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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1829803" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>It's not like that with these Brahman cross cows. They don't leave with out their calves. Plus, we NEVER turn cattle straight out, especially with calves freshly separated. </p><p></p><p>One time I weaned calves and hauled 3 cows 8-10 miles down the road to another property. I turned them straight out thinking they would stay with the herd. I get a call because they were out. When I got there they were half way back to where they came from. A guy had turn them in a little pasture right off the road. I opened the gate to the roaf, shook a sack, and walked them back down the ditch to the original property. I've posted the pic here before.</p><p></p><p>That's why they are so easy to pair up. By the time you separate calves and work 200 cows, then work the calves, the mommas are close by waiting for their calves. </p><p></p><p>The trucky part is the calves need to be big enough to separate horseback or run through pens and not get run over. They can't be too big though or the get pretty independent and harder to match up. </p><p></p><p>I did work at a pure blood black Angus ranch in college. They had to hold the cows in a trap or they would walk off and never care about their calf. It blew my mind. They also had noticeable calf loss every year to random stuff. I had to dig a calf out of a mud hole and the momma was no where around. I even harassed it a little to make it beller and no cows came running. You couldn't pay me to own cows like that. </p><p></p><p>I can fake beller when cows are calving and the mommas will start heading for where their calves are hidden. It will put every thing in hearing distance on alert. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1829803, member: 6291"] It's not like that with these Brahman cross cows. They don't leave with out their calves. Plus, we NEVER turn cattle straight out, especially with calves freshly separated. One time I weaned calves and hauled 3 cows 8-10 miles down the road to another property. I turned them straight out thinking they would stay with the herd. I get a call because they were out. When I got there they were half way back to where they came from. A guy had turn them in a little pasture right off the road. I opened the gate to the roaf, shook a sack, and walked them back down the ditch to the original property. I've posted the pic here before. That's why they are so easy to pair up. By the time you separate calves and work 200 cows, then work the calves, the mommas are close by waiting for their calves. The trucky part is the calves need to be big enough to separate horseback or run through pens and not get run over. They can't be too big though or the get pretty independent and harder to match up. I did work at a pure blood black Angus ranch in college. They had to hold the cows in a trap or they would walk off and never care about their calf. It blew my mind. They also had noticeable calf loss every year to random stuff. I had to dig a calf out of a mud hole and the momma was no where around. I even harassed it a little to make it beller and no cows came running. You couldn't pay me to own cows like that. I can fake beller when cows are calving and the mommas will start heading for where their calves are hidden. It will put every thing in hearing distance on alert. [/QUOTE]
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