text: If that's the only time she takes off running, she's a a little high headed, not nuts. The nut case takes off running when she sees you coming even if she's out in the middle of the pasture. We have one heifer that used to behave like yours, now she's still edgy, but works right along with the other cows. It seems like the little calves are more inclined to follow her lead. Once they're a couple of months old and the fight or flight instinct becomes dulled they start ignorning her. But the calves at that age are looking for a reason to run and play so they may just think she's a very big calf playing. Or maybe that's just my rationalization for keeping her. When she calved a week early and dropped a tiny little heifer calf she would stand right there and let us mess with the calf cause it was having a hard time standing up.
  i brought a hereford home from the sell about 2 years ago she was in her 2nd tremester and she behaved alot like yours shed run at you and stop just a few feet away well she jumped the fence and ran with the neighbors cattle for a few months had her calf and and we brought her back the cow was crazy but she has a buetiful calf ( weve had 2 out of her) well today she works with the other cows. shes usually the first to the corral at feedin time and never charges or any thing now. And has had no effect on my heard in fact there docile behavior has rubbed off on her and her calves are docile to well thats my 2 cents worth.
  This will be the first cow I will have to take to a sale....If I decide thats the right thing to do. I'm afraid that after she has a calf she could be worse than she is with the other cows calf. Yesterday, she came up to the gate when she saw me. She was looking for grain. She came up, stood in front of me...blew through her nose and shook her head. I gave her some grain and tried to touch her head. She shook her head when I touched her and backed up a bit. When I first got her she would paw the ground like a bull ready to fight when I did that. Still I was close enough to the gate to get out if I thought I had too. I hate to part with her but I don't want to be injured either. I realize the whole situation bothers me more than it does her. Still, its really too bad. I guess this is where many would say, "Suck it up"....cut your losses and just get on.
  I don't think it is a good idea to feed her the grain when she is snorting and throwing her head at you. You are just reinforcing that attitude. That is just my opinion for what it is worth.
  Doesn't sound like you trust her enough to let her fool with your head, but she is supposed to like it when you want to touch her's? We have some cattle that will let you do this but its not a criteria for staying in the herd. We cull heavily on disposition. All periscope cows and others like them go as soon as we get them penned. There could still be a place for her in a profitable cattle operation. We don't expect our dogs to have a calf every year. Why expect our cattle to like being petted like a dog?
  well not all cituations work out like mine some times you gotta cut your losses and move on .call her bluff. if shes crazy she may never change but dont give her feed when she does that because your sendin her the signal that its a good thing. id keep her in a pen breeder let her calve and send her down the road if she doesnt get any better.
  Why would you want to put her in a pen, breed her, let her calve and then send her down the road. While she is in the pen she could eat you out of house and home, plus take a chance of you being seriously injured or killed while waiting to sell her.:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: