redtailgal
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At those ages, you are not likely to get any of them to stop.greenbean said:Unfortunately I don't have a trailer, but I know someone wanting to buy him who would be taking to him straight to the slaughterhouse so I'm going to go ahead and sell him. The family has already told me that I'm not selling him until next spring, but I'm tired of putting up with his behavior and it is only getting worse.
How am I going to get the other 3 to stop? The second steer is 10 months, the 3rd is 9 months, and the heifer is 6-7 months.
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The next time you raise out cattle, be VERY strict with them from day 1. NO contact on your body with any part of their head, period, under any circumstances. If they break the rules, slap the P-mortal snot out of their nose, no matter how "cute" it may be. The simple rule is that if a wee tiny little calf does anything the may possibly somehow might be a little bit scary or uncomfortable when they weigh 900 pounds, they get corrected.
The last steer I raised out was a ginormous Holstein we named "Beauford". He was a pushy bugger, and wouldnt lead for anyone but me. When FIL was trying to load him in the trailor for that ride to the slaughter house, FIL was knocked down and could have been seriously injured. Beauford thought NOTHING of swinging his head and sendning FIL flying. I walked right up to him and trailored him without incident......because while FIL put up with that junk, Beauford knew I would go off upside his head with my woppin' it stick., the same woppin' it stick that I carry EVERYTIME I have to be in close contact with the cattle. Most of them know the stick and know to move away from the stick before it wops 'em.
If you are gonna actually handle your livestock, you have to show them that you are bigger and tougher than they are when you really are bigger and tougher. THEN you have to STAY bigger and tougher than them, at least in their mind. This doesnt mean to beat them. Just get your point across in an unquestionable fashion. The more crap you put up with from them, the more crap they will give you.