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<blockquote data-quote="VCC" data-source="post: 520326" data-attributes="member: 6399"><p>Your calf is scarred, he is in a new environment and no other cattle to turn to, Cattle are fight or flight animals, when they are scarred they run away from what scares them, if they cant run then they will fight what scares them. If you had two calves it would not be as bad as it is with one, but you and he can get through it.</p><p></p><p>1. leave him alone for the first week, this means feed water and talk to him, don't try to work with him at all, once he figures out that he is ok it will get better.</p><p>2. After he has calmed down, you can start working with him, take your time and take small steps, you have plenty of time don't rush it.</p><p>3. When you start tying him you will need to stay around and watch him they can freak out and hurt them self, you need to be able to get him untied or up if he goes down.</p><p></p><p>We had an Angus steer break out as we unloaded him, go thru 4 or 5 fences spend 3 days in the river bed. Had to get a local cowboy to come rope him and run him into the trailer, left him in the trailer for 2 days before he calmed down, 2 weeks later we were rinsing and blow drying him out with out any issue.</p><p></p><p>Take your time and be patient, </p><p></p><p>Good Luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VCC, post: 520326, member: 6399"] Your calf is scarred, he is in a new environment and no other cattle to turn to, Cattle are fight or flight animals, when they are scarred they run away from what scares them, if they cant run then they will fight what scares them. If you had two calves it would not be as bad as it is with one, but you and he can get through it. 1. leave him alone for the first week, this means feed water and talk to him, don’t try to work with him at all, once he figures out that he is ok it will get better. 2. After he has calmed down, you can start working with him, take your time and take small steps, you have plenty of time don’t rush it. 3. When you start tying him you will need to stay around and watch him they can freak out and hurt them self, you need to be able to get him untied or up if he goes down. We had an Angus steer break out as we unloaded him, go thru 4 or 5 fences spend 3 days in the river bed. Had to get a local cowboy to come rope him and run him into the trailer, left him in the trailer for 2 days before he calmed down, 2 weeks later we were rinsing and blow drying him out with out any issue. Take your time and be patient, Good Luck [/QUOTE]
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