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another bottle calf question...??
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<blockquote data-quote="greggy" data-source="post: 1636168" data-attributes="member: 38479"><p>Honestly, why bother ? Unless it has prize winning genetics and will bring money ?</p><p></p><p>The one that is a pest now, well, if it is on milk, course it will be a pest.</p><p></p><p>Males, even steers, can be a pain when hormones are flowing, but so can heifers and cows I suppose, but you need to look for what may be an issue health wise for you, do not teach them to be dominant with you or have zero fear, or you will prob have to take them away, 100lb head butter is ok, 200, not so much, when they get to 600 it will be no joke if your lower in the pecking order and getting near them.</p><p></p><p>I had a very friendly young heifer, would come over to me all the time, did not push or anything, but I saw her starting to dominate others, she would not move away from me when I needed her too etc, she was becoming a pest, but could see she would likely do things I did not want later, so she had to go, it can be hard to work out, but you do not want to wait till your mashed or pushed over or stomped or kicked.</p><p></p><p>See how they are after weaning if still on milk, and all you need is for them to come or move when you need them too, so limit the interaction so it is just in your favour, unless showing I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greggy, post: 1636168, member: 38479"] Honestly, why bother ? Unless it has prize winning genetics and will bring money ? The one that is a pest now, well, if it is on milk, course it will be a pest. Males, even steers, can be a pain when hormones are flowing, but so can heifers and cows I suppose, but you need to look for what may be an issue health wise for you, do not teach them to be dominant with you or have zero fear, or you will prob have to take them away, 100lb head butter is ok, 200, not so much, when they get to 600 it will be no joke if your lower in the pecking order and getting near them. I had a very friendly young heifer, would come over to me all the time, did not push or anything, but I saw her starting to dominate others, she would not move away from me when I needed her too etc, she was becoming a pest, but could see she would likely do things I did not want later, so she had to go, it can be hard to work out, but you do not want to wait till your mashed or pushed over or stomped or kicked. See how they are after weaning if still on milk, and all you need is for them to come or move when you need them too, so limit the interaction so it is just in your favour, unless showing I guess. [/QUOTE]
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