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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1382693" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I was away from the Angus cattle for a few years. Since I've been back I can tell a big overall difference in their dispoistions. It used to be Angus cattle were like Herefords and the large majority were easy to handle. It was what I call the exotics that tended to be hot blooded. Now a fair percentage out of some of the top AI sires are hot blooded. I also see it in some Hereford cattle also. Herefords overall still have the best dispositions but some tend to be flighty. I've had Angus PB breeders tell me they have to cull more for dispositons now than ever before. Handling is also a big issue. When I first started helping with the herd I help with and run a few with the first time I fed them then got out of the pu at least a 1/3 of them took off. After being around them for 3-4 years and continually walking around them and handling them easy they are easy to handle and most don't even raise their head when you walk around them. I can pen 99% of them with a 5 gallon bucket of cake in any pen we might have or put up. Nothing replaces spending time with them. I purchased a 2 y/o bred heifer last winter. I had walked through them 2 days before in a pen and she didn't even get up. I bid online and then went after her. There were 2 wanna be cowboys on horses that were sorting the cattle off and bringing them at a run to the loading area when you went to load. Needless to say she was wound up and bouncing off of fences by the time we got her loaded. I decided to give her a few weeks to settle before I took her to the sale. She settle down and now is easy to handle. Both breeding and handling are the major issues with hard to handle cattle. Not sure why so many feel the need to whoop and shout and whip and prod.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1382693, member: 22295"] I was away from the Angus cattle for a few years. Since I've been back I can tell a big overall difference in their dispoistions. It used to be Angus cattle were like Herefords and the large majority were easy to handle. It was what I call the exotics that tended to be hot blooded. Now a fair percentage out of some of the top AI sires are hot blooded. I also see it in some Hereford cattle also. Herefords overall still have the best dispositions but some tend to be flighty. I've had Angus PB breeders tell me they have to cull more for dispositons now than ever before. Handling is also a big issue. When I first started helping with the herd I help with and run a few with the first time I fed them then got out of the pu at least a 1/3 of them took off. After being around them for 3-4 years and continually walking around them and handling them easy they are easy to handle and most don't even raise their head when you walk around them. I can pen 99% of them with a 5 gallon bucket of cake in any pen we might have or put up. Nothing replaces spending time with them. I purchased a 2 y/o bred heifer last winter. I had walked through them 2 days before in a pen and she didn't even get up. I bid online and then went after her. There were 2 wanna be cowboys on horses that were sorting the cattle off and bringing them at a run to the loading area when you went to load. Needless to say she was wound up and bouncing off of fences by the time we got her loaded. I decided to give her a few weeks to settle before I took her to the sale. She settle down and now is easy to handle. Both breeding and handling are the major issues with hard to handle cattle. Not sure why so many feel the need to whoop and shout and whip and prod. [/QUOTE]
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