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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 593426" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>We tag and weigh within 24 hours of birth. It involves Mom driving out in the field and working the jiffy baler as I sling the calf and the mother of the calf helps. Sometimes I have to bribe them with a bucket of oats. I have one I will be watching this year as she was a bit antsy about the whole process last year. If she is worse this year she'll be on the truck. No cow is worth risking your life for. I figure if a cow isn't smart enough to know me from a predator or stranger I don't want her around. </p><p> Keeping replacements from the calm ones will help but it is no guarantee. Working with them when they are weaned helps a lot. Two words of advice that were passed on to me: 1) Cows hate cowards. If you have to back down from a cow ship her out - she won't forget that she beat you once. 2) If you are going to fight a cow you better be able to win the fight - and remember she is much bigger than you are. </p><p> Running and praying you won't trip may not be the best method. Take it from someone who had to use that method in the past. Once I did trip and that experience made a big impact on what kind of herd I wanted to handle. If you have cows you have to run with don't bother tagging. Run the calves through a chute - an ear tag is not worth your life. Stay safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 593426, member: 1258"] We tag and weigh within 24 hours of birth. It involves Mom driving out in the field and working the jiffy baler as I sling the calf and the mother of the calf helps. Sometimes I have to bribe them with a bucket of oats. I have one I will be watching this year as she was a bit antsy about the whole process last year. If she is worse this year she'll be on the truck. No cow is worth risking your life for. I figure if a cow isn't smart enough to know me from a predator or stranger I don't want her around. Keeping replacements from the calm ones will help but it is no guarantee. Working with them when they are weaned helps a lot. Two words of advice that were passed on to me: 1) Cows hate cowards. If you have to back down from a cow ship her out - she won't forget that she beat you once. 2) If you are going to fight a cow you better be able to win the fight - and remember she is much bigger than you are. Running and praying you won't trip may not be the best method. Take it from someone who had to use that method in the past. Once I did trip and that experience made a big impact on what kind of herd I wanted to handle. If you have cows you have to run with don't bother tagging. Run the calves through a chute - an ear tag is not worth your life. Stay safe. [/QUOTE]
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