misfitmorgan
Herd Master
We just wait until they are a couple weeks old and put the rope halters on them loosely with the lead dragging, when they stop fighting the halter and start ignoring it, we take it off. Rinse and repeat, until they no longer care when you put the halter on, then we start holding the lead...do that until they stop pulling and start acting normal, remove halter, rinse and repeat until they simply dont care anymore. Then start doing the halter on and walking, etc. It's all baby steps but it doesnt take long, like Roving said a few sessions and they are good to go.
Works the same with goats. As a kid Big boy was broke with a halter and then broke to a collar so he is completely fine with either one which makes him super easy to work with. Most all of our stock has had halters or collars on at some point and kids/lambs are so much easier then as adults. Put a halter on Ivy and she will try to kill herself getting it off...collar she doesnt care much.
I think any method you use the results are pretty quick. I know a lot of people do the fence tie thing Roving mentioned but only user supervision and I know the younger you start the easier it is and the less likely they will hurt themselves.
Works the same with goats. As a kid Big boy was broke with a halter and then broke to a collar so he is completely fine with either one which makes him super easy to work with. Most all of our stock has had halters or collars on at some point and kids/lambs are so much easier then as adults. Put a halter on Ivy and she will try to kill herself getting it off...collar she doesnt care much.
I think any method you use the results are pretty quick. I know a lot of people do the fence tie thing Roving mentioned but only user supervision and I know the younger you start the easier it is and the less likely they will hurt themselves.