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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1746374" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>The 'satanic' part comes - not so much from being a dairy breed - but from having been hand-reared by humans. Having been removed from the dam, virtually from birth, they imprint on, and have no fear of humans, and once the testosterone starts flowing... any human is viewed as a potential rival - and no human is a match for 1000-2500 lbs of bone and muscle. </p><p>Chances are, a beef-breed bull raised on a bottle, instead of on his dam, would be just as dangerous, because he would have no fear/respect of humans. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/09/23/not-everyone-lives-tell-encounter-bull/3492958001/[/URL]</p><p>We had neighbors/clients, back in TN, who were dairymen, and their father was killed, out in the barnlot, by a Holstein bull, who literally ground him into the dirt, 'til he was just a bloody mass of broken bones and smashed organs.</p><p> </p><p>We see similar dangerous behavior in other species, like hand-reared stallions, llamas... they even call it 'Berserk Llama Syndrome'. </p><p></p><p>There is an Amish dairy in the next county that's milking Montbeliard or Fleckvieh... I've only seen them from the road, at highway speed, so not sure which. </p><p>Back when I was toying with the idea of training a yoke of working steers, I'd thought about seeing if I could buy a couple of bull calves to work with...they'd be easier to look at than a pair of Jersey or Holstein steers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1746374, member: 12607"] The 'satanic' part comes - not so much from being a dairy breed - but from having been hand-reared by humans. Having been removed from the dam, virtually from birth, they imprint on, and have no fear of humans, and once the testosterone starts flowing... any human is viewed as a potential rival - and no human is a match for 1000-2500 lbs of bone and muscle. Chances are, a beef-breed bull raised on a bottle, instead of on his dam, would be just as dangerous, because he would have no fear/respect of humans. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/09/23/not-everyone-lives-tell-encounter-bull/3492958001/[/URL] We had neighbors/clients, back in TN, who were dairymen, and their father was killed, out in the barnlot, by a Holstein bull, who literally ground him into the dirt, 'til he was just a bloody mass of broken bones and smashed organs. We see similar dangerous behavior in other species, like hand-reared stallions, llamas... they even call it 'Berserk Llama Syndrome'. There is an Amish dairy in the next county that's milking Montbeliard or Fleckvieh... I've only seen them from the road, at highway speed, so not sure which. Back when I was toying with the idea of training a yoke of working steers, I'd thought about seeing if I could buy a couple of bull calves to work with...they'd be easier to look at than a pair of Jersey or Holstein steers. [/QUOTE]
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