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<blockquote data-quote="coolpop" data-source="post: 292722" data-attributes="member: 2628"><p>Victoria, I'm with you. Cattle are smart enough to understand respect - it's not just about the grain bucket. Each time I walk out into the field without a grain bucket or treats, I can still check them out or put a weight tape on them. All the unpleasant things you must do to cattle in the name of health and animal husbandry is not so stressful on them. </p><p>Whole beef processing plants are paying attn. to the stress level on butchered animals because of meat flavor. </p><p>My animals range from 1500 lbs to 100 lbs. I've only got 12 head so it's alittle easier to be friendly - my level of friendly had to change a bit from when I had 5 head to the 12, simply because of the numbers of bodies coming at you -- so if I had 100 head, I would change my level of friendly towards my cattle but would still want to walk up to anyone of them in the field to give a scratch. <em>One thing I have learned -- you get them used to a "butt" rub and they won't kick as much.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolpop, post: 292722, member: 2628"] Victoria, I'm with you. Cattle are smart enough to understand respect - it's not just about the grain bucket. Each time I walk out into the field without a grain bucket or treats, I can still check them out or put a weight tape on them. All the unpleasant things you must do to cattle in the name of health and animal husbandry is not so stressful on them. Whole beef processing plants are paying attn. to the stress level on butchered animals because of meat flavor. My animals range from 1500 lbs to 100 lbs. I've only got 12 head so it's alittle easier to be friendly - my level of friendly had to change a bit from when I had 5 head to the 12, simply because of the numbers of bodies coming at you -- so if I had 100 head, I would change my level of friendly towards my cattle but would still want to walk up to anyone of them in the field to give a scratch. [i]One thing I have learned -- you get them used to a "butt" rub and they won't kick as much.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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