A Henny with Calves

[3waycross]

Anyone have any experience with this. My buddy just got roped into babysitting a 5yr old white Henny. She is a real sweetheart but unfortunately he needs to keep her in his calving pen for a few days. He asked me what i thought about bringing in a few heifer with her that are ready to calve. My first thought is not a good idea especially since she has not been with his cows up to this point.

any thoughts??????

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Yep i got some thoughts that the Henny will try to take the calves away from the cows.

 

[pdfangus]

A henny is a big assed chicken....
A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a donkey Jenny.
a Hinnies response to calves may be excellent or it may be deadly.
I would not put an unknown hinny with calving heifers as she may think the new calves are predators if she has not seen them before and the heifers will not know enough to defend thier calves from the hinny.
if you ust experiment at least use mature cows that know to protect their calf. depending on the size and agression of the hinney even that may not work if the hinney is protective and not acclimated to cattle.

 

[3waycross]

A henny is a big assed chicken....
A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a donkey Jenny.
a Hinnies response to calves may be excellent or it may be deadly.
I would not put an unknown hinny with calving heifers as she may think the new calves are predators if she has not seen them before and the heifers will not know enough to defend thier calves from the hinny.
if you ust experiment at least use mature cows that know to protect their calf. depending on the size and agression of the hinney even that may not work if the hinney is protective and not acclimated to cattle.

Sorry I didn't know how to spell it. Thanks for the info. I will tell him.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Have seen Mare mules take little calves away from there mother. Seen John mules try to kill little calves.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Have seen Mare mules take little calves away from there mother. Seen John mules try to kill little calves.

yep it sure isn't a pretty sight either

 

[chippie]

I would take it out.
Both donkeys and mules like to stomp small critters. Voice of experience

I had a yearling jenny (donkey) that tried to kill a calf. She had been running with the cows since she was weaned, but once the cows started calving, she tried "playing" with the calves and became aggressive. We kept our mules in a separate pasture.

 

[Nesikep]

I'm with most of the other voices.. I'd err on the safe side and keep them apart... you dont have anything to gain by having them together, just a calf to possibly lose

 

[Isomade]

A henny is a big assed chicken....
A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a donkey Jenny.
a Hinnies response to calves may be excellent or it may be deadly.
I would not put an unknown hinny with calving heifers as she may think the new calves are predators if she has not seen them before and the heifers will not know enough to defend thier calves from the hinny.
if you ust experiment at least use mature cows that know to protect their calf. depending on the size and agression of the hinney even that may not work if the hinney is protective and not acclimated to cattle.

:lol: so where can I get me one of these big assed chickens? :lol: