Cows Defending Calf from Vultures (Buzzards)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- A mother cow defends her baby calf from a group of vultures. This video is being filmed on zoom from a neighboring property.
These are NOT my cows.
This is NOT my field.
I do not own guns.
I support responsible animal ownership.
Stop fighting, you guys look silly fighting about cows and birds on a farm.
Internet trolls are worse than the vultures in the video, at least the vultures are doing what they are born to do.
Relax, Mom. They don't want to attack your baby, they just want to help you and clean your back area.
Or haven't you noticed that the umbilical cord is still hanging?
live in southeastern indiana. we heard of these blackheaded buzzards.. of which have migrated into our area. they killed two calves in two days. one while it was being born.. the other was 10 days old. again eyes pecked out. very aggressive and persistent. attacking in large groups.
Endangered species my ass
They're not. IUCN lists them as Least Concern. Population increasing.
www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697624/93624950
@daniel I’d be out there picking those vultures off with a .22.
Sounds just like BLM. OH and theyre black too. Hmmmm.
@@jwim3969 and you'd go to federal prison
Birds: Gib food
Cow: no
Sure took those cows long enough to come help. What a contrast with elephant herds that protect their babies as a group unendingly.
In the UK, these cows usually birth in cow sheds
and after a couple of days,then released into the
fields.This gives the cow time to recover her strength
and the calf time to settle into life.
Good method.
According to Wikipedia vultures with kill calves. It gets kind of graphic with how they do it, but I'm not sure if you want to hear that.
EmptyQue yeah I do
They peck out the eyes
The term "head up your ass" comes to mind.
@@larryteague871 no they don't. The vultures didn't do shit to the calf in this video. Now if the calf was stillborn.....
OK just an idea: if the calves are safe after they are a week old, why not keep the cows that are ready to give birth up in a paddock near the farmhouse. After birth, keep them in the barn for a week - then turn them out. I'm sure that is not possible for all farmers, but it might help save some. Other ideas: a dog? donkey? some other animal that would chase the birds and live peacefully with the cows?
The calf is sick. Vultures wouldn't bother a healthy calf. They're hanging out because they're waiting for it to die.
@@UmatsuObossa
I think in the video they state that this is a problem with all newborn calves at this farm. It seems the vultures have developed a taste for calf eyes. I know. Disgusting. But the cows are working together to protect the newborns, and after a week the calf is able to defend itself. But that first week is tough on everyone....
@@UmatsuObossa bullshit!
@@UmatsuObossa the calf is NOT sick.. its a newborn. the umbilical cord is still hanging.
@@UmatsuObossayou are wrong. They go after every calf as soon as it hits the ground.
Every fish and game officer needs to watch this
Thats what I wad thinking
You mean watch the vultures going after the afterbirth that is dripping out of the cow's back end?
@@CliffHawleyVermfly They'll go after the calf too, they pick at the umbilical cord until they rip the stomach open.
I love how the person taking the video doesn’t bother to help and bring the mother in the calf inside. Sad.
Brandywine Sustainable Farm shared this video elsewhere. I appreciate the post.
I was unconvinced until I watched this video. TAKE NOTE that this video shows us a reasonably healthy and protective mother, doing a fair job of caring for her fairly healthy calf, among an average herd. I watched this a few times and I really have to wonder about some of these factors:
1) If the mother had been, for any reason(s), unable to defend her calf...
2) If the calf itself had not been so resilient...
3) If the herd had not *finally* intervened...
4) If something had not spooked the vultures when it did...
5) If this scene had gone on for another hour or so with the calf being denied milk...
6) If the day had been much hotter than this one...
... would the calf have survived? I think not.
I think there are hundreds of thousands of potential losses that our Ranchers face every year and this is just one type.
RE: Placenta trauma deaths?
An exhausted cow *would* be vulnerable. I could see an exhausted cow being harassed/attacked by vultures. I now have no doubt that these scenarios do play out as described here (and elsewhere).
