made it a challenge to feed the cows

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December was cold and windy. It was too cold for little Ian to be out at all, and Joseph and James were not allowed to be outside for very long. Usually they got bundled up and then played a little bit on their walk over to Grandma’s house. They had fun but were quite sad […] Read more
File photo of wild horses running on grasslands in Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island National Park Reserve. (Photo by Sarah Medill/Parks Canada/Handout via Reuters)
General, Reuters, Weather

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Damages feared to buildings, utilities, crops

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Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit Eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and […] Read more
Three generations of the Eppich family take to the ice on a farm pond before the spring thaw arrives.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Foaling begins as calving season ends

There’s always some ups and downs, but fortunately more ‘ups’

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March was a busy month for us with calving. It was still quite cold at night so we were doing night checks at two-hour intervals. Our first heifer calved March 6 and we had to pull the calf. That same afternoon the newest member of Eppich family, Ian, was baptized. It was a beautiful ceremony […] Read more
How to produce quality hay horse owners want to buy
Columns, Crops, Hay

How to produce quality hay horse owners want to buy

Taking crops off your hay land is much the same as cropping it to wheat or canola

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What is hay? Recent hamburger commercials keep referring to grass-fed beef. If you feed your cattle hay, are they still grass fed? All the year round, grass feeding occurs in very few areas of the world. In most of North America, hay is fed up to six or seven months of the year. Bison or […] Read more
One of our Eppich Quarter Horse weanlings standing patiently for a refresher course on being tied up.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Saying goodbye to an old gelding

Eppich News: Calves sold, and cows and heifers are home for the winter

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We had a bit of snow on Thanksgiving Day but that quickly went away. October 12 I brought the mares and foals home from the home native pasture so that we could start the weaning process. We put the mares and foals in separate pens with a slab fence between them and with a few […] Read more
File photo of a roundworm larva. (Dotana/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Health Canada warns people not to take livestock dewormers

No evidence that drug is effective against COVID-19

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“Concerning reports” of people in Canada seeking out veterinary-grade dewormers for personal use have led Health Canada to formally advise against doing so. News reports in Western Canada in the past week have described increased demand from non-farming consumers for veterinary-grade ivermectin, whether at livestock supply retailers or online. While ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug […] Read more
One of the last foals born in 2021, 
affectionately named “Tarzan” by Joseph.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

A busy spring with crazy weather

Eppich News: Last of the 2020 foals sold, and a few of the 2021 crop spoken for

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The beginning of May found us seeding and foaling. By the morning of May 14, all seven of our foals had been born and were doing well. We ended up with four fillies and three colts. That afternoon we branded our calves and vaccinated our cows. We worked at it slowly and we got it […] Read more

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