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<blockquote data-quote="Bestoutwest" data-source="post: 1618463" data-attributes="member: 19397"><p>I've got one that a lot of people would have culled, and she's always one calf away from going to town with us. She's 4 this year, and has had 2 calves for us. She was very good until she had that first calf. We were going to load her up to see if the AI took, and she come over the gate b/c her baby bawled. No one was hurt, nothing was broker, but she wouldn't load up and we haven't pushed for the about 18 months now. This fall we AI'd a couple other cows and kept her in with them. We went to work them and she went in with them, which was surprising b/c it's near the loading alley. I got her out and moved her around and it was very, very easy. I think the other cows have had a good influence on her, but it's taken over a year. Before them she was top dog, and herd matriarch even at 2. When we introduced an older, larger cow (about 1800 lbs) she's come down the pecking order. I really like her calves, and in the field she is a wonderful animal. She brings her calf to us when it's born (she has done this with both calves, it's pretty interesting), we can pet her, she's really good. Just don't try to load her or anyone else. She's figured out that the trailer means someone isn't coming back.</p><p></p><p>That being said, she's not like you describe at all. With that one, I'd can her. Get a good one. And don't sell her to your friend, or they will become your "friend."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bestoutwest, post: 1618463, member: 19397"] I've got one that a lot of people would have culled, and she's always one calf away from going to town with us. She's 4 this year, and has had 2 calves for us. She was very good until she had that first calf. We were going to load her up to see if the AI took, and she come over the gate b/c her baby bawled. No one was hurt, nothing was broker, but she wouldn't load up and we haven't pushed for the about 18 months now. This fall we AI'd a couple other cows and kept her in with them. We went to work them and she went in with them, which was surprising b/c it's near the loading alley. I got her out and moved her around and it was very, very easy. I think the other cows have had a good influence on her, but it's taken over a year. Before them she was top dog, and herd matriarch even at 2. When we introduced an older, larger cow (about 1800 lbs) she's come down the pecking order. I really like her calves, and in the field she is a wonderful animal. She brings her calf to us when it's born (she has done this with both calves, it's pretty interesting), we can pet her, she's really good. Just don't try to load her or anyone else. She's figured out that the trailer means someone isn't coming back. That being said, she's not like you describe at all. With that one, I'd can her. Get a good one. And don't sell her to your friend, or they will become your "friend." [/QUOTE]
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