The vultures do serve by consuming carrion. I think regulation *is* proper but I don't believe that the vultures need such strict protection. I think the protections have made some vultures more confident and aggressive, so Farmers/Ranchers should be allowed to kill a few vultures to reduce their losses and adjust vulture behavior.
BULLSCHITT! Watch the video again. NOT ONCE did the vultures go after the calf they are homing in on the rear of the cow. If you look closely there is part of the placenta still hanging out of the cow and as soon as it falls to the ground the vultures converge on it and ignore the cow and calf completely. The problem with most people, to include stooooopid farmers/ranchers, is that they immediately assume one thing when (if they paid attention) something else is taking place. Farmers use this false scenario to justify forcing government to compensate them for their losses to other factors.
A mother cow has no problem at all protecting her calf from defenseless clumsy black vultures. A healthy calf can out walk a black vulture anyway by itself. This very video was made by the couple and sent to TV news by this couple who literally just wanted permission to kill vultures with his new deer rifle. The news came to their tiny hobby farm and there was not any dead calves nor any vultures and everything was fine. They were only there to consume the afterbirth placental tissue which could have attracted flies and a real predator. The video became a sickening firestorm of false rumors and misinformation. Ignorant gossip always causes extinction. It's only a matter of time.
This is all projection
@@Rattlerjake1 This is sooooooo correct. Especially the last sentence. Also, you bet your ass there are plenty of farmers that are drumming this up as a thing to try and get extra federal funding but for bullshit reasons.
I just had a new born calf killed by on of these black birds, it's beak drilled a hole through the top of its skull. I just found this video when I was researching bird attacks. It's shot gun season in the morning.
Sorry for your loss.
Vultures are a protected species, so even if it's to protect a calf, it's still a lot of trouble shoot one could get you into
Did they eat it after it killed it? Idk in your case but in this video it looks like they're after the placenta that the mom still hasn't fully birthed yet. Maybe they attack newborn calf because they are full of the same liquid the placenta is?
Yep you got my vote purchase more shells protected animal the ones that live can eat the dead carcasses of the ones that shot and after they're done eating them then shoot them
1) It’s illegal to shoot them unless you have a permit to, and even then, it’s highly preferred that you go for other methods of scaring the birds away, such as loud noises, hanging a fake dead vulture up, etc.. They’re VERY vital to the environment, and countries like India have suffered large rabies outbreaks and financial losses because of the rapid decline in their vulture species. So please keep in mind that they are protected for a reason, and fish and wildlife services can offer a handful of other solutions. 2) Unless you watched the birds actually kill the calf with your own eyes, and unless you have legitimate evidence that they were responsible (video footage), then I’d suggest considering the possibility of other predators being present, or maybe even the fact that the calf died of other causes. Vultures have sharp beaks, yes, but New World vultures’ beaks are significantly weaker than other raptors’, plus their feet are not equipped for hunting; they can tear through flesh, but skulls? I’m not super sure about their ability to actually drill into bone. I hope they’ve gotten better since you commented, but if they haven’t, contacting fish and wildlife services should help.
Sorry for your loss
This is not a laughing matter and I am not a bird hater. I raise black angus cattle and this morning I chased away 5 buzzards that were after a new born calf. On February 19, the birds pecked the eyes out of a new born calf. This situation is very costly to ranchers and something needs to be done to protect against these vultures.
Bring your cattle in when they are due to calve. Black Vultures are very intelligent birds and they love calf eyeballs. Super weird.
a well trained dog would help with that.
Yep I just lost a calf to on of these birds this morning.
Get LGD’s. Seems like the cost of keeping one would be a lot less expensive than losing your calves.
We have lost cows and calves due to vultures. If they don’t kill the calf right away, they will literally worry the cow to death. Our cows are bred in the field, and without paying to have each cow/heifer checked by the Vet each season, which is a large experience, we just watch our cows, when they start acting like they are hunting a spot away from the herd, we go get them and take them into the barn.. there are those that just lay down right there amidst the herd a calve, and I don’t know, until I either see her down or see her with a calf. I have shot many a buzzard, and will shoot many more I am sure.. I cannot stand them. We have a calf that’s about a month old now that’s been blinded. I suppose I should count my blessings that the afternoon it was born (we were all gone) it’s mother could not get him to follow her because he couldn’t see! We have a far more serious Coyote problem that Buzzards, and I cannot believe the Coyotes didn’t get him that night. We found him the next morning when we noticed she had calved, but had no calf with her...
