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<blockquote data-quote="jersey lilly" data-source="post: 227868" data-attributes="member: 2258"><p>I think ya'll are takin what I"m sayin the wrong way, I'm not sayin that every cow should be a snot blower and come after you in the pasture. What I'm sayin, is.....this guy is new to cattle, what he calls nasty could just be what we call normal protectiveness in a cow. I can run mine in the corrals and sort calves off and do the taggin and ear markin, whatever and turn em back with mama and they are fine too. But, I still say I'd rather have em with a lil fight in em than none at all. </p><p>If the whole cow herd was docile and let you mess with their calves, there's be no need for anyone to have workin pens for workin calves. I don't have one that'll come at me for no reason in the pasture, whether she has a calf or not, but catch that calf??? she's gonna come runnin to investigate and see what's goin on. Blow a lil bit, most times just let the calf back out on the end of the rope, let her smell of it, then reel it back in, do what we gotta do, and turn it loose. </p><p>If he feels this cow is Mean and Nasty, yes, take it to the salebarn by all means........you don't need to get hurt. If you work around cattle long enuff, you come to know your cattle, which one's do what, and how they react to things. Sometimes they are the same time and time again, sometimes not..that's why you always keep an eye on em when your doin things out in the pasture.</p><p>AND TAKE NOTES!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jersey lilly, post: 227868, member: 2258"] I think ya'll are takin what I"m sayin the wrong way, I'm not sayin that every cow should be a snot blower and come after you in the pasture. What I'm sayin, is.....this guy is new to cattle, what he calls nasty could just be what we call normal protectiveness in a cow. I can run mine in the corrals and sort calves off and do the taggin and ear markin, whatever and turn em back with mama and they are fine too. But, I still say I'd rather have em with a lil fight in em than none at all. If the whole cow herd was docile and let you mess with their calves, there's be no need for anyone to have workin pens for workin calves. I don't have one that'll come at me for no reason in the pasture, whether she has a calf or not, but catch that calf??? she's gonna come runnin to investigate and see what's goin on. Blow a lil bit, most times just let the calf back out on the end of the rope, let her smell of it, then reel it back in, do what we gotta do, and turn it loose. If he feels this cow is Mean and Nasty, yes, take it to the salebarn by all means........you don't need to get hurt. If you work around cattle long enuff, you come to know your cattle, which one's do what, and how they react to things. Sometimes they are the same time and time again, sometimes not..that's why you always keep an eye on em when your doin things out in the pasture. AND TAKE NOTES!!!! [/QUOTE]
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