The vet and I were Bsing about this very subject a week or so ago. He days that the tamest cows he ever worked were a bunch of Herefords, the wildest craziest bunch of cows he ever worked were also Herefords.
Red Bull Breeder":114b1upk said:Disposition means different things to different people. I won't fool with one that heads for the back forty when she sees me. Won't have one that is trying to tear the corral down when we work them. If i want my cows some where besides where the are at i just blow the truck horn and start driving where i want to go, when i get there granny will be right behind me and everbody else behind her.
That's what we do but 1 time in a hundred it just won;t work as smoothly as you would expect. At spring workup we had to run the cows across the lane into the working pen. Opened the gate and all of the calves and all but 4 cows made a beeline into the working pen. One ran down to the bottom of the pasture away from the gate and the other 3 hid in the trees. We messed around for half an hour trying to get them to go across. By then some of the others were coming back. One of those "circle" days. The vet showed up and walked down into the orginal pasture, we had about given up, and all of them came across the lane into the pen like the always did. He wasn;t within a 100 yds of them but they decided it was finally time. That's when my wife said again, "Tell me again why we enjoy doing this"bigbull338":3qi8eop7 said:a cows calmness is based on several things.the breed the way they are treated.the way they are handled when getting them up.as well as the way they are handled in the pens.both the bull an cow affects the calves gentleness.my beefmasters are all gentle an easy to handle.an we try to work them quiet an easy.
you could pm macon, and get him to delete the less significantDOC HARRIS":12tv5f5v said:This excellent tread and subject material is an example of how valuable "CattleToday" is to the Beef Breeding community! Although ALL of these posts on this thread are invaluable in their own right, the two by "pdfangus" and "robert" are the most significant, In My Opinion.
Handling ANY animal which is five to 20 times stronger than you are, and weighs five to 20 times MORE than you do is a dangerous activity in itself. Knowledge and experience in managing these creatures is imperative if one expects to be successful at the job and make a PROFIT - and at the same time retain your LIFE and health!
In my early beef cattle handling experiences, bad disposition was just expected as part of the job, and nobody thought much about it insofar as reducing the problems - short of a 30-06 being introduced into the management protocols! Now, of course, cooler heads prevail, and higher firepower is quicker and more permanant! :lol2: :???: I am kidding , of course!
Everone has their own ideas about managing fractious animals, but by utilizing every technic from common sense to observing breeding traits will result in a more safe environment in working your herd for yourself, as well as your famaily and POTENTIAL customers.
DOC HARRIS
Including yours!!AngusLimoX":1ai117wp said:Randilianas post answered the OP's question. The rest has largely been BS.
That was the point, some of the swifter folks already got it.Angus Cowman":32ct63gn said:Including yours!!AngusLimoX":32ct63gn said:Randilianas post answered the OP's question. The rest has largely been BS.
Now that we have got that question settled and we now all know which breeds have what characteristics of behavior :nod: -what shall we talk about next? :kid:gabbyellepaige":232pmxui said:Do Sires and Dams pass on there disposition to there calves?
Or do the calves get personalities of there own?
What breeds seem to have good and bad dispositions in your opinion?
I would like you to go back a read many of your previous posts and let us know how you would rank them.AngusLimoX":1d1f6j3q said:Randilianas post answered the OP's question. The rest has largely been BS.
novatech":145r8msf said:I would like you to go back a read many of your previous posts and let us know how you would rank them.AngusLimoX":145r8msf said:Randilianas post answered the OP's question. The rest has largely been BS.
Betty":g6m2dgt8 said:I think it's close to 100% inherited, but you've got to handle them frequently and gently to boot. If the only time the cattle ever see you it's chute work or something awful they are not going to be tame. Bringing them food only counts for so much. On our farm we cull the ones that won't let you walk up.
If I'm working to care for something I want it glad to see me coming, otherwise it can go live somewhere else.