Monthly Archives: November 2013
El Herradero – Handling, bumbling and branding
The last 10 days or so have been packed with different kinds of events on the estate, some of which are singular and some of which are ongoing. Today I want to focus on an event in the singular category: … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Corrals, Handling, Learning, Uncategorized, Yearlings
Tagged Breeders, Bullfighting, bulls, Cattle, Fighting stock, Hot Branding, Robin Hood, Spain, Youngstock
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Baby steps: Handling calves in the corrals
This is going to be a very hard week of corralling and putting stock in the crush for the vets to check for Tb. Nevertheless, things have got off to a good start as today I was designated the noisy … Continue reading
Posted in Calves, Corrals, Handling, Learning, Tb, Vaccination, Vets
Tagged Breeds, bulls, Calf, Cattle, Fighting stock, Livestock, Tuberculosis
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Opening moves: Getting things wrong in the field
It’s been a very busy week, with lots of interesting things happening at Partido de Resina. However, the most important thing I have observed and learned about this week is not how newborn calves are caught and tagged. Nor was … Continue reading
Posted in Corrals, General/Introduction, Learning
Tagged Andalucía, Anthropology, bulls, Fences and Gates, Sevilla, Spain, Villamanrique de la Condesa
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Anthropology among the bulls 