Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Just a thought!?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1692743" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>There are wild and docile cattle in every breed. 99% of behaviors comes from enviroment....how they are handled... vs genetics. The meanest cow I ever fooled with was a Jeresy, and the meanest bull was a horned Hereford. He was so bad, no one tried to get into his pasture that held a hell of a fish pond! The gentlest bull I ever saw, was a Brahma a neighbor kid had. He could walk out into the pasture, and sit on him while he was laying down. He could take hold of an ear, or put his hand under the bull's chin, and lead him anywhere. That's how he got his cows up...go get the bull and the cows would follow. My friend growing up had an angus bull , that about 3 or 4 of us boys could get on his back, and he'd walk us all over the pasture. Cows? The gentlest I had was a red Brahma that would come running anytime I went in her pasture. She'd follow me around if I was fixing fence,, couldn't work for her trying to get her nose on everything I did. 1st time she calved, she brought the calf up with her to see me...almost like she was trying to show me her new calf. As a whole, for many years I kept Corriente, Longhorn, and crosses of these, ro raise roping steers. I could ride right up to new born calves, get off the horse and work them, and the mommas never paid me no mind. If the calf was a few days old, and I had to heel it, they still never bothered me while I roped and worked their calves. </p><p></p><p>Don;t see that it would make any difference in the disposition of cattle, whether you AI'ed them or live covered them. With live cover, a calf would never be around a bull except for the 45 days or so the bulls would be with their mommas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1692743, member: 40587"] There are wild and docile cattle in every breed. 99% of behaviors comes from enviroment....how they are handled... vs genetics. The meanest cow I ever fooled with was a Jeresy, and the meanest bull was a horned Hereford. He was so bad, no one tried to get into his pasture that held a hell of a fish pond! The gentlest bull I ever saw, was a Brahma a neighbor kid had. He could walk out into the pasture, and sit on him while he was laying down. He could take hold of an ear, or put his hand under the bull's chin, and lead him anywhere. That's how he got his cows up...go get the bull and the cows would follow. My friend growing up had an angus bull , that about 3 or 4 of us boys could get on his back, and he'd walk us all over the pasture. Cows? The gentlest I had was a red Brahma that would come running anytime I went in her pasture. She'd follow me around if I was fixing fence,, couldn't work for her trying to get her nose on everything I did. 1st time she calved, she brought the calf up with her to see me...almost like she was trying to show me her new calf. As a whole, for many years I kept Corriente, Longhorn, and crosses of these, ro raise roping steers. I could ride right up to new born calves, get off the horse and work them, and the mommas never paid me no mind. If the calf was a few days old, and I had to heel it, they still never bothered me while I roped and worked their calves. Don;t see that it would make any difference in the disposition of cattle, whether you AI'ed them or live covered them. With live cover, a calf would never be around a bull except for the 45 days or so the bulls would be with their mommas. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Just a thought!?
Top