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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 576396" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Yes, I understand that there are major differences within breed, and that the way they are handled at home makes a big difference. I have been around cattle my whole life, and have been raising my own for the last 15 years. I do know cattle.</p><p></p><p>But, we worked approx 700 head of cattle, 400+ of them were some mixture of angus, and a good percentage of that was at least 3/4 angus, if not pure angus. I cannot say that there was 1 load where the angus were easy to handle in closed spaces, and especially down the chute. The higher the percentage of angus in the load, the rammier they were, the higher percentage of Hereford the quieter they were. There were some Simmental, some Gelbveih, and probably a few other breeds in there too. The Simms and Gelbveihs were also quieter than the angus to handle, but not as quiet as the Herefords, but then, there were no straight bred ones (I didn't think) and there probably weren't 50 of any other breed, so you couldn't really judge them well.</p><p></p><p>You can argue handling practices all day long, but we were dealing with cattle that originated in many different herds, some should have been quiet if the way they had been handled in the past was the reason for the attitude. </p><p></p><p>We have had wild Hereford cows, and quiet Angus cows, but on the whole, I feel a whole lot safer in a pen of Hereford animals than I ever do in a pen of Angus ones. Our cows tend to be quiet, and the problem causers hit the road, 90% of those have been Angus or Angus x. I have yet to be run at by a Hereford, and have been several times by Angus cows. Including one of the yearlings we worked the other day. </p><p></p><p>How many of you have worked around many different breeds and many, many different animals? The stockyards is a good place to go if you want to learn about breeds and their tendancies. When you deal with 15,000 - 20,000 per fall of various different breeds of cattle you see it all. You see what is usually quiet and what is usually wild. You get cattle that have been handled every way that there is to be handled. Granted in our area, most of the cattle are (or have in them) Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, and Gelbveih (from most to least). We do see other breeds of course, but not hardly enough to make a educated guess about them.</p><p></p><p>Talking about handling methods, we had 2 different owners bring in cattle to the last sale. One was mostly Angus/Hereford and the other was Simm x with Angus and Hereford. The Simm cattle had rarely ever seen people, they were nuts, you had to watch your back and wanted to stay near a fence when in with them. The Angus/Herefords on the other hand, were almost too docile, it was hard to move them anywhere. I don't really know how often they had seen people but they certainly weren't scared of us. I would have liked to have seen them down the chute, to see if their attitude changed then. I don't think it would have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 576396, member: 2308"] Yes, I understand that there are major differences within breed, and that the way they are handled at home makes a big difference. I have been around cattle my whole life, and have been raising my own for the last 15 years. I do know cattle. But, we worked approx 700 head of cattle, 400+ of them were some mixture of angus, and a good percentage of that was at least 3/4 angus, if not pure angus. I cannot say that there was 1 load where the angus were easy to handle in closed spaces, and especially down the chute. The higher the percentage of angus in the load, the rammier they were, the higher percentage of Hereford the quieter they were. There were some Simmental, some Gelbveih, and probably a few other breeds in there too. The Simms and Gelbveihs were also quieter than the angus to handle, but not as quiet as the Herefords, but then, there were no straight bred ones (I didn't think) and there probably weren't 50 of any other breed, so you couldn't really judge them well. You can argue handling practices all day long, but we were dealing with cattle that originated in many different herds, some should have been quiet if the way they had been handled in the past was the reason for the attitude. We have had wild Hereford cows, and quiet Angus cows, but on the whole, I feel a whole lot safer in a pen of Hereford animals than I ever do in a pen of Angus ones. Our cows tend to be quiet, and the problem causers hit the road, 90% of those have been Angus or Angus x. I have yet to be run at by a Hereford, and have been several times by Angus cows. Including one of the yearlings we worked the other day. How many of you have worked around many different breeds and many, many different animals? The stockyards is a good place to go if you want to learn about breeds and their tendancies. When you deal with 15,000 - 20,000 per fall of various different breeds of cattle you see it all. You see what is usually quiet and what is usually wild. You get cattle that have been handled every way that there is to be handled. Granted in our area, most of the cattle are (or have in them) Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, and Gelbveih (from most to least). We do see other breeds of course, but not hardly enough to make a educated guess about them. Talking about handling methods, we had 2 different owners bring in cattle to the last sale. One was mostly Angus/Hereford and the other was Simm x with Angus and Hereford. The Simm cattle had rarely ever seen people, they were nuts, you had to watch your back and wanted to stay near a fence when in with them. The Angus/Herefords on the other hand, were almost too docile, it was hard to move them anywhere. I don't really know how often they had seen people but they certainly weren't scared of us. I would have liked to have seen them down the chute, to see if their attitude changed then. I don't think it would have. [/QUOTE]
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