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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1420829" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Guess if he wasn't willing to listen then that's his problem, but you have to feel bad for the calf since he was thrust into unfamiliar circumstances and just wanted to "go home".</p><p></p><p>Anyone that takes a single animal to a strange place and turns it out with only "pasture fences" deserves to have some trouble with it. We bring new animals to the barn, keep them in the barn lot for a couple of days or in the lots adjacent, so we can keep an eye on them. Feed hay, a little grain in the bunk and call them to come eat, watch them close for any problems. Try to have some other animal that knows us and our routine so the new one can learn the ropes. A couple of days, sometimes only 24 hours, and they figure out that we aren't the bad guys, that the other cows come when we call, so okay...we will too. </p><p>The only time I guess we will turn one right out is if it is a bull, and the cows are right there at the gate almost...but honestly, I can't remember ever buying a bull and turning him right out either. We try to have enough bulls to be able to keep a new one around for some observation before we need him to do any work. Get used to us a little and see how he reacts to us and all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1420829, member: 25884"] Guess if he wasn't willing to listen then that's his problem, but you have to feel bad for the calf since he was thrust into unfamiliar circumstances and just wanted to "go home". Anyone that takes a single animal to a strange place and turns it out with only "pasture fences" deserves to have some trouble with it. We bring new animals to the barn, keep them in the barn lot for a couple of days or in the lots adjacent, so we can keep an eye on them. Feed hay, a little grain in the bunk and call them to come eat, watch them close for any problems. Try to have some other animal that knows us and our routine so the new one can learn the ropes. A couple of days, sometimes only 24 hours, and they figure out that we aren't the bad guys, that the other cows come when we call, so okay...we will too. The only time I guess we will turn one right out is if it is a bull, and the cows are right there at the gate almost...but honestly, I can't remember ever buying a bull and turning him right out either. We try to have enough bulls to be able to keep a new one around for some observation before we need him to do any work. Get used to us a little and see how he reacts to us and all. [/QUOTE]
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