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Calf born dead this morning
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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 316584" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>Glad someone said it.</p><p></p><p>Don't bother trying to put a calf on her. A cow that is charging you is not worth the trouble. I don't like bringing in calves from another herd anyway. You never know what they will bring with them that your calves are not immune to. </p><p></p><p>To get the calf away from the cow I would sit in the back of the pickup with someone else driving. Make a loop and swing it down to hook on a foot. Now you can either just hold on to the calf and have the driver take off. Or you can hoist the calf up by one or two ropes on the legs. This way you are not out of the vehicle and you have someone driving in case the cow decides to jump in the back of the truck, which some do. We've done this before. It works well as long as you haven't parked on the dead calf, don't ask. :roll:</p><p>The cow will probably run after you but you will lose her eventually. Watch yourself out in the field with her afterwards. She sounds aggressive and she may believe you stole and killed her calf and want revenge. Watch her closely. If she is the type to hunt don't fatten her up and rebreed before you sell her, just get rid of her now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 316584, member: 1258"] Glad someone said it. Don't bother trying to put a calf on her. A cow that is charging you is not worth the trouble. I don't like bringing in calves from another herd anyway. You never know what they will bring with them that your calves are not immune to. To get the calf away from the cow I would sit in the back of the pickup with someone else driving. Make a loop and swing it down to hook on a foot. Now you can either just hold on to the calf and have the driver take off. Or you can hoist the calf up by one or two ropes on the legs. This way you are not out of the vehicle and you have someone driving in case the cow decides to jump in the back of the truck, which some do. We've done this before. It works well as long as you haven't parked on the dead calf, don't ask. :roll: The cow will probably run after you but you will lose her eventually. Watch yourself out in the field with her afterwards. She sounds aggressive and she may believe you stole and killed her calf and want revenge. Watch her closely. If she is the type to hunt don't fatten her up and rebreed before you sell her, just get rid of her now. [/QUOTE]
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