The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

We are still talking about getting a calf to raise to butcher, but we've had a setback in getting that pasture lot fenced. If I can do that, maybe we will, but it's winter so it will have to wait awhile, I think, unless DH decides to brave the cold and do it anyway.

Hey there, Isaiah!

 

[holm25]

Sometimes raising just one is better than many! Raising a beef to eat is a crazy learning experience! I bond to animals and LOVE them and spoil the crap out of them when they are here! I try to make their life as happy as possible while they are hear and in the end once they are butchered I'm not as sad because they lived a better life they would have in any feedlot!


I know this seems harsh but when he gets pushy give him a big wap in the tip of his nose with your fist. Before you know it he'll be 100+ pounds and if you were to fall when he was pushing on you who knows what would happen. This is what I do with my show heifer and any other haltered cows. And they are still spoiled babies and love people but have respect for people.

 

[holm25]

Hi Cyn!

 

[speckledhen]

Sometimes raising just one is better than many! Raising a beef to eat is a crazy learning experience! I bond to animals and LOVE them and spoil the crap out of them when they are here! I try to make their life as happy as possible while they are hear and in the end once they are butchered I'm not as sad because they lived a better life they would have in any feedlot!


I know this seems harsh but when he gets pushy give him a big wap in the tip of his nose with your fist. Before you know it he'll be 100+ pounds and if you were to fall when he was pushing on you who knows what would happen. This is what I do with my show heifer and any other haltered cows. And they are still spoiled babies and love people but have respect for people.

Absolutely, you can't be too careful with an animal of that size! Even if they're "playing", they can kill you. I watch a really cool lady on Youtube who has, among other animals, a milk cow. She didn't give her her food one day before she let her back into the barn stall, which was her normal routine, and ended up with a broken nose because of her very sweet milk cow being excited about getting her feed and swinging her big old hard head up in the air-hard cow head meet delicate nose, BAM! It wasn't anything intentional and she knows it was her fault, letting her guard down and changing the routine, but it could have been a whole lot worse!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I grew up on a dairy farm and my husband and I owned one for 10 years before deciding it wasn't the life we wanted to live. I always recommend a good stick around cows, just in case, otherwise a cattle prod works too. They can be quite dangerous if you don't watch yourself.

 

[1muttsfan]

When we feed the horses in the winter they get grain in rubber tubs out in the alleyway. While they are all very nice horses, when 4-5 1000# animals start jostling around it can get interesting fast. Every once in a while when called for I take a training stick in with me and give a few judicious wallops where they are needed, and everything calms right down for a while. I will absolutely not tolerate any aggression, pushing, or orneriness in large animals, just too dangerous.

 

[holm25]

There is a few cows on the farm that if you walk up to them they can get hyper and start bucking and jumping with their heads to the ground. I just give them a kick in the nose or yell their name at them and they stop and r like "what did we do?". I don't don't carry a stick with me anymore. I noticed they get less nervous when I don't have it. If I'm gonna be scratching the bull I do bring one because as much of a puppy as he is he came after me once when he was in the corral. But I had an empty pail. But he was doing the whole bucking and jumping thing. So yeah.

Cyn I nearly had my face smashed by a cow in November. We were preg checking and re tagging cows and I bent over to cut ones tag out and she threw her head up so fat that if I hadn't moved a second earlier she would have nailed my whole head. I couldn't believe how FAST they can swing their head up!

 

[speckledhen]

There is a few cows on the farm that if you walk up to them they can get hyper and start bucking and jumping with their heads to the ground. I just give them a kick in the nose or yell their name at them and they stop and r like "what did we do?". I don't don't carry a stick with me anymore. I noticed they get less nervous when I don't have it. If I'm gonna be scratching the bull I do bring one because as much of a puppy as he is he came after me once when he was in the corral. But I had an empty pail. But he was doing the whole bucking and jumping thing. So yeah.

Cyn I nearly had my face smashed by a cow in November. We were preg checking and re tagging cows and I bent over to cut ones tag out and she threw her head up so fat that if I hadn't moved a second earlier she would have nailed my whole head. I couldn't believe how FAST they can swing their head up!

Glad you didn't get smashed! Yeah, their heads are massive and hard as granite. I remember!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have been gored in the back, run over, and kicked repeatedly by cows. I would never scratch a bull, they are extremely dangerous animals, who terrorized me daily as a kid sent to get the cows. I don't miss cows, goats are bad enough, they will trample me for some corn.

 

[holm25]

I have been gored in the back, run over, and kicked repeatedly by cows. I would never scratch a bull, they are extremely dangerous animals, who terrorized me daily as a kid sent to get the cows. I don't miss cows, goats are bad enough, they will trample me for some corn.

I know what u mean. I am careful and I rarely ever pet him. Probably 1 time every few months. My passion is animals. As much as I love chickens I love the cows even more. And I sometimes do get scared of the cows when they get spunky. But if it's what I love I have to deal with it cuz any animals mind set can change.


Here is the bull that is covering cows now and his first calf crop should start being born in March. He is a SimAngus bull with a great temperament and has amazing EPDs. He weighed 14-1500 pounds in this picture at the age of 14 months.