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In France Salers are nearly all red but black ones exist. Most breeders cull the few black animals they get but some folks like the black ones and keep them or even breed for them. I know of five Salers herds in our part of France and we're the only ones with some black animals. The old story...

[OP here] The fences are electric somewhere between 6k and 7k volts so they're pretty hot. She's smart enough to avoid the wires and use her horn on the base of the post. Because the soils are so wet at the moment she's getting some of them pushed over without damage and others she breaks. A...

I'm not determined to keep her, it is just a cost/benefit problem. She does use her horns to push down posts, and I didn't know if that would continue once she's dehorned. I haven't come across this problem before so I asked the question of you folk. It makes sense her joy in knocking down...

Thanks for the welcome and the replies. I've been reading the site on and off for a few years but figured it was time to post something. It does seem the smart thing to do but I'd rather not sell the cow. The market here is very different to the USA and she's worth way more to me as a pregnant...

Greetings All, One of my herd (Salers) has learned to knock down fence posts to get to the greener grass on the other side. Wood, metal, makes no difference. Mostly the posts just move in the earth because we have high clay soils and a very wet winter, although some metal ones bend and some old...