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<blockquote data-quote="CobaltSmith" data-source="post: 1100771" data-attributes="member: 21876"><p>I certainly do everything I can to remain calm. I've noticed they can pick up on my MOOD even if I'm not acting it out. I won't lie, right now I regard them as the dumbest animal I've ever worked with. That being said, I've seen them do some remarkably intelligent things. So I'm leaning more towards a (they are just bored and want something different) attitude. Three milkings a day in 5-6 hour shifts. Two sides running at 8 cows per side. We have a radio that plays NOTHING!!! but country......... Not my choice but I keep a headphone in one ear to hear my own music. Other ear is for hearing slipped or kicked milkers. </p><p></p><p>I wont' speak to what my bosses do or don't do about how my co-workers act. However, I will say that it's VERY hard for us to find milkers that will stay on. It isn't a "glamorous" job and for what the work is, the pay is kinda shitty. Mid-Michigan area and raking in $8.25 an hour. Not *bad* pay but hardly something you stick around for unless you enjoy the work. Which I do. I like my bosses and all that. I get along with most of my co-workers. The cows being hard is just part of the job *though, apparently it seems that it isn't a part that HAS to be there*. </p><p></p><p>And it's funny someone should mention whispering to them. I actually have noticed that speaking to them like you would a child helps a great deal. I feel like a complete idiot talking to a cow like that but I'll be damned if it doesn't work. I'd say about 70% of the cows I "sweet talk" calm down until I walk away. Then they start kicking and being agitated again. Parlor is an older one but still safe. The floor does have some concrete pits and what have you but it's the same one they have walked on their entire milking lives. No interfering pipes or other intrusions that I know of or have noticed. </p><p></p><p>Again guys, I knew NOTHING about cows when I started this job in OCT. Been on farms on and off my entire life. What I know of cows now has come from the vets on the farm. What they know is a mix of personal experience and research. (Hearsay but no reason not to trust it.)</p><p></p><p>I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. No matter..... how creative. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobaltSmith, post: 1100771, member: 21876"] I certainly do everything I can to remain calm. I've noticed they can pick up on my MOOD even if I'm not acting it out. I won't lie, right now I regard them as the dumbest animal I've ever worked with. That being said, I've seen them do some remarkably intelligent things. So I'm leaning more towards a (they are just bored and want something different) attitude. Three milkings a day in 5-6 hour shifts. Two sides running at 8 cows per side. We have a radio that plays NOTHING!!! but country......... Not my choice but I keep a headphone in one ear to hear my own music. Other ear is for hearing slipped or kicked milkers. I wont' speak to what my bosses do or don't do about how my co-workers act. However, I will say that it's VERY hard for us to find milkers that will stay on. It isn't a "glamorous" job and for what the work is, the pay is kinda shitty. Mid-Michigan area and raking in $8.25 an hour. Not *bad* pay but hardly something you stick around for unless you enjoy the work. Which I do. I like my bosses and all that. I get along with most of my co-workers. The cows being hard is just part of the job *though, apparently it seems that it isn't a part that HAS to be there*. And it's funny someone should mention whispering to them. I actually have noticed that speaking to them like you would a child helps a great deal. I feel like a complete idiot talking to a cow like that but I'll be damned if it doesn't work. I'd say about 70% of the cows I "sweet talk" calm down until I walk away. Then they start kicking and being agitated again. Parlor is an older one but still safe. The floor does have some concrete pits and what have you but it's the same one they have walked on their entire milking lives. No interfering pipes or other intrusions that I know of or have noticed. Again guys, I knew NOTHING about cows when I started this job in OCT. Been on farms on and off my entire life. What I know of cows now has come from the vets on the farm. What they know is a mix of personal experience and research. (Hearsay but no reason not to trust it.) I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. No matter..... how creative. :D [/QUOTE]
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