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<blockquote data-quote="TheBullLady" data-source="post: 226851" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>I'm betting that most of that behaviour is because her calf is sick. Cows know when their calves are not 100%, and she probably thinks your responsible, since you're treating it constantly.</p><p></p><p>I have a Brahman cow that has always been gentle, and always let us mess with her calves from birth. Four years ago we lost seven calves to arsenic poisoning. Her calf, that was only about 6 weeks old, was one of the calves that was sick (not dead) when we found it. We threw it into a trailer and headed to A & M with it.. thinking we'd come back and get the cow. The calf died at A & M, and she has NEVER forgotten it. She is very protective of her calves now! After they're a month or two old, she won't mind if we get close to them. Go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBullLady, post: 226851, member: 173"] I'm betting that most of that behaviour is because her calf is sick. Cows know when their calves are not 100%, and she probably thinks your responsible, since you're treating it constantly. I have a Brahman cow that has always been gentle, and always let us mess with her calves from birth. Four years ago we lost seven calves to arsenic poisoning. Her calf, that was only about 6 weeks old, was one of the calves that was sick (not dead) when we found it. We threw it into a trailer and headed to A & M with it.. thinking we'd come back and get the cow. The calf died at A & M, and she has NEVER forgotten it. She is very protective of her calves now! After they're a month or two old, she won't mind if we get close to them. Go figure. [/QUOTE]
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