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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1283384" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>I live by myself and have a few (a lot) of cranky old cows and have had a few close calls, well been lifted by a cow so am a bit cautious plus now when I lift a calf up if it is over 40kg as I look over the front to see the scales they invariably wriggle and my hands not being what they were I lose my grip and the calf bellows and the cow comes after me so unless it is a heifers calf and obviously in my weight lifting range I wait until the cow has cleaned up and I have them in a calving paddock behind the yards and house and I bring them up to the yards where they are used to being fed and then coax them up into the yards and down the race and weigh them on the big scales and tag them. Even then I have to be very carefull of some of the older cows, they always know I am after their calf. I usually manage to get the weight within the 24 hr period that Breedplan requires. The secret is though to be patient and give them a bit of time for the calf to get mobile and know how to follow the cow.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1283384, member: 16453"] I live by myself and have a few (a lot) of cranky old cows and have had a few close calls, well been lifted by a cow so am a bit cautious plus now when I lift a calf up if it is over 40kg as I look over the front to see the scales they invariably wriggle and my hands not being what they were I lose my grip and the calf bellows and the cow comes after me so unless it is a heifers calf and obviously in my weight lifting range I wait until the cow has cleaned up and I have them in a calving paddock behind the yards and house and I bring them up to the yards where they are used to being fed and then coax them up into the yards and down the race and weigh them on the big scales and tag them. Even then I have to be very carefull of some of the older cows, they always know I am after their calf. I usually manage to get the weight within the 24 hr period that Breedplan requires. The secret is though to be patient and give them a bit of time for the calf to get mobile and know how to follow the cow. Ken [/QUOTE]
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