Well finally at 5:00 the cow-valry arrives!
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Vultures have more in common with chickens than eagles, owls, hawks and buzzards!! LOL!!
As a group, they can get aggressive, but they aren't predators.
Wow. When all the cows came in to help ❤️
They are looking for placenta
Yes but this video was shown on news media to start the rumor that black vultures eat live cattle. Now people are shooting them. The ones in the video were shot.
If I were a bird,
I would not want one of those cows crapping on me.
Need to practice the three Ss in situations like this: Shoot, Shovel, Shut up.
Is the calf really in danger? Look at the size of it compared to the vultures. Vultures only eat dead animals don't they?
You are correct. But this video and these people complained to the news. After this video was shown over 14,000 permits to shoot black vultures have been issued. These vultures are all exterminated and they will probably be extinct soon as ignorance and rumors caused many past extinctions.
no ones gonna give props to the vultures who ACTUALLY WENT TO GET THERE OWN FOOD?!
They are after the cows placenta and cord.
These are Black Vultures which are known to attack young livestock, but only when there is a group; Turkey Vultures, on the other hand, are more timid and not known to attack live livestock. The small of the birthing process/placenta is what initially attracts them. Some states allow shooting them in defense of livestock, but a permit is required.
Good eye!
@ 3:50 the vultures call a new plan in the huddle. Then break the huddle like football
Lmfao
Damn.. why i read as "Crow protecting baby calf"..? Damn it.. 😂
if you look closely you will see the afterbirth is still hanging from the cow, that is what the birds are after not the calf.
I did watch and their attention was on the calf.
read other replies from people who actually live out here in farm land.
Black Vultures can be quite aggressive, and will kill calves. Turkey Buzzards, on the other hand will not. These are Blacks and were after the calf. Good job mama of fending them off.
Never mind the flies! They’ve got bigger pests to worry about..
imagine foreigners telling you that you cant solve this problem. a air rifle would quickly take care of this, and it would be fun
This people need a couple good guard dogs there.
No... They enjoy this show and make video instead 😋
The calf isn't in danger from the vultures. They want the afterbirth and umbilical cord, not the calf itself
I see their strategy now! See how the mother knocked over her calf? They are trying to intimidate them into an inadvertent accident by the mother trampling the calf!
This puts a damper on anyone who thinks the T-rex was the vulture of the dinosaur world, a slow, lumbering scavenger. I present to you "scavengers" actively trying to kill something. Nothing exists solely on scavenging, it's just not possible.
I don't think the vultures were after the calf but rather the afterbirth still attached the mama cow. If you look closely I think it's visible under her tail. This is a tasty treat for a vulture or any bird.
No they jump on the backs of the baby calves and pick your eyes out those vultures need to go one way or another preferably a bullet
They killed two here this spring and we saved one. You can get a permit in some states to kill them. Most I know say make them disappear with out a word...
Deeice www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/06/26/black-turkey-vultures-eating-cows-into-kentucky-farmers-profits/1505632001/
there not going to the calf they want the placenta that is hanging out of mom. not the calf...
Vultures do hunt and kill baby animals.
They want the placenta but the calf is next. They do kill baby calves.
@@carolottmers813 American black vultures are quite small. I doubt that they could kill a calf.
Good how the herd came to back her up when the birds were ganging up on her, I'm still trying to figure out why the birds were following her around so much?
Alice because those black vultures will follow the calf around, an then it will gouge it’s eyes an tounge out an eat the calf.
She's dripping a free meal. They're trying to get ahold of the afterbirth.
They need a shepherd dog to protect calves now from these black vultures
The vultures are after the placenta, not the calf
I really can’t wait for the extended version !!!
me too, though i hope it doesnt end as sadly as this one does, where the calf isn't torn to pieces.
