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<blockquote data-quote="egbert" data-source="post: 6633177" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>just as well!</p><p></p><p></p><p>We're permitted to go in amongst calved Galloways and tag offspring here, with ne'er a hairy moment. </p><p>I often tag calves alone with them. (HSE not reading thread are they?)</p><p></p><p>90% of it is in the handling...albeit that some of that needs be working with the dam of the heifer calf.</p><p></p><p>I watched a group of mad post FMD replacements slowly calm down, and while their first calves were simply unhandleable, later crops became perfectly civilised. </p><p>It was certainly in their genes, as the family still throw up the occasional beserker, but they're now no worse than anything else.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, I bought a bull calf from a pal, whose mother was a killer (the cow, not the pal). He and a peer group that came with him were like wild animals.</p><p>He is now a dopey mature bull you can walk up to in the field and scratch. his calves are not showing any worrying traits. </p><p></p><p>Talk to them all the while, go in among them, don't be afraid of them- or at least be careful not to show it!</p><p>If you must use quad bikes/straw choppers/feed wagons, go back on foot and talk to them after.</p><p>If individuals don't respond the right way...kill them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="egbert, post: 6633177, member: 9965"] just as well! We're permitted to go in amongst calved Galloways and tag offspring here, with ne'er a hairy moment. I often tag calves alone with them. (HSE not reading thread are they?) 90% of it is in the handling...albeit that some of that needs be working with the dam of the heifer calf. I watched a group of mad post FMD replacements slowly calm down, and while their first calves were simply unhandleable, later crops became perfectly civilised. It was certainly in their genes, as the family still throw up the occasional beserker, but they're now no worse than anything else. Likewise, I bought a bull calf from a pal, whose mother was a killer (the cow, not the pal). He and a peer group that came with him were like wild animals. He is now a dopey mature bull you can walk up to in the field and scratch. his calves are not showing any worrying traits. Talk to them all the while, go in among them, don't be afraid of them- or at least be careful not to show it! If you must use quad bikes/straw choppers/feed wagons, go back on foot and talk to them after. If individuals don't respond the right way...kill them. [/QUOTE]
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