First Year Heifer

We have a group of cows mixed with about 20 mamma cows and 6 first year heifers. One of the heifers has separated herself from the herd over the last few weeks. This goes against natural instinct. I did see our bull following her around a couple of weeks back, but did not witness anything happening. Could this have triggered her to "hide" ?

Have any of you experienced this ? Did they grow out of it?

I know it's a pain when moving the cows to different fields for grazing.

thanks
Cursing Cow Farmer

I had one like that. She grew out of it and became a fine cow. On the other hand, I had a cow that had her 4th calf earlier this week and she just went batmess crazy. She was always social and let me walk right up to her and her calves once they were born but now runs to the other end of the pasture and stays away from the herd. I don't understand it.

You sure she isn’t bred? She may be about to calve.

Had to pull a calf this morning. Big ol bull. It was her first and having trouble. Hope she takes to it.

my first thought

No she's not about to calve. She about 14 months old and only been with our bull about 60 days. If she was older I would think the same,acts just like a cow ready to calve.

Maybe she'll grow out of it.

thanks guys

We separate ours about 3 times a year and keep em in a designated pasture for 6 months..