@@whysoserious9644wtf
I wonder if these farmers that are having so much trouble with these tyrant vultures would benefit from a guardian dog protecting the herds. I bet so.
Vultures would just kill the dog.
This was the video that started the rumor they eat live animals. They don't. These vultures have already been shot.
That's the weirdest thing. That calf is alive and normal. What's with those vultures, and why are there so many of them?
I agree with you. Towards the end of the video you can really see the afterbirth still hanging from the cow's rear. That's what the vultures are really after.
Amazing super video. You are the Attenborough of cows and calves.
I never knew this problem existed
Thank God ,cows are always innocent, but they try their best
Wow, that is terrible. I heard about this but had no idea how serious it is.
David I am in Va. I have a migratory bird permit from the department of interior has nothing to do with my state. Might be worth looking into. We were having same issues as you at different locations during spring calving season we have reduced population and scared the rest to the point they have found somewhere else to go that they don't get lead throw at them. I have some contact information if you are interested
The migratory bird permit is a HIP permit for the migratory bird act. You have to have a "master depredation permit" only available from the USDA/USFWS. Any other type of permit is not legal.
She’s a young first time mom
yeah...they are after the afterbirth. though the smell of the newly born calf may be enticing as well
YES!.. Thank you sir Clayton, u are correct
Black vultures don’t have a good sense of smell, so I doubt it
Rita Fae Aulbach. Sounds German! Anyway, there is no such thing as a "baby calf". Calf, new born cow/bull, often referred to as "baby cow" by children. Next comes heifer, which is a young (virgin) cow, has not yet given birth. And then comes the cow. To call a calf a baby calf, is like saying a baby child, or a baby toddler.
The dark brown cow kicked the poor calf twice in the beginning of the video. What the heck!?
They were going for the afterbirth still attached to the mother I think.
This video started the false rumor that has led to not only the vultures in this video being exterminated but 14, 000 permits to be issued in this state. Extinction of black vultures is on them.
Cow is more vulnerable in the open. If she enters the thick jungle might be safe there.
Mama cow tells the birds go way n leave my baby alone n the rest of the herd comes n helps
Wow! the vultures will peck their eyes and slit their throats! Smart Cows!!
It starts with the after birth then to the calf
why didn't the person who was filming go help the cow?
He/She didn't need to.
They didn't want to get stomped by the mother!?
she said it's a neighbor's herd. You shouldn't approach a stressed cow that doesn't know you while she's in full on protective mode.
@@JerezIwiski its not his or hers cows
@@tuborgcarlsberg1184 that's what I was saying that you really shouldn't approach an animal that outweighs you drastically and does not know you while its stressed out
The birds should have been a bit agressive so that they could get this nice calf down and eat up
مكان رائع وهاديء أجواء ريفيه أجمل وأهدأ من المدينه شكرا يارب على هذه النعمه الفضيله
Maybe just maybe the person filming this would stop the terrorizing of a baby!
It's only being "terrorized" because the mother is fussing. The vultures want the placenta not the calf
What kind of vultures are they? Here in Florida we have the big and ugly Turkey Vultures
Deborah Tawadros Turkey Vultures are not aggressive. They only eat carrion. They can smell it for miles.
The cast look like Charlotte and they're very protective
those are some HUGE birds back there ! blackbirds? magpies? bothersome & mom not liking them much.... don't know where this is but they are the size of young turkeys! Lol.
Isn’t a baby calf kind of like a baby infant?
The birds were attracted to the smell of the afterbirth.
Yes you are right.
Saw these same vultures kill a newborn deer fawn. The doe was trying to fend them off. Sad scene.
Yeah I just want to know why this person just kept the camera rolling. They could have went out there and shot a few of them.
Human Race Please Take Notes We Got To Stick Together Like These Cows!!!!
in the first few seconds of the video I liked it because, of the cows and the baby 🐮🐮🐮🐮
What a game they are playing. Disturb the mother so she is never able to nurse her calf. Wait forthe inevitable. This farmer should get some dogs.
They got a permit and shot every vulture since this video was shown on the TV News. 14,000 shooting permits issued in their State alone.
Damn vultures
Dang, T-Bone got angry.
That's ridiculously, horrible!!! Poor cows having to put up with that 24/7!!!
Vultures sleep at night. This was the only time the afterbirth was there for them. This Vultures video was shown on the TV news and since then the black vultures are shot as they have been given a permit. The vultures were not harming anything just cleaning up and are not guilty.
what country is this?
Good video....................
I think a few German shepherds protecting the cows would do the trick. I'm surprised the farmers don't have them yet. I blame the farmers for not protecting there livestock
4:32 she knocks her baby over lol.
You think that is funny? You are very sick. Whether they are vultures or buzzards, mama knows they can kill her calf. Beware your karma.
where the hell is the owner of this cow. why doesn't he help
I got the memo...their not yours. 😃. I believe most farmers would have the calf ( which by the way looks very new ) and his mother kept separate from the other cows, bulls too, for some time until the calf has bonded and bigger and stronger. That cow working too hard to protect it.
Cows are such nobel,myjestic,BEAUTIFUL creautres :3
Didn't know that vultures attack live animals
3:15 Proof Black Vultures are going for the placenta / afterbirth and not the Calf (the calf is left alone and they walk right by it). Despite all the bad press and "eyewitness" reports of depredation of livestock, this video is proof that Black Vultures are not predatory animals. Calves might die by being trampled by their protective mother, but that's not the same as the birds directly attacking the calf. Some calves might not make it through birth for some reason and be found dead with vultures feeding on them, but that's what they do, they feed on dead animals or rotting flesh. Scavenging is what they are born to do, and is not evidence of depredation. Now if you have hard video evidence of depredation by Black Vultures, then please post it on TH-cam for all to see. Bottom line: If you don't want Black Vultures around during birthing season then bring the cows inside a barn to give birth, but don't ask your government for permits to kill them for doing what God made them to do: Scavenge.
I guess you don't have any cattle mike. It's calving season and one of my newborn calves had his eyes and tongue eaten by Black Vultures last week. That means $1000 lost...
@@scottmatzenbacher4382no cuz he’s in da house. I love these experts telling everyone that the vultures weren’t after the calf. Everyone who doesn’t own cows should STFUFFS.
The vultures are going after the placental remains, obviously just given birth
not necessarily. If you google it, you'll find increasing evidence / reports of black vultures going after live healthy lambs etc, usually start incapacitating them by plucking their eyes out and then take it from there.
So if there's no calves around and a small child was walking through the field you think they are not going to attack them seen it happen with a pack of stray dogs and coyotes that crossbred went up in the yard and took the kid right out from the backyard take them out while you can
I don’t believe the crow’s interest in the calf was protection. The mom was protecting the calf from the crows which can be pretty aggressive predators. When there are so many I’m guessing they grow more brazen. Besides who would the crows be protecting the calf from? The mother or,the other cows?
J WILTON what crows? Those are vultures. Where is it once implied that the birds were trying to protect the calf? Au contraire...🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
They are looking to get the after fetus hanging in the mother. now looking for calf
Put a few horses or Dobermans out there.. that will solve the bird issue
Thank you video I like it
Baby calf defended by adult cows when attacked by winged birds
Thanks for elaborating such secret
I hear purple martins
so do I
EARTH ANGEL😇. I think that the bull saw what was going on and went over to the other cows and told them to get back over there to help momma protect his newborn son, or else!!....🐮🐮🐮
Time for target practice. I hate vultures.
if they weren't around, there would be a lot more disease because the vultures eat the dead animals before they rot. they are not a problem in any way.
I'm pretty sure you'd rather have vultures disposing of carcases than maggot and flies...by far my favorite bird...ever since ive seen vultures standing on the pavement in 100 degree South Carolina heat like it was nothing...
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Hendo56 They are indeed predators of newborn livestock of any kind, but they