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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1842721" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Dunno what it is about Angus and new calves. I have seen some that were raised on a bottle, virtual pets, that from the time the new baby hit the ground, for the next week or so, turned into vicious man-eaters. My younger brother showed heifers his 4 years in high school, Char x Herf his 1st year, Char x Simm the next 3. Lot of work getting them broke to lead, to bathe and clip, etc. His senior year he also got a reg Angus heifer to show. She was born broke, I reckon. Sweetest little heifer I ever saw. As easy to handle as these Jersey nurse cows. After show season each year, he'd turn his show cows in with my grandad's Angus and raise calves each year. Erica ( the reg Angus) stayed broke and gentle.. You could walk up to her anywhere in the pasture, or if she saw you first, she'd come a runnin' to get her scratches. My grandad could walk up to her, put a rope around her neck lead her to the barn and the other cows would follow. Except when she had a calf! For the first 5 or 6 days, she turned into a wounded Cape Buffalo! She'd come after you high headed and snorting and bawling if you got within 50 yards of her. So would grandpa's other angus cows, if we ever tried to get close to a new calf. But, after about a week, suddenly one day Erica would come up to you again, and bring her calf, to get her scratches. You could handle the calf then. It was like a light switch, the way she'd revert back to normal over night. I always wondered if it is some kind of hormonal thing with pure Angus? Most black baldies, Brangus, Chi-Angus etc, aren't like that...but there are individual exceptions, like with any other cow. No more protective than any other kind of cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1842721, member: 40587"] Dunno what it is about Angus and new calves. I have seen some that were raised on a bottle, virtual pets, that from the time the new baby hit the ground, for the next week or so, turned into vicious man-eaters. My younger brother showed heifers his 4 years in high school, Char x Herf his 1st year, Char x Simm the next 3. Lot of work getting them broke to lead, to bathe and clip, etc. His senior year he also got a reg Angus heifer to show. She was born broke, I reckon. Sweetest little heifer I ever saw. As easy to handle as these Jersey nurse cows. After show season each year, he'd turn his show cows in with my grandad's Angus and raise calves each year. Erica ( the reg Angus) stayed broke and gentle.. You could walk up to her anywhere in the pasture, or if she saw you first, she'd come a runnin' to get her scratches. My grandad could walk up to her, put a rope around her neck lead her to the barn and the other cows would follow. Except when she had a calf! For the first 5 or 6 days, she turned into a wounded Cape Buffalo! She'd come after you high headed and snorting and bawling if you got within 50 yards of her. So would grandpa's other angus cows, if we ever tried to get close to a new calf. But, after about a week, suddenly one day Erica would come up to you again, and bring her calf, to get her scratches. You could handle the calf then. It was like a light switch, the way she'd revert back to normal over night. I always wondered if it is some kind of hormonal thing with pure Angus? Most black baldies, Brangus, Chi-Angus etc, aren't like that...but there are individual exceptions, like with any other cow. No more protective than any other kind of cow. [/QUOTE]
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