Sunday, August 2, 2009

Cow's personality and job?

A cow is a dilligent worker but is a cow's job to eat grass only? What are their personalities?
Answers:
All our cows do is eat grass. Sometimes we'll get a really playful heifer. We actually have a 4 year old cow named Britt that's just a joy to be around. It's pretty rare to get a cow that has anything but a blank look. Our best bull is such a manly man. If he has an audience of more than 3 people, he'll show off.
Depends on how they are raised. The cows that we have raised from babies are sweet and like pets. but some of what we purchase from the stock yards can be mean and aggressive sometimes. We spend lots of time around our cows, so they are used to human contact. We also sweet feed and mineral feed our cows and that makes a big difference. When they realise that you are the one who takes care of them, they respect you and will come when you whistle for them. They are loving creatures when you treat them the way they should be treated. I have plenty of cows who love nose rubs.. One bull even, he has a nose ring so he is calm and is also in many bull shows.
Livestock isnt used the same way as what it was before machines made it easier. Cows are stubborn natured and I couldnt find a job they would be willing to do exept breed.
Check this one out with dairy hands or range hands. Cows do have different personalities. There are always leaders in the herd, and there are followers. Then there is the one who wants to go her own way, regardless of where everyone else is going. Some cows are friendly, others are belligerant, still others are downright spooky. In fact, they are much like people. No two quite the same.
A cow's job is to eat grass, produce milk, produce beef by gaining weight, and to produce calves. She also produces tons of manure, which fertilizes the fields and grows more grass, and vast quantities of methane gas, which would run an incredible number of cars if someone could figure out a way to harness it.
The cows job is to produce calves mainly some are for milking, And some are for meat production. their personalities vary from being pets to being very dangerous.
Cows are like people in that they all have different personalities. We have some cows you can feed out of your hand and others that won't at all. We had an orphan calf once that we raised on a bucket. Wilbur was more like a dog than a calf. When he was old enough I taught him to eat grain by mixing it with his milk and feeding him with a spoon. When he got older, he loved to play with me on our daughter's swing set. I would sit on the swing and he would put his head down and butt me to push me away from him, then he would run backward when I came back toward him. He also loved our vegetable garden. Many times I saw him out there eating the tomatoes off the vine, red foam coming out of his mouth. His favorite was cucumbers, but he couldn't get a bite of them because cattle only have one set of teeth in the front. In order to get him out of the garden, I would have to pick a cucumber and slice it and lead him out one bite at a time. I would guess that the more time you spend with cattle, the more personalty they have. Otherwise, if left alone, they pretty much just do their own thing and ignore you unless you came to feed them.

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