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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 573685" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>I saw a friend yesterday at the feed store. She bought a new weanling MA heifer for her daughter who is in FFA. The heifer weighs 600 lbs. The heifer was green halter broke. When they unloaded the heifer, they had two lines on the halter - her husband on the left, and she was on the right so that they could get her to the pen & pasture behind their house. They live in a subdivision and you have to go through their back yard to get to the pen. Well the 575 lb heifer lunged at her husband, knocked him down, turned around and knocked my friend down, stepped on her and broke 3 ribs. </p><p></p><p>So your remark really is sort of silly. Any animal can hurt you. If you are small hobby farmer and have only a few animals, take the time to gentle them so that you can work with them. If they are idiots, ship them. </p><p>Also, if your animals are not gentle and you do not have the facilities to handle them, you shouldn't own the cattle. Every rancher that I know who raises beef has facilities to work their animals. It's a matter of good management and common sense.</p><p></p><p>If the people want to raise the smaller stock that is fine, but if they do not gentle the stock or have the facilities to handle and load them, just because they are smaller doesn't mean that it will be easier to work them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 573685, member: 5644"] I saw a friend yesterday at the feed store. She bought a new weanling MA heifer for her daughter who is in FFA. The heifer weighs 600 lbs. The heifer was green halter broke. When they unloaded the heifer, they had two lines on the halter - her husband on the left, and she was on the right so that they could get her to the pen & pasture behind their house. They live in a subdivision and you have to go through their back yard to get to the pen. Well the 575 lb heifer lunged at her husband, knocked him down, turned around and knocked my friend down, stepped on her and broke 3 ribs. So your remark really is sort of silly. Any animal can hurt you. If you are small hobby farmer and have only a few animals, take the time to gentle them so that you can work with them. If they are idiots, ship them. Also, if your animals are not gentle and you do not have the facilities to handle them, you shouldn't own the cattle. Every rancher that I know who raises beef has facilities to work their animals. It's a matter of good management and common sense. If the people want to raise the smaller stock that is fine, but if they do not gentle the stock or have the facilities to handle and load them, just because they are smaller doesn't mean that it will be easier to work them. [/QUOTE]
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