Sheding Tools

[savaged]

Curious as to what everyone uses to shed-out dead hair, and how often do you use it?

 

[ShowmanQ]

Use a grill brick (just one from your local hardware or wal mart) just like a brush a few times, that should shuck the dead stuff and allows the good hair to breathe more easily, allowing growth.

 

[russfarm]

Someone suggested to us last year to use this tool made I think for dog grooming. It looks like a flexible double sided saw and you can use it hooked together or take it apart and drag it across your steer to get the dead hair out.  Works great, and the steers love it.  My son used it on his steer last year, and when he would try to quit using it and walk out of the pen, the steer would follow and nudge him , wanting him to keep doing it.  It got to be pretty comical to watch ;D...lol
I think you can get them at most farm or pet supply stores, and they are around 7-$10.

 

[OLD WORLD SHORTIE]

I just use the rice root brush, a lot and the plastic stimulator comb. Works fine for me.

 

[snagboy]

we buy a big grill block and cut it into 1/4 so it fits the hand better

 

[orwell]

Sullivans offers a comb that works really good. I brush the hair down with it and do it everyday until i just get to bored.

 

[ZNT]

I had a few calves this summer the came in too late to shear, so I used my torch to take off most of the dead hair, while leaving the new growth hair longer than shearing would have. I think in the future I will use the the torch for all calves with dead hair that I get in past June 1st.

 

[vc]

My wife found one of these at the local feed store 6 years ago, they work great. We have been using the same one, wore out the hand strap but the shedding blade is still in good condition. You can comb and brush for hours then use this and it will pull out more dead hair than you did in with the comb and brush. We use it by going straight down and then forward.

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