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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 647936" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>I like that statement :lol: It is pretty much the truth too.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, I won't stand for a wild, high headed or trouble making cow. We handle them on horse in the pastures and on foot in and around the corrals. All of our calving is done on foot. If we buy cows, we do give them a period to settle in, most do as soon as they adjust to the new environment, and as they blend into the herd. They learn from our existing cows that we aren't going to attack them.... All cows can have an attitude at times, but it is the ones that are always in the back corner with their head in the air that I won't stand for.</p><p></p><p>We have culled replacements out of our best cows on temprament. Not that the cow was terribly wild, but sometimes you get a calf that is simply nuts. Think we have one coming up again this year. You can kinda tell when you are tagging and weighing them, and they charge at you as soon as you walk up to them, before you have even done anything to them. It is kinda funny at that size, not so funny when they weigh 600 or 1200 lbs. </p><p></p><p>Temprament at calving is my #1 keep/cull reason. I will not tolerate a cow that won't let me handle her calf without me having to worry about my life. I'm not talking about sitting on the calf and tagging it, but at least walking up to it to see what sex it is. A lot of our work at calving time is done by one or the other of us, and it just isn't worth having a cow that wants to eat you if you get close to her calf. And, you know, those girls that let me handle their calf will still protect their calf from a dog or a coyote (the only predators we have). As a plus, I can handle a sick calf on pasture and even if he bellers, I don't have to be terribly concerned that one of the cows will jump on me either.</p><p></p><p>It depends on the rancher, some don't care, and some care a lot. Quiet cows have a tendancy to be better keepers than wild cows, they are easier on equipment, corrals and people when you do have to handle them. And there is nothing worse than gathering and having one cow break ranks at a critical moment and you lose the whole herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 647936, member: 2308"] I like that statement :lol: It is pretty much the truth too. Seriously, I won't stand for a wild, high headed or trouble making cow. We handle them on horse in the pastures and on foot in and around the corrals. All of our calving is done on foot. If we buy cows, we do give them a period to settle in, most do as soon as they adjust to the new environment, and as they blend into the herd. They learn from our existing cows that we aren't going to attack them.... All cows can have an attitude at times, but it is the ones that are always in the back corner with their head in the air that I won't stand for. We have culled replacements out of our best cows on temprament. Not that the cow was terribly wild, but sometimes you get a calf that is simply nuts. Think we have one coming up again this year. You can kinda tell when you are tagging and weighing them, and they charge at you as soon as you walk up to them, before you have even done anything to them. It is kinda funny at that size, not so funny when they weigh 600 or 1200 lbs. Temprament at calving is my #1 keep/cull reason. I will not tolerate a cow that won't let me handle her calf without me having to worry about my life. I'm not talking about sitting on the calf and tagging it, but at least walking up to it to see what sex it is. A lot of our work at calving time is done by one or the other of us, and it just isn't worth having a cow that wants to eat you if you get close to her calf. And, you know, those girls that let me handle their calf will still protect their calf from a dog or a coyote (the only predators we have). As a plus, I can handle a sick calf on pasture and even if he bellers, I don't have to be terribly concerned that one of the cows will jump on me either. It depends on the rancher, some don't care, and some care a lot. Quiet cows have a tendancy to be better keepers than wild cows, they are easier on equipment, corrals and people when you do have to handle them. And there is nothing worse than gathering and having one cow break ranks at a critical moment and you lose the whole herd. [/QUOTE]
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