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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 553063" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I would make or buy a small feed bunk - hardware stores have ones with steel frames and plastic inserts that work well. Bring her some grain in the late afternoon every day about the same time in the same bucket. Buy a bag of sweet complete calf feed. Scoop out about 3-5lb a day into the bucket. Feed it to her in the bunk at the same spot in the corral every evening.</p><p></p><p>This way she will associate you with the bucket and with a tasty treat and generally good things. Hay will be her main nutrition but the grain & you will be something she looks forward to every day. This way even after you let her out of the pen she will come running in at a gallop when she sees you and the bucket. Talk to her softly.</p><p></p><p>I would also get another heifer or cow as soon as you can and do the same. it would be nice if they went through this training period together. I would suggest you try a Hereford. They seem more gentle and less flighty than the Angus to me. You can always sell what you don't care for but you will learn and compare. jmho. Good luck. Should be fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 553063, member: 7509"] I would make or buy a small feed bunk - hardware stores have ones with steel frames and plastic inserts that work well. Bring her some grain in the late afternoon every day about the same time in the same bucket. Buy a bag of sweet complete calf feed. Scoop out about 3-5lb a day into the bucket. Feed it to her in the bunk at the same spot in the corral every evening. This way she will associate you with the bucket and with a tasty treat and generally good things. Hay will be her main nutrition but the grain & you will be something she looks forward to every day. This way even after you let her out of the pen she will come running in at a gallop when she sees you and the bucket. Talk to her softly. I would also get another heifer or cow as soon as you can and do the same. it would be nice if they went through this training period together. I would suggest you try a Hereford. They seem more gentle and less flighty than the Angus to me. You can always sell what you don't care for but you will learn and compare. jmho. Good luck. Should be fun. [/QUOTE]
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