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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 11:16:30 AM
i am so glad we are planning on buthering TDH our angus heifer! she has always had an evil look in heer eye but now its coming out o the rest ofherr! a little background. we got her in august 2007 at about 6 months old. she was extremely thin as was her friend sir loin whom we also got. we have gien them both a good home, lots of attention including talking to them alot as well as snuggling,petting and brushing. about a month ago she started pawing the ground and putting her head down and shaking it at my hubby. about 2 weeks ago she started tryign to run down my son when he feeds. friday she really got dangerous. we are feeding the 3 cows in the pasture seperately becasue of wanting to feed corn to tdh (no way we can afford to feed them all corn and i want corn fed beef!) we have a small catch pn in the pasture which is where we pu her food usually she is in the pen waiting when we go out there. well hubby put her feed in the pan as usual and waited for her to go back in to eat (she had left it as soon as he walked out there). we had to keep the other 2 out and they werent real happy about it. finally after about 30 minues we decided to give them their feed and just keep shooing her away from them. she finally went in the pen and ate. after the other 2 had finished their grain he was headed across the pasture to the fence. he was almost there, and in the only place where there are no trees, when she charged him! she had watched him, with that evil look of hers as he walked. i yelled and he dove thru the 3 strand barbed wire and 2 strand hot wire fence (we have to keep moose out as well as cows in lol). thank god it was cold out and he had his heavy jacket on or he would have been shredded! we dont understand what has gotten into her. has anyone ever had a heifer change like this?? we now carry our 44 pistols and never go out there alone! peace connie in alaska |
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 9:49:52 PM
so far she isnt in the freezer but i will keep you posted. peace connie in alaska |
| Alee |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 8:32:47 PM
I keep watching the updates on this post to see if she got butchered yet! EEEKS Cows can be so dangerous.
Alee
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 2:56:38 PM
tracy she is definately not in heat, she is easy to tell! we got her from someone who had her for a couple months so i have clue where she even came from.
hubby and our friend are going to try to shore up the catch pen to hold her and attempt to get her locked in it. not grazing isnt a problem because they have no real pasture. when we put them out there it was trees, moss and labrador tea, not it is fewer trees (they like to eat them and knock them over using as scratching posts lol) and no moss. we have to feed them lots and lots of hay! if they cant get her locked in it or she gets too dangerous to try she will probably be butchered this week. we just wanted to wait until she had more corn and we had a cool place to hang her without the flies! peace connie in alaska
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| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 09:23:20 AM
I agree with Kris-- the heifer could be in heat, especially at that age. But, I would NEVER breed a beast like that! Personality traits will pass on to offspring just as well as physcial characteristics. (I'm a sheep/goat breeder, and I've seen this first hand more times than I can count!) When you've got nearly 1,000lbs of ANGRY beef roaming your pastures, that's NOT a GOOD thing!!! Did you ever see her parents? That could explain her personality.
She may have also reaceived TOO Much attention from you guys-- we went through a similar situation with a holstien steer my son and I raised (my son was 7 at the time and it was HIS steer). The steer had no fear of humans at all and got a little dangerous (he had HORNS too!)-- though he never had the rotten attitude YOUR critter has!
If possible, you should KEEP her in the catch pen and just finish her out in there. (We had to lock ours up too in a VERY sturdy pen) I Know she'll be deprived of some grazing time, but you could butcher her a little sooner than you planned. It's better to do THAT than have someone land in the hospital. Stay safe!! Hugs ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 01:02:19 AM
thanks much monica. i guess i am truly addicted to this group since even tho it hurts like heck i cant stay away from the puter and in bed like i am supposed to! lol peace connie in alaska |
| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Sep 22 2008 : 4:24:23 PM
Connie, I hope you recover quickly!!!!!
Monica
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 22 2008 : 4:17:07 PM
hi grace, are you feeling better? i worry about my son goign out there to feed alone. i wont be going out to the cows for a bit or grouse hunting, berry picking etc for a while. i had surgerry thismorning to repair a hernia at thee end of an old incision. it had started bothering me. i probably wont keep up with poting either as sitting is somethign that i do a tiny bit at a time right now! peace connie in alaska |
| grace gerber |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 10:27:27 PM
Connie
Be careful - I know how quickly an animal can turn - I once had to pull a three hundred pound llama off a lady during a show - she took her eye off this male (had been acting strange thru the whole show)and he snapped. Llamas will raise up on the hind leggs and knock you to the ground and trample you. If they have their fighting teeth in they can rip open you skin. After this llama bashed her into the metal gate he went up on his hind legs again - it was at that point I managed to knock him off his feet and then grab his ear twisting his head into the ground. She was taken to the hospital, couple of broken bones but less damage then I thought. I came away with only some black and blue's and a messed up hair do - that is a big thing when you have to spend the whole day at a show (O.K. maybe not that big)- moral: Always carry a brush and hairspray to a show because you never know when you will have to save someone from a llama attach...
Be safe and just think how good that one is going to taste.
Grace Gerber
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 9:22:01 PM
not in heat kris. she is always very easy to tell when she is. she has always had an evil streak. that is why we decided to butcher her instead of breed her long timme ago lo. she is getting scary! unless you are seeing an "evil look" form our hiefer then she is prob ok. peace connie in alaska |
| Kris Sherrill |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 6:35:32 PM
Eewww.... Ya'll are scaring me now. My heifer is just 3 months old and bull is 3 weeks younger. He'll be steered soon and butchered later. But I had planned on keeping the heifer. I weighed her the other day at 260 lbs. already. I want to keep her and breed her when she's old enuf.
Could yours be in heat? She's 1 1/2 right? Maybe she should be bred soon.
But be careful, ya'll, they can be dangerous, for sure.
Kris |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 4:11:51 PM
How scary!! I had a ram go mean one time..but never a female critter!!
Jenny in Utah
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| windypines |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 2:28:45 PM
wow close call. Never had any go "bad" like that. Butchering sounds like a good idea for her. Certainly would never keep an animal like that for breeding.
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 1:30:45 PM
we are hopign to butcher in mid october sos that she can get the corn that longm if she attacks again liek that tho it will be much sooner!! had either of us had our pistols with us (like we USUALLY do) she would be burger now!!! peace connie in alaska |
| Alee |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 1:27:49 PM
Connie- When is she getting turned into hamburger? Sounds like maybe tomorrow is a good day?
Alee
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 1:22:39 PM
lordie i hope not! it better be sweet and tender for what it has cost s to feed her right! lol peace connie in alaska |
| tangledthreads |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 1:18:42 PM
Animals can be dangerous, I have a friend who was mauled by a bull, she still carries the scares of that brutal attack. Glad your hubby is ok.
(Ps wonder if her meat will be mean and tough? lol)
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