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Post by M-5 on Jan 13, 2020 7:38:47 GMT -6
I have 2 that kinda want to get close to me. They are a pain in the ass. Have to have help getting in gates because they are always right there waiting for you. Only thing worse is the jack ass. I had one years ago that I bottle raised and she always has to be where I was. Couldn't work on fence or anyone the same field for her licking my back or pushing me with her head.
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Post by fence on Jan 13, 2020 7:48:16 GMT -6
I don't mind a cow like that ,and often their the best ones. Only thing I keep mine scattered around and I just can't have one that takes the rest with them. Or one that gathers the calves and heads for the brush. Had a few of them.
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Post by brightraven on Jan 13, 2020 7:55:49 GMT -6
I have 2 that kinda want to get close to me. They are a pain in the ass. Have to have help getting in gates because they are always right there waiting for you. Only thing worse is the jack ass. I had one years ago that I bottle raised and she always has to be where I was. Couldn't work on fence or anyone the same field for her licking my back or pushing me with her head. 🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮 Mine are all like that. It is constantly a factor in everything I do. I halter all the fall calves. They get very friendly and playful. Several of my calves want to engage me in the head pushing play. When I drop hay in the feed area. I have to bait the cows out of the hay feed area. Otherwise you cannot get in and you cannot drop a roll. It is a nuisance but I wouldn't have it any other way. |
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Post by M-5 on Jan 13, 2020 7:55:57 GMT -6
 This is her with her calf in late 17. I didn't have one of last year's calf with her but he grew out the same except he was red brindle. |
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Post by angusrancher on Jan 13, 2020 8:55:51 GMT -6
As long as a cow won't tear a barn apart if she calves in bad weather, or kill her calf, we can deal with it.
Feet and under are the most important criteria for what we're doing.
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Post by tcranch on Jan 13, 2020 9:21:25 GMT -6
This is her with her calf in late 17. I didn't have one of last year's calf with her but he grew out the same except he was red brindle. She's even giving you the stink eye in that pic. But she's a big, beautiful girl and that's a dandy calf. My situation is different because as of tomorrow I'll only have 60 head, including the bulls. And it's generally just me so I have to feel comfortable. I still have one of our original cows but all the others have been born & raised here (well, except the bulls) and they're dog gentle. But I know my cows and know which ones get a little testy when they calve, ones that will let me help their calf nurse in the pasture (no chute), some of them will let me take their temp in the pasture (if you scratch their butt just right they'll raise their tail & you have direct access) and they're used to other people being around them. Precisely why Creekstone brings a lot of their customers to the ranch for marketing/Farm To Table. That said, there is no such thing as 100% trust when you're dealing with cattle and I'm always aware of my surroundings. |
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jan 13, 2020 9:51:53 GMT -6
We hold disposition as a major priority. I don’t move very fast and prone to falling and just don’t want my wife or anyone else to get hurt if we can avoid it by culling out bad acting cattle. Most of ours are very calm but not to the point of pets. Ever now and then there will be one that will let you pet them but usually A few inches more than arms length is as close as you can get to most before they will slowly just back away. I really don’t want any that will come up and push around on me either so it’s a balance. We still have a few that are wary and stand back but not to the point of causing much problem. One of our bred heifers last fall started trying to climb the side of the barn while we were in the process of working cattle. I didn’t even bother to try to get her through the chute we loaded and sent her to market with an open one.
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Post by M-5 on Jan 13, 2020 18:17:45 GMT -6
I couldn't get a pic this afternoon she actually brought it up to hay piles. It's is a heifer , she will be back to normal stand offish in s day or too.
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Post by gcreek on Jan 13, 2020 22:02:48 GMT -6
Some of y'all never had to work a hundred head of F-1 brangus and it shows. Lol . A perfect cow wants no handouts and delivers a big calf every year. |
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Jan 14, 2020 2:30:53 GMT -6
I couldn't get a pic this afternoon she actually brought it up to hay piles. It's is a heifer , she will be back to normal stand offish in s day or too. Ha, we had a lot of brangus cattle growing up. Most would be like that. They'd spend a few days hiding them or would take off to the booneys with them as soon as you pulled in. But one of mine, would hide hers for months. She was a hide and seek champion. She'd come to the truck for cubes on day one and you could even pet her. But most years, I wouldn't know what I had for a couple months. Then one day, there it'd be. Being part of my compensation for work, that always concerned me, lol. |
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Post by alacowman on Jan 14, 2020 9:50:54 GMT -6
The Brahman got a strong ""built in " predator instinct....good for them, but makes it aggravating when you gotta turn a backward calf ..or sew a prolapse up..I did enough of that done got to sickly and older ..
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Jan 14, 2020 16:26:38 GMT -6
The Brahman got a strong ""built in " predator instinct....good for them, but makes it aggravating when you gotta turn a backward calf ..or sew a prolapse up..I did enough of that done got to sickly and older .. If we used a little cake and didn't get in a hurry, things would go pretty smooth at least until they were in a tight spot or by themselves. Then the panels might get tested. But I dont know that they are any worse then some of the hot angus, or limflex we've ran. I still think it's hard to beat a tiger striped mama for getting lbs of beef raised around here. The hit just isnt worth it. |
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Post by alacowman on Jan 14, 2020 16:47:09 GMT -6
Been in the Angus /bragus mode a few years got a Hereford in there..outside of him and an old simbra cow ..nearly all black now..I ran the gamut of Brahman and cross' loved em..
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jan 14, 2020 17:38:47 GMT -6
Almost like there isn't a middle ground, the brangus I have now are more than gentle. Used to have some that were straight bat shit crazy.
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Post by M-5 on Jan 19, 2020 18:28:56 GMT -6
Found the calf dead Friday, don't know what happened I saw it running with some other calves wed night. I knew something was off when I got home and she was not acting right . I had plans to load a couple of older cows this morning and she went in to the pen with them so I hauled her to barn , no need in feeding her without a calf. Looking at records I've had her 9 years and she raised a good calf all of them.
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