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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1566510" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>Yes, everybody should learn animal body language. I'm sure those people, who were attacked by freshly calved cows, should have seen clear signs from the cow, that she wasn't bluffing.</p><p>Some our cows sometimes would stand in a "threatening" pose (standing sideways, back legs moved more under the body, head lowered abit, etc) when I'd be walking towards them and some even showed voice, but all the times they were just bluffing. Maybe it's their way to greet me sometimes, but it never been a real threat. </p><p>Never had trouble with herd bulls, but had a couple unpredictable young bulls. All are treated equally, but there sometimes appears those who are scared of the closer contact with people and it becomes are true problem when they get more self confident in time or they are cornered, which happens when you try to load them into the trailer for selling.</p><p>So far only had two bulls, which were kept in the herd for more than one year and they reached maturity. One was extremely calm, never showed any sign of a possible danger in the future. One year had a cow, which needed to be milked and of course one day she went in heat. The bull was standing next to her and bigger problem was to make the cow stand still than the bull himself.</p><p>The second bull also was calm, but I'm sure he would have been more easily provoked than the first one. He had a bit more lively personally. Never threatened us, but just I had such feeling.</p><p>What have noticed is that heavier fed bulls are much calmer and more lazy. At that time, when the amount of meal for one bull goes up to 15-20lbs/day, they become so lazy that it's even hard to move them to the next pasture. </p><p>Have two neighbours, which raise dairy bulls. Both had accidents when those bulls attacked. And in general, dairy bulls are way more active. Every summer every day pass by their pastures and most of the time they are fighting, riding on each other... While for me it's sometimes hard to bring our bulls to the meal, because they just lie somewhere in their favorite spot and don't pay any attention to my calling. </p><p>Definitely, when animal is cornered or it feels the threat most will fight back. That's just natural, and even the most calm animal will attack in a certain situation, so it depends from what that animal considers a threat. </p><p>Such thing like hierarchy is an important thing too, especially since it's very important thing for cows. It could be somewhat compared with dogs, when the owner doesn't notice or lets it slide when an animal shows of testing the rank and then later people are very surprised how their angel dog has turned into a biting monster. Have seen that happen in very close environment. It's harder when cattle see the owner once a week, or even less often, but when you visit them everyday, you are able to control them more, learn their individual characteristics, learn their body language and notice little changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1566510, member: 19683"] Yes, everybody should learn animal body language. I'm sure those people, who were attacked by freshly calved cows, should have seen clear signs from the cow, that she wasn't bluffing. Some our cows sometimes would stand in a "threatening" pose (standing sideways, back legs moved more under the body, head lowered abit, etc) when I'd be walking towards them and some even showed voice, but all the times they were just bluffing. Maybe it's their way to greet me sometimes, but it never been a real threat. Never had trouble with herd bulls, but had a couple unpredictable young bulls. All are treated equally, but there sometimes appears those who are scared of the closer contact with people and it becomes are true problem when they get more self confident in time or they are cornered, which happens when you try to load them into the trailer for selling. So far only had two bulls, which were kept in the herd for more than one year and they reached maturity. One was extremely calm, never showed any sign of a possible danger in the future. One year had a cow, which needed to be milked and of course one day she went in heat. The bull was standing next to her and bigger problem was to make the cow stand still than the bull himself. The second bull also was calm, but I'm sure he would have been more easily provoked than the first one. He had a bit more lively personally. Never threatened us, but just I had such feeling. What have noticed is that heavier fed bulls are much calmer and more lazy. At that time, when the amount of meal for one bull goes up to 15-20lbs/day, they become so lazy that it's even hard to move them to the next pasture. Have two neighbours, which raise dairy bulls. Both had accidents when those bulls attacked. And in general, dairy bulls are way more active. Every summer every day pass by their pastures and most of the time they are fighting, riding on each other... While for me it's sometimes hard to bring our bulls to the meal, because they just lie somewhere in their favorite spot and don't pay any attention to my calling. Definitely, when animal is cornered or it feels the threat most will fight back. That's just natural, and even the most calm animal will attack in a certain situation, so it depends from what that animal considers a threat. Such thing like hierarchy is an important thing too, especially since it's very important thing for cows. It could be somewhat compared with dogs, when the owner doesn't notice or lets it slide when an animal shows of testing the rank and then later people are very surprised how their angel dog has turned into a biting monster. Have seen that happen in very close environment. It's harder when cattle see the owner once a week, or even less often, but when you visit them everyday, you are able to control them more, learn their individual characteristics, learn their body language and notice little changes. [/QUOTE]
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