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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 17609"><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>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 17609"] > 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 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. [/QUOTE]
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