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<blockquote data-quote="A. Hasbeen" data-source="post: 206995" data-attributes="member: 3802"><p>Hello there everyone.</p><p>I just traded some Russian hogs for some Highland cattle on Monday. The trade was for a cow calf pair and a young bull.(these cattle were part of a large free range fold that had very little contact with people)</p><p>We currently have Corriente cattle, but I have wanted Highlanders for a while now, and this seemed the time to get a few, so here is the situation, we had the 3 in the corral this evening, and I wanted to move the cow and her calf out with the corriente, and keep the bull to off in a different pasture. The cow went out the gate just fine, but in my attempt to keep the bull in I also kept the calf in, while I was trying to be easy and calm and sort the bull off into a separate pen, I had that little calf (bull calf) keep running at me, head down trying to hit me and roll me on the ground. I have heard that the highlanders are reasonably gentle, but this was unexpected to say the least, the bull well he was a bit pushy with me also.</p><p>I have worked with cattle in the same manner as I did with these highlanders and never had a 75 pound calf try me like this little fella did.</p><p>Is this common with Highland cattle that are pretty much left on their own?</p><p></p><p>The Cow I was told would be around 3 or 4 years old, I am guessing that the calf would be around a month old, and the bull I am guessing is a yearling, but I do not know for sure, he has horns about 8 inches long and would weigh in about 500 to 600.</p><p>These cattle are not in the best condition due to poor pasture.</p><p>well thanks in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A. Hasbeen, post: 206995, member: 3802"] Hello there everyone. I just traded some Russian hogs for some Highland cattle on Monday. The trade was for a cow calf pair and a young bull.(these cattle were part of a large free range fold that had very little contact with people) We currently have Corriente cattle, but I have wanted Highlanders for a while now, and this seemed the time to get a few, so here is the situation, we had the 3 in the corral this evening, and I wanted to move the cow and her calf out with the corriente, and keep the bull to off in a different pasture. The cow went out the gate just fine, but in my attempt to keep the bull in I also kept the calf in, while I was trying to be easy and calm and sort the bull off into a separate pen, I had that little calf (bull calf) keep running at me, head down trying to hit me and roll me on the ground. I have heard that the highlanders are reasonably gentle, but this was unexpected to say the least, the bull well he was a bit pushy with me also. I have worked with cattle in the same manner as I did with these highlanders and never had a 75 pound calf try me like this little fella did. Is this common with Highland cattle that are pretty much left on their own? The Cow I was told would be around 3 or 4 years old, I am guessing that the calf would be around a month old, and the bull I am guessing is a yearling, but I do not know for sure, he has horns about 8 inches long and would weigh in about 500 to 600. These cattle are not in the best condition due to poor pasture. well thanks in advance [/QUOTE]
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