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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1813768" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Patience grasshopper. Some like to bond. Are you wanting to sell her for this reason?</p><p></p><p>A couple weeks back I mentioned pulling a calf on a very hot day and then the cow got very aggressive protecting the calf. Well the second half of that story was the little pair got down into the creek through a gate that was opened by someone, most likely the power pole guys. Anyway this is a super thick area with trees, brush, poison ivy and just plain old rough country. I wasn't even sure there was water in the creek. Well I left gates open for the little cow, moved cows into the same area and even went as far as turn a few more in to this devil hole hoping they would lead her out. I saw her once after a couple days and then not again for a week. I thought there was a good chance they would both be dead. On day 10 she and the calf showed back up across the fence from where the herd was. There was a gate close by and I opened for her. Of course half my herd went through it but I was pretty sure they wouldn't go far. I was right and for two more days the whole herd went back and forth but the little pair would not follow. Finally on day 12 the little cow came through but left her calf. errrr. I got the calf close to the gate, got the cow close to the gate, got the herd close to the gate opened it all up again and finally the cow got her calf through. The herd had been in that pasture for to many days so i let them into the next pasture on their rotation schedule. The little cow did not follow. Two days later she finally rejoined the herd with the calf. Two weeks to the day. She is still over protective but at least not trying to kill me. </p><p>She is a cheap sale barn small cow with a very nice calf and will be culled in 7 months or so not because of her mothering ability, but only because her birth canal is very small.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1813768, member: 5381"] Patience grasshopper. Some like to bond. Are you wanting to sell her for this reason? A couple weeks back I mentioned pulling a calf on a very hot day and then the cow got very aggressive protecting the calf. Well the second half of that story was the little pair got down into the creek through a gate that was opened by someone, most likely the power pole guys. Anyway this is a super thick area with trees, brush, poison ivy and just plain old rough country. I wasn't even sure there was water in the creek. Well I left gates open for the little cow, moved cows into the same area and even went as far as turn a few more in to this devil hole hoping they would lead her out. I saw her once after a couple days and then not again for a week. I thought there was a good chance they would both be dead. On day 10 she and the calf showed back up across the fence from where the herd was. There was a gate close by and I opened for her. Of course half my herd went through it but I was pretty sure they wouldn't go far. I was right and for two more days the whole herd went back and forth but the little pair would not follow. Finally on day 12 the little cow came through but left her calf. errrr. I got the calf close to the gate, got the cow close to the gate, got the herd close to the gate opened it all up again and finally the cow got her calf through. The herd had been in that pasture for to many days so i let them into the next pasture on their rotation schedule. The little cow did not follow. Two days later she finally rejoined the herd with the calf. Two weeks to the day. She is still over protective but at least not trying to kill me. She is a cheap sale barn small cow with a very nice calf and will be culled in 7 months or so not because of her mothering ability, but only because her birth canal is very small. [/QUOTE]
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