Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Sounds like it is time to dry her up or go to milking once a day. I usually have kickers with my first fresheners. I put a ring in the floor and then I just clip a line to the ring and put a dog collar around the cows hock and clip to the line. Then every time she kicks she punishes herself. This stop the kicking quickly and at most she can not kick me. You can leave the dog collar on her all the time so you don't have to deal with the behavior every time she comes in. Chris This darling's not just going for the get your hands off me brush awaytype kick. She's trying to kill your knee caps. Might need somethingfaster than a rope and nobody here would be crazy about crawlingaround under her right now. We've looked for all the obvious, mastitis, sores on her bag or teats,dryness, etc. Last two days we weren't able to get the inflations onher tonight. Not a big deal, yesterday she gave 1/2 a gallon...Belinda>> Hi, Belinda> > Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying > up, and that's why she's 'kicky'?> > If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs > together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees (tight, so > she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If > you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably still > try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch!> > Good luck!> > Cheryl> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 is her calf on her? Debbie Chikousky Manitoba, Canada gdchik@... " The person who wants something will find a way. The person who doesn't will find an excuse. " Re: Kicking cow > This darling's not just going for the get your hands off me brush away > type kick. She's trying to kill your knee caps. Might need something > faster than a rope and nobody here would be crazy about crawling > around under her right now. > > We've looked for all the obvious, mastitis, sores on her bag or teats, > dryness, etc. Last two days we weren't able to get the inflations on > her tonight. Not a big deal, yesterday she gave 1/2 a gallon... > > Belinda > > >> >> Hi, Belinda >> >> Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying >> up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? >> >> If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs >> together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees (tight, so >> she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If >> you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably still >> try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! >> >> Good luck! >> >> Cheryl >> > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > > Archive search: http://onibasu.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 If her tail is held above her tailbone - it bends her vertebrae (sp?) the wrong way preventing her from lifting her feet.Otherwise we have cattle locks - metal forms that lock in above the utter and over the back. Nothing is sure proof. The cow can still throw themselves down or off balance... good luck. Try not to have anything to distract her - no calves or anything else (food) to distract her from you milking her.labelleacres wrote: Nope. We've tried that in the past, keeping the calf on while we milkthe mom. The cow's always ended up giving us a hard time coming in soI grab the suckers right after they get a taste and we bottle feed them.Belle was up at the gate this morning making noise like she wanted in.Let her in and she stood for a bit but the last inflation was on, shekicked it off and went for me. Got to say, I'm getting faster, she'smissing more often lately. :-)Belinda about to give up on cow's milk> >>> >> Hi, Belinda> >> > >> Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying > >> up, and that's why she's 'kicky'?> >> > >> If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs > >> together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees(tight, so > >> she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If > >> you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probablystill > >> try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch!> >> > >> Good luck!> >> > >> Cheryl> >>> > > > > > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!> > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/> > > > Archive search: http://onibasu.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 The only one we have acted like that, uncharacteristicly bitchy,ended up having staph aureous when we had the milk cultured at the vet lab. Never had any symptoms of mastitis other than kicking. Debbie Chikousky Manitoba, Canada gdchik@... " The person who wants something will find a way. The person who doesn't will find an excuse. " Re: Kicking cow > Nope. We've tried that in the past, keeping the calf on while we milk > the mom. The cow's always ended up giving us a hard time coming in so > I grab the suckers right after they get a taste and we bottle feed them. > > Belle was up at the gate this morning making noise like she wanted in. > Let her in and she stood for a bit but the last inflation was on, she > kicked it off and went for me. Got to say, I'm getting faster, she's > missing more often lately. :-) > > Belinda about to give up on cow's milk > > >> >> >> >> Hi, Belinda >> >> >> >> Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying >> >> up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? >> >> >> >> If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs >> >> together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees > (tight, so >> >> she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If >> >> you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably > still >> >> try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! >> >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> >> >> Cheryl >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! >> > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ >> > >> > Archive search: http://onibasu.com >> > >> > >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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