Attention Livestock Owner's

[Unclebuck257]

Re: Attention Livestock Owner\'s

We have Longhorn heiffers and a Charlois bull. Although all our cattle, heiffers and bull are extremely tame, because of those horns on the heiffers and just the overall size of our bull, you always have to be careful around them and watch your back.

About two months ago, I went into the barn to get a bag of cow cubes. I came out of the barn and started walking down to the area where I spread out the cubes for the cattle, of course, carrying the 50lb bag of cubes. One of our young heiffers was behind me, and I'm sure she meant to just nudge me down there a little quicker, but when she lowered her head to "nudge me" from behind, one of her horns got between my legs. When she lifted up..SHE DEFINITELY HAD MY FULL ATTENTION!!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

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Jim, many years ago when our youngest daughter was about 5 years old, we visited the YO Ranch for a barbecue and party one day. The game manager took a bunch of us in an old short schoolbus riding around the ranch and he pulled up right into the middle of a big herd of longhorns while telling us that we'd seen that herd chased around the ranch in a number of movies. Then he stopped and opened the door and asked if anyone wanted to get out and pet them. Most people on the bus were afraid to get out, but our youngest daughter wanted to. The guy told us they were all gentle, but to just watch their heads because they could turn to look at you and accidentally knock you down. So after I got out with our daughter and let her pet a couple, the other people got off the bus, too.

 

[meadowlarkponds]

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I've had cows all my life and the only times I've had a problem were when a cow was protecting her calf or when they are penned up to be sold. Never under estimate the defense mechanism of a protectant mother cow. They will do things one would never expect and when you least expect it.

 

[Unclebuck257]

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Bird,

I sure know what he means by them just turning their heads and honestly, just accidentially, hitting you with one of their horns. I'm always VERY careful when I'm around them, especially in amoungst them, for that very reason. I've definitely improved my dance steps at times ducking and dodging those horns! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Our Charlias bull is just a "gentle giant" but due to his sheer size, if he goes to "nudge" me with that huge head of his, he can get my attention real quickly too.

I've got a couple older heiffers who will eat cubes out of my hand, but even then I have to be real careful because of those horns. They go to rub my arm, to say thank you, but those horns go to moving with their heads too! I've learned to move a certain way to avoid them for sure!

 

[WhyNot]

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What are these cubes that you guy's are talking about? salt?

 

[hudr]

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Cubes (or cow cookies to my 6 eyar old) are a feed supplement. We use them in the winter time to stretch our hay. They are usually used for the protien content. Also, they make pretty good "bait" to get the cows in the lot to be worked or sold.

 

[Bird]

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Range cubes are not actually even cubes, or at least not any that I've seen. They're extruded little cylindrical "cubes" about the size of a man's thumb (or about the size of a BIG pecan); a protein and energy feed supplement (also sometimes used as fish feed) and although I've never tasted one, they must taste pretty good 'cause every cow I've ever been around loved them. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bird]

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Range cubes are not actually even cubes, or at least not any that I've seen. They're extruded little cylindrical "cubes" about the size of a man's thumb (or about the size of a BIG pecan); a protein and energy feed supplement (also sometimes used as fish feed) and although I've never tasted one, they must taste pretty good 'cause every cow I've ever been around loved them. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[swiftboot]

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They aint bad tastin', kinda like dog biscuits, I feed them every winter, kinda handy so you can dump them on the ground/grass without having to use feed trough. AS far the taste goes, kinda like when the game warden arrested ole john for killin and eatin' a fla panther, asked what it tasted like, ole john said "it tastes alot like manatee". /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif chuck

 

[Unclebuck257]

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Bird,

And they'll make your dog fart a bunch too!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Two of our dogs, a Catahoola and Border Collie go out with me everyday to feed. That 2 year old Catahoola will grab a few cubes up off the ground every other day or so, from in front of some of the cows. You can just bet she'll be a tootin' that night too!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif