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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 1215515" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Dink calves would be under poor production....</p><p></p><p>We run 150 cows, short of the heifers, there isn't one that I am afraid of, definitely cautious at calving time, because even the quiet ones can have a bad day, but not 1 that I know will try to get me. As far as protective mamas go, I figure that if they can't tell the difference between me and a coyote then they can do that somewhere else. They see me (and DH) on the ground pretty much every day all winter, and probably 5-6 times a day at calving time. There are so many GOOD quiet cows, why deal with something that wants to try and kill you?</p><p></p><p>On the other end of the temperament scale, the ones that are so scared of you or being in the corral. Those ones just cause so many issues when you are gathering, penning and sorting. First off, they get the whole herd worked up, second, they do their darndest to stay out of any pen, and thirdly, they are the ones most likely to run you over when you are sorting, either because they feel cornered with nowhere else to go, or because they are trying so hard to get away from you. New cows we will give a year or so, to see if they will settle, but after that, its obvious that they are just problem cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 1215515, member: 2308"] Dink calves would be under poor production.... We run 150 cows, short of the heifers, there isn't one that I am afraid of, definitely cautious at calving time, because even the quiet ones can have a bad day, but not 1 that I know will try to get me. As far as protective mamas go, I figure that if they can't tell the difference between me and a coyote then they can do that somewhere else. They see me (and DH) on the ground pretty much every day all winter, and probably 5-6 times a day at calving time. There are so many GOOD quiet cows, why deal with something that wants to try and kill you? On the other end of the temperament scale, the ones that are so scared of you or being in the corral. Those ones just cause so many issues when you are gathering, penning and sorting. First off, they get the whole herd worked up, second, they do their darndest to stay out of any pen, and thirdly, they are the ones most likely to run you over when you are sorting, either because they feel cornered with nowhere else to go, or because they are trying so hard to get away from you. New cows we will give a year or so, to see if they will settle, but after that, its obvious that they are just problem cows. [/QUOTE]
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