On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:02:28 GMT, [email hidden] (Richard Webb)
wrote:
... >
... >>Probably, if that includes farm workers. They tend to be wary of cows,
... >>but think nothing of trying to persuade panicky sheep to take an
... >>unwanted bath. There are also a lot more sheep out there, at least round
... >>here.
... >
... >Best not to act too wary in front of your own stock. They must know
... >their place. Thats how it works - You da boss! (still dont trust them
... >though)
... >
... >I would have thought when followed by that pack of curious 18month
... >olds, wandering when you are going to offload that bale on your back,
... >the worst thing to do is run.
... >
... >Game on and if you trip, their brakes are good, but possibly not good
... >enough.
... >
... >Keep turning round with plenty of eye contact. This is a place where
... >a pole becomes very handy.
... >
... >
... >
... >Richard Webb
There is a difference between animals just being boistrous and ones
with bad intent.
Joe Public will find it hard to separate the two and get the wrong
impression, but wisely not wait to find out and remove themselves from
a situtation.
I have milked herds of up to 300 cows and only once been attacked.
This was because we separated her from the herd one morning to get her
in calf. She leapt over fences and was awol for 12 hrs and charged
anyone within 100m when eventually found holed up in a windbreak of
trees.
The technique for her capture was for me to stand at the rear of the
landrover and when she charged I would leap into the back of the
vehicle be driven at high speed until she stopped. An hour of this got
her back to her bovine mates in the yard where she happily came in for
milking that night.
So the boss says we could now serve her to get her in calf. What !!
Who the hell was going to put her in a calving pen in 9 months time?
I don't think so :-)
Pies.
So as Richard says ..... good eye contact will keep everyone on their
toes. If you stand long enough they will lick you to death :-)
If you have a dog best to let it off the leash if things get a bit too
close and you are losing control of the situtation. They are very
inquisitive of dogs they do not know especially if you have a vocal
dog.
The boss says we will try and
Mike P
