Cows turning

[RWG Contracts]

Having a discussion on site today and I seem to think that I've heard somewhere cows prefer left hand turns to right, out of parlours ect, is this true of have I made it up?

 

[Beef farmer]

Having a discussion on site today and I seem to think that I've heard somewhere cows prefer left hand turns to right, out of parlours ect, is this true of have I made it up?

Your correct, temple did a talk once, it's to do with sense of direction is in left side of brain.

 

[manhill]

No.
They can tell which way you want them to turn then go the opposite!

 

[RWG Contracts]

@BAC

 

[RWG Contracts]

Your correct, temple did a talk once, it's to do with sense of direction is in left side of brain.

I thought it was to do with stomachs

 

[Splitpin]

Built my parlour wrong then, all right turns here

 

[Beef farmer]

All of temples bud boxes go left.

 

[The Agrarian]

If you are trying to turn a cow around in a small space, you may notice they more often than not turn to the left.

I was told at college the thought was they were protecting the unborn calf. So, for example, being chased by a predator and as a last resort turning to face down the threat will turn left so as to keep the right loin away from it.

I have a drafting pen at my robot exits where I often touch the right loin to check calf against service date. And the beggars will circle anticlockwise around the pen all day long as if to keep me off their right side. Mighty frustrating.

 

[William Mellor]

Having a discussion on site today and I seem to think that I've heard somewhere cows prefer left hand turns to right, out of parlours ect, is this true of have I made it up?

Your right my cows turn right when they leave the palour and right again back past the palour and most will turn right when they exit a cubical

 

[rc mx110]

Your correct, temple did a talk once, it's to do with sense of direction is in left side of brain.

Thats why mine so slow exiting then

 

[Blue.]

Built my parlour wrong then, all right turns here

Mine goes anti-clockwise,I've never noticed if it's good or bad.

 

[RWG Contracts]

Your right my cows turn right when they leave the palour and right again back past the palour and most will turn right when they exit a cubical

I thought they went left better though. So yours do everything right? Wonder if they get out of a cubicle right cause that's how your parlour is

 

[BAC]

Still no solid proof about it!

 

[RWG Contracts]

Still no solid proof about it!

Ask one tomorrow

 

[Beef farmer]

Still no solid proof about it!

Temple grandin, you need no more proof. She's basically a cows mind in a human body.

 

[Rossymons]

Still no solid proof about it!

Im sure I read a story about a farm over in the States. Big operation, they had a rotary parlour going anticlockwise. They werent happy with it - cows took longer to load, longer to get off, it was always a hassle. Built another rotary next door going clockwise and boom, everything clicked into place.

Come to think of it, I dont think i've seen a rotary going anti-clockwise

 

[BAC]

Temple grandin, you need no more proof. She's basically a cows mind in a human body.

I'll research it!

 

[Beef farmer]

I'll research it!

Have you never heard of her? She's an autistic American woman, who has a connection with cattle. All the big ranches around the world design there yards on what they are told from temple. No one will question her, as they will be wrong.
She designs slaughterhouses to keep animals calm before the end, markets to keep animals flowing through them. She's a bovine genius.

 

[RWG Contracts]

@Extreme Optimist sent me this link earlier

http://www.grandin.com/

Very interesting website

 

[Extreme Optimist]

@Extreme Optimist sent me this link earlier

http://www.grandin.com/

Very interesting website

Shame mine go the wrong way then!!! However, it does work better with the way my buildings are setup and I am not sure it would work the other way.