Bleenie
Chillin' with the herd
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starting last year we took in a small herd of 3 mini mares(a family). Previously we had a single cow and her calf on about 15 acres and the thistles never caused a problem. A couple months after the minis we saved a paint mare from slaughter and later on ended up with two mare/filly pairs from a feedlot group. (Purchased one pair was given the other pair).
Since having the girls(all mares lol) the thistle burrs have become a very obnoxious issue, the paint mare being the worst with them. I pulled them for a while but felt bad because of the pain it was causing at times so resorted to chopping the manes on 4 of them and had to cut a couple long lovely tails too and trim another. The paint though, isn't the easiest to handle, and were working on that but her tail is horrendous.
Would like to avoid cutting it and want to know what I could possibly use(home remedy preferred) to get the burrs out?
Since having the girls(all mares lol) the thistle burrs have become a very obnoxious issue, the paint mare being the worst with them. I pulled them for a while but felt bad because of the pain it was causing at times so resorted to chopping the manes on 4 of them and had to cut a couple long lovely tails too and trim another. The paint though, isn't the easiest to handle, and were working on that but her tail is horrendous.
Would like to avoid cutting it and want to know what I could possibly use(home remedy preferred) to get the burrs out?