My biggest steer is a sweet heart, and unlike my smaller one, he wont kick or anything. But when you go to take the other one off the trailer or go to walk him, He goes nuts! I have so many rope burns on my hands from trying to hold him back. He is a great calf, calm and all but I want to have control over him. Any suggestions?
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We had that problem with my son's steer. He was with a couple of fairly wild heifers, and we had to tie him up for about 30 minutes before we could work with him at all. Two weeks ago, we separated them. He is like a completely different animal, easy to work with. There are horses next to him, and he sometimes plays with them, running back and forth and such, but it doesn't affect his attitude at all. I was worried that he wouldn't eat well by himself, and for the first two days he didn't, but now he eats about 23 lbs. per day.
Good luck with your steer.
Good luck with your steer.
You need to separate them now, we have had the same problem. If you do not separate them now it only get more difficult later.
We had a heifer and a steer together for a while last year, we hauled them up to the ranch we purchased the steer from, to get the heifer bred. We took the steer with us since we had 2 shows in a period of three weeks and it was easier to leave him there, then haul him 700 miles twice in 3 weeks. They put the heifer with the rest of the heifers to get synced. The steer and heifer bawled for 3 days back and forth like a cow and calf during weaning, both were with other cattle. We left the heifer up there until the county fair just to aviod problems in the future.
We had a heifer and a steer together for a while last year, we hauled them up to the ranch we purchased the steer from, to get the heifer bred. We took the steer with us since we had 2 shows in a period of three weeks and it was easier to leave him there, then haul him 700 miles twice in 3 weeks. They put the heifer with the rest of the heifers to get synced. The steer and heifer bawled for 3 days back and forth like a cow and calf during weaning, both were with other cattle. We left the heifer up there until the county fair just to aviod problems in the future.
