Posted by donjr on February 27, 2012 at 09:57:36 from (71.248.68.169):
In Reply to: a stubborn heifer posted by LorenMN on February 27, 2012 at 09:24:46:
Not knowing exactly what you've got for facilities, but assuming some of it's board fencing or something tougher than HT, I'd just leave her alone and start feeding the rest inside the boarded area. Don't push her, or try try chase her for a few weeks. Just ignore her. Try to notice when she starts moving into your corral area with the rest, however. After she gets comfortable again, lay a trap gate with a rope to it and a blind to hide someone at the other end to latch the gate after she enters the pen area. The blind can be as simple as afew bales of hay at a strategic location near the latching mechanism, but something to conceal a warm body from sight. Without spooking her, feed the rest of the herd, and wait until she moves in, then use the rope to shut the gate from the blind.
My next suggestion would be to load her on a trailer immediately and send her to the auction, or the butcher shop. But get rid of her. She'll never completely change, and will always be a pain to handle and dangerous to be around. We had one that way a few years ago, and she went over and broke several gates and fences trying to corral her in decent facilities. I thought she was part deer. I finally got her in with several others headed to the auction, and she was the first to run down the chute and jumped in to the trailer. By the time she realized where she was, it was too late- the others were also following her and entering the trailer. She later tried to climb out of the auction ring, and kicked the trailer sides all the way to the auction. All I can say, is GOOD LUCK!!!!
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