Hi,
we have 2 cows, x Dexter's, mum and daughter, mum was our first cow born on our holding and although not halter trained eats from a bucket and likes a scratch or 2, now her daughter who turned up out of the blue (no idea of the dad) just when we had organised a visit to the bull! is another matter.......she has been downright unfriendly since birth, we have just managed to get her into a shed for the first time since they were turned out after her birth. and am wondering whether we should 1. sell her 2. send to the abattoir.... 41mths on the 1st Aug, but not got a lot of freezer room at the moment or 3. anybody got a surefire way of taming her. I'm inclined to think that dad may be a limousine from her flighty behaviour, and her fairly nicely rounded bum!
any ideas hints etc welcome, they are both inside and we are giving them some beet to see if she will get the hint, but is still very stand offish.
Mandy