It can be certain people that pee them off. If I go in or any of us regulars not really a problem, but if our night lamber guy goes in for a look several go to kill him, and they really mean it!!! He wears a bright woolly hat and stinks of fags but apart from that pretty normal. I've witnessed it, and can't believe they are the same cows!!
this is true, but you get fed up having to push them aboutWe've got blue x cows here. Never had a nasty one yet. More likely to knock you over in the rush for a scratch.
I agreeI'm not convinced by minerals. I think few wild ones and you getting nervous. Cows will learn from each other.
The trick is to watch you don't get killed finding out when to be bold or notI agree
lose you confidence with cattle and you have had it, be bold make sure they know who is in charge or get out and stay out
I had one a couple of months ago, nice old 12 year old cow, never been aggressive in its life, had its calf and I was watching them in the calving pen when all of a sudden the cow gets all flighty and rushes the gate, i'm thinking wtf, then a few seconds later my nephew and girlfriend walk round the corner to say hello, old cow had heard them coming
got another cow that goes mental and tries to climb a solid 10 foot wall everytime it sees a vet. quite impressed at how it can tell who a vet is compared to anyone else
I got smashed by a cow last year whilst helping a neighbour, and it's definitely made me more nervous, even with my own, which I used to trust and be comfortable with.
I had a new workman a couple of years ago, and my other workman insists the cows aren't as quiet as they used to be. I think this could be because the 'new' workman constantly talks to them and won't keep quiet. I always try to tell him that contented cows are quiet, so why insist on constantly talking to them.
I got smashed by a cow last year whilst helping a neighbour, and it's definitely made me more nervous, even with my own, which I used to trust and be comfortable with.
I had a new workman a couple of years ago, and my other workman insists the cows aren't as quiet as they used to be. I think this could be because the 'new' workman constantly talks to them and won't keep quiet. I always try to tell him that contented cows are quiet, so why insist on constantly talking to them.
A neighbour of mine who has very quiet cows says a stick is as usless as a whisp of hay, take a graip in with fresh calved cows & hope you never need to use it.take steel water pipe as a stick with you gives you confidence and can certainly show who is boss should that problem occur
Sorry, I perhaps worded it wrong. It was more to do with consistent loud chatter than quietly talking to them as you go by.I wouldn't say that talking makes them nervous, unless he's very loud or high pitched , if you're talking they always know where you are.
I've found that if an animal won't go through a gate etc. that talking to it in a low calm manor allows it to look at what it's doing, rather that having to look to see where you are at.
It's more likely to be body language that is upsetting them, cattle are more sensitive to body language and smells than sounds.
I very rarely talk to my cows, their language is body language, words mean nothing to them.
A neighbour of mine who has very quiet cows says a stick is as usless as a whisp of hay, take a graip in with fresh calved cows & hope you never need to use it.