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orkney danny

  • Joined Oct 2016
Confident cows
« on: December 07, 2016, 12:17:30 pm »
We have had our two Shetland girls for about a month now and have until this week have been quite shy, this week however when I have gone in to feed them they start jumping around and get quite rough with their heads, is this natural behaviour or are they going mad as this is their first time being kept indoors?
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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • West Yorks
Re: Confident cows
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2016, 02:20:03 pm »
Coming in season?
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Confident cows
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2016, 04:39:08 pm »
Mine get very excited at the sight of a feed bucket  ;D
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Confident cows
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2016, 07:27:37 pm »
Do you mean they are head butting you?  If so, you want to discourage that right now, especially as Shetlands are horned.
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Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Confident cows
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2016, 07:30:50 pm »
Quote from: SallyintNorth on December 07, 2016, 07:27:37 pm
Do you mean they are head butting you?  If so, you want to discourage that right now, especially as Shetlands are horned.

That would merit a sharp dunt on the nose here.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Confident cows
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2016, 05:39:16 pm »
Quote from: Rosemary on December 07, 2016, 07:30:50 pm
Quote from: SallyintNorth on December 07, 2016, 07:27:37 pm
Do you mean they are head butting you?  If so, you want to discourage that right now, especially as Shetlands are horned.

That would merit a sharp dunt on the nose here.

Exactly so. 
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Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing
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