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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17608"><p>Hindsight is 2020. Without going into all the details we kept a cow for 2 years thinking "she will come around". Now we realize we should have shot her before she was unloaded that first day and scratch our heads why we didn't shoot her at the end of that first day. We thought "well let her get adjusted", then "she will calm after her first calf", then "well she will calm with age". Nope it never happened. Even the meat was the worst we ever raised, (but then we got her with intentions to breed and produce beef calves, not to be beef so..... I can excuse he on that one.) The point is give her some time. Look around for what may be spooking her or setting her off, but do not get trapped thinking "well I have this much into her and she will come around when _______". There are some cows just not worth putting up with. Also beware of the good cow bad cow syndrome. She only kicks once a week etc. Yea, that is a smart kicking cow, one that only kicks when she thinks she has a good chance of getting you and eventually get you she will. (The horror story cow went months once without a single kick, my dad had even started petting her, she had finally come around. That was right before she gave him the worst kick he ever got in his life. Literally flipped him over in the air, across the gutter and barn floor and into his bed for a couple days.) There are too many good cows out there to waste your time on a trouble one. Thanks, Rick</p><p></p><p>> Thought I would start a new thread</p><p>> with this one.</p><p></p><p>> We don't have a bull, we use my</p><p>> Grandpa's bull or we AI. However,</p><p>> one of my cows is acting the same</p><p>> way as some of the bull stories in</p><p>> that thread. Once, she had me</p><p>> backed in a corner with her head</p><p>> lowered and she scratched at the</p><p>> ground if I even tried to move. I</p><p>> had to just hold still until she</p><p>> calmed down and moved away. Once</p><p>> she even kicked me with her back</p><p>> leg. I wasn't behind her, but</p><p>> right next to her and she took off</p><p>> running and kicked me. I was told</p><p>> she was just a bit skittish from</p><p>> having had her shots and been AI.</p><p>> But, I kind of think she is just</p><p>> an onery cow. Is it worth keeping</p><p>> a cow like this, or would it be</p><p>> better off in my freezer? I am</p><p>> quite a beginner, and have much to</p><p>> learn. I'll tell you one thing, it</p><p>> isn't as easy as you think to</p><p>> raise a few head of beef.</p><p></p><p>> rwhite</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:altsciguy@yahoo.com">altsciguy@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17608"] Hindsight is 2020. Without going into all the details we kept a cow for 2 years thinking "she will come around". Now we realize we should have shot her before she was unloaded that first day and scratch our heads why we didn't shoot her at the end of that first day. We thought "well let her get adjusted", then "she will calm after her first calf", then "well she will calm with age". Nope it never happened. Even the meat was the worst we ever raised, (but then we got her with intentions to breed and produce beef calves, not to be beef so..... I can excuse he on that one.) The point is give her some time. Look around for what may be spooking her or setting her off, but do not get trapped thinking "well I have this much into her and she will come around when _______". There are some cows just not worth putting up with. Also beware of the good cow bad cow syndrome. She only kicks once a week etc. Yea, that is a smart kicking cow, one that only kicks when she thinks she has a good chance of getting you and eventually get you she will. (The horror story cow went months once without a single kick, my dad had even started petting her, she had finally come around. That was right before she gave him the worst kick he ever got in his life. Literally flipped him over in the air, across the gutter and barn floor and into his bed for a couple days.) There are too many good cows out there to waste your time on a trouble one. Thanks, Rick > Thought I would start a new thread > with this one. > We don't have a bull, we use my > Grandpa's bull or we AI. However, > one of my cows is acting the same > way as some of the bull stories in > that thread. Once, she had me > backed in a corner with her head > lowered and she scratched at the > ground if I even tried to move. I > had to just hold still until she > calmed down and moved away. Once > she even kicked me with her back > leg. I wasn't behind her, but > right next to her and she took off > running and kicked me. I was told > she was just a bit skittish from > having had her shots and been AI. > But, I kind of think she is just > an onery cow. Is it worth keeping > a cow like this, or would it be > better off in my freezer? I am > quite a beginner, and have much to > learn. I'll tell you one thing, it > isn't as easy as you think to > raise a few head of beef. > rwhite [email=altsciguy@yahoo.com]altsciguy@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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