OT: I am now in the Cattle bussiness.

The herford is a nice little girl sitting quietly eating hay.

The blackie is a whole nother story.
Learned a valuable lesson today. My 1st instint said to pass on her as she looked a little high strung. I should have listened to my self.

Some guy next to me said.I dont know maybe she will calm down when she gets with some other cattle.
D'oh!
This girl is INSANE!!!!
She crashed through my rinkie dink corral like it was papper. Scared the heck out of the kids.

Was all we could do to get her back on the rented trailer again. She is going right back to the sale lot tomorow. She needs to be were thwere are big fences, like say a packing plant.
I did give her some hay and she is eating it. But not water she attacks the bucket.

Wow what a 1st day.

Gene

Cattle are creatures of habit and anytime their daily routine is broken and/or changed (Read: human intervention), their world goes into a total tailspin and everything seems like a crises to them. They are more or less in a state of "shock".

First order of business to clam cattle down, is for the owner to calm down. :>)

Allan

Aaaah. ;)

I have holstien & angus mixed - cow calf, small small herd. The gals that are over 50% white are just nuts around here, might as well ship them when they hit the ground. Mostly black are pretty nice - sometimes smarter than I like (or smarter than me anyhow...) but calm. The white ones tho....

A white one just had a calf, and she is something else. I got 3 pens in the barn, and 2 have water. She would _not_ leave the pen that doesn't have water. For 6 days. I'd give her a bucket as I didn't want her to fall over, but whatever I tried, she wouldn't leave that pen - and yea I moved the calf & it wasn't where the calf was born - was hard enough getting her _in_ the barn pen to start with.

Then she turned on me, wanted to push me back.

That is that, when her calf is bigger, she's gone.

Some just are that way. Like you say, high-strung.

--->Paul

If you really want some wild ones, get some Charolais.. I learned never to turn my back on them.

Most Black Angus are fairly calm.. Bear in mind, that the black heifer just went through a rough day, weaned, caught, hauled, run through the sale ring, then loaded and hauled again.. Probably hungry and thirsty the entire time.. Give her a few days, she will calm down...

funny how regional differences change how we view different cattle breeds. Up here in my neck of the woods the Charolais are not considered wild. In fact most of my herd is Charolais or Charolais cross and it is one of the quietest herds I know. In my experience I find Red Angus cattle to be more high strung, with local experts labeling the most high strung to be Limousin.

John

What do I need to give?,where do I get it?, Can I do this my self or vet bill?

Welcome to the cattle business! As you have already learned there is never a dull moment! LOL!

I think you are making the right decision to get rid of her. She will settle down like Allan says, but she has shown a tendency to be high strung and will act that way again if she is stressed. Say, like, at calving time. Or any time you need to work her. Let someone else deal with her. The other option of the packing plant is always valid. A week in the cooler seems to settle them down nicely.

John

Aaron

I looked at her and said " Now what the heck are we gona do?" After she said " WE? What do you mean WE? Your the one that brought it home.

I said " Well cant just leave it on a rented trailer for ever.

She said " Why not just take it to the meat locker.
I was going to do that until I found out I can take the calf back to the sale barn tomorow for the Wednesday sale.

Too bad too nice looking blackie.

You're compounding the problem.

You have 'em separated? Well, no wonder she's crazy. :>)

Put the two of 'em in the barn TOGETHER overnight like someone else said. They will calm right down.

Allan

No way it was going to stay in my pens.
She jumped at my wife wile she was holding a corral pannel next to the trailer.

I dont know who was more scared the calf or us.

I did finnaly get some water to that blackie. Rigged a hose to drip in the trailer. So she can drink any way. No telling when the last time she had water.

Here you go. She got up when I came back out.

Why do you suppose that wild one was at the auction? Did it have any barb wire around its neck???

Hey welcome to the cattle business for an profit with the main part on fun. Giggle.

Walt

That's the way weaned calves are and she's just scared. She'll calm down. Guarantee it.

Allan

Jim

She even beat the crap out of the trailer. Took out the little window at the top in the front. Just kicked it right out.

Wife said I dont care what you do. that one is not coming on this place.