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> Hi there. Well, sounds like you're
> getting a lot of good advice,
> thought I might add something. We
> have a commercial beef herd, and
> although we try very hard to only
> keep the cows with half decent
> temperments (pretty hard to raise
> a family and make a living if a
> foul minded cow puts you on the
> wrong side of the daisies), I
> don't trust any cow as far as I
> could toss her, especially during
> calving season. Too many people
> have been badly hurt because good
> ol' Bess' protective mothering
> instinct kicks in after they've
> calved her out for years.
> Personally, we carry a pitchfork
> with us when we check the cows
> during calving season, and during
> processing (tagging, banding and
> initial shots). I know it sounds
> absolutely brutal, but it has
> saved my life on at least two
> occasions. A person doesn't have
> to be mean with it, but when a cow
> tries to knock you down, all you
> need to do it just hold it steady,
> and once she pricks her nose on
> the tines, she seems to have
> enough respect to back off a few
> feet and think the matter over.
> She might be pretty ticked still,
> bellowing, blowing snot and raking
> the ground, but at least she isn't
> making you into this week's
> funeral announcement in the local
> paper. Yes, I know there's going
> to be folks who condemn me for
> this, but 1500 lbs of raging
> maternal hormones and instinct are
> nothing to fool with...especially
> when you've got to survive 200+
> head of them calving every year
> and still be able to see your kids
> graduate. Point of my rambling
> tale is sometimes being the one
> with the bigger horns means being
> able to leave the barnyard in one
> piece. Good luck and be safe.
I agree!!!! And allways leave a way out over or under a fence in tight places..Allways be the dominate one in the game of 2..Cindy
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> getting a lot of good advice,
> thought I might add something. We
> have a commercial beef herd, and
> although we try very hard to only
> keep the cows with half decent
> temperments (pretty hard to raise
> a family and make a living if a
> foul minded cow puts you on the
> wrong side of the daisies), I
> don't trust any cow as far as I
> could toss her, especially during
> calving season. Too many people
> have been badly hurt because good
> ol' Bess' protective mothering
> instinct kicks in after they've
> calved her out for years.
> Personally, we carry a pitchfork
> with us when we check the cows
> during calving season, and during
> processing (tagging, banding and
> initial shots). I know it sounds
> absolutely brutal, but it has
> saved my life on at least two
> occasions. A person doesn't have
> to be mean with it, but when a cow
> tries to knock you down, all you
> need to do it just hold it steady,
> and once she pricks her nose on
> the tines, she seems to have
> enough respect to back off a few
> feet and think the matter over.
> She might be pretty ticked still,
> bellowing, blowing snot and raking
> the ground, but at least she isn't
> making you into this week's
> funeral announcement in the local
> paper. Yes, I know there's going
> to be folks who condemn me for
> this, but 1500 lbs of raging
> maternal hormones and instinct are
> nothing to fool with...especially
> when you've got to survive 200+
> head of them calving every year
> and still be able to see your kids
> graduate. Point of my rambling
> tale is sometimes being the one
> with the bigger horns means being
> able to leave the barnyard in one
> piece. Good luck and be safe.
I agree!!!! And allways leave a way out over or under a fence in tight places..Allways be the dominate one in the game of 2..Cindy
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