TexasJerseyMilker
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Top 10 Cattle Breeds in Indonesia: Livestock Farming for Meat and Dairy
Top 10 Cattle Breeds in Indonesia: Livestock Farming for Meat and Dairy

I've always heard it's a 8:1 ratio. It takes 8 quiet cows to offset 1 spook.
A friend of mine's dad used to start yearling cattle on pasture and work them up on feed until they were ready to go on a self feeder. They would just walk the group down the road to the home place. He said one time they had a group of like 25 with one spook in it. She always stirred the group up. So the week before they walked them home he had the local butcher come out and butcher that spook. Said the rest of them walked home just as easy as you please.I don't know that any number of quite ones will offset some spooky ones.
OP didn't even bother to come back and give any more info other than the "not funny, bro" comment. Not worth our time to try to help if they won't even give more details or make any other comments than that.Unfortunate that the person posting originally didn't give more details. Would have been nice to know what the cow exactly did.
I know. To some reality is simply too harsh.OP didn't even bother to come back and give any more info other than the "not funny, bro" comment. Not worth our time to try to help if they won't even give more details or make any other comments than that.
As someone said before, there is definitely a difference between spooky and aggressive.She's not aggressive, but I don't want to put her in a position where she thinks she needs to be.
No, it's not like that with her. I don't feel like she wants to reach out and touch me. and she sorts and pens just fine. I just know that she never wants to be the cow closest too me. Honestly, She's probably more likely to go through a fence than go toward a human. We have another cow that's similar in temperament who I think doesn't like Bossman, but she never gives me any trouble.As someone said before, there is definitely a difference between spooky and aggressive.
But........ if you already feel you have to watch where she is when working cattle.......... time to go. There are many non spooky and non aggressive cows out there.
We had one 2 years ago, she was spooky if you want to call it that. At the time of feeding, every single day, when I was out of the tractor to cut twine off of the bales I felt like I had a target painted on my back. She kept a very close eye on me and knew where I was at all times, vice versa. Couldn't trust her not to get the idea to 'come a little closer' one fine day. Couldn't trust her at calving either. She went on the truck in the fall and was it ever nice not to have that 'you're being watched' feeling during feeding.
Just saying, if your gut tells you to watch out for a specific one........ go with your gut feeling and let her be somebody elses problem.
Yet another reason to cull. Do you want to gather up all the others that follow her through that broken fence? Or even if it's just her, how easy is she to get back in? Personally, fixing fence SUCKS. Especially this time of year with a gazillion ticks and copperheads.She's probably more likely to go through a fence than go toward a human.
Lol. We also took a handful of aggressive bred F1 Brangus to the AB this week. In the pasture they are just spooky but in the pens they can be extremely aggressive. We never use prods and I warned the guys at the barn to be careful. Only took one zap and they had all those guys scrambling to the top of the pens. The barns vet earned his $10/per.I just dropped a cow with a 3 week old calf off at the AB. She helped the young man right up to the very top of the pens in a corner. He jumped on the 3rd board and she pushed him to the 4th and he stepped to to the 5th and she pushed up to the 6th. Right before that one of the older men was hollering... she bluffin... she bluffin.
After we got her turned and headed down the alley I told them... make sure the auctioneer announces she's a real good momma. We all just busted out laughing.![]()
This was an old Brangus cross type cow. I loaded her by myself by I snatched her calf and threw it in the trailer. She came to me... easy peasy.Lol. We also took a handful of aggressive bred F1 Brangus to the AB this week. In the pasture they are just spooky but in the pens they can be extremely aggressive. We never use prods and I warned the guys at the barn to be careful. Only took one zap and they had all those guys scrambling to the top of the pens. The barns vet earned his $10/per.