altmanc
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I have a cow that is a loner she never mingles with the rest of the heard she is very healthy i am fairly new in the business is this normal for some cows?[/list]
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Texan
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Welcome to the Boards. Some cows are just like that. Especially if she's a newer addition.
Caustic Burno
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Texan":1sskcnkn said:
I got a couple of older ones like that don't get in on all the pushing and shoving around the hay .
Craig-TX
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I don't like loner cows. I'd replace her.
mwj
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Caustic Burno":3h9v4xqh said:
Caustic most days I am the same as those old cows! The older I get the more I realize most of the pushing and shoving is just a waste of time and energy
ALACOWMAN
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Calving,illness or having to fight. or the three biggest reasons you will see loners sence shes healthy im betting shes had a butt whiping.
i had a cow yesterday go to her secret calving spot that i know about and just hang out. she calves there EVERY year. she is close but i wasnt expecting her yesterday. she came back to the rest of the herd at feeding time (its about a 2 mile walk) so i figured she'd probably have a calf this morning. got up early to see. she was just hanging out with the other cows being normal. no calf yet. i think some cows just try to aggravate me.
Susie David
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What's her position in the pecking order..found that the bottom of the order will spend more time away from the herd. Don't get picked on as much I guess. Size could have alot to do with it too. We have a herf heifer that is at the bottom with the cows and stays by herself...ocassionally hangs out with some heifer calves. DMc
Hasbeen
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It's been interesting watching my group establish a pecking order. I have one that looks a little less mature than the others and she is really treated rough. She spends alot of time off to the side with her head a little drooped but she's starting to become a little more assertive at feeding time.
Bama
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Hasbeen":2gr9w5ge said:
Watch that one a little closer. A drooped head is one of the first signs of sickness. Especially one that has came through the salebarn.
I have a short-solid that mingles with the herd only when the cubes are served or a bale is dropped and she dosn't take any crap from any others. She's a serious eating, breeding, mothering fool and I wish I had dozens like her. When the others are laying around napping she's busy maintaining a solid 7 condition no matter if the grass is sparce and her calf is huge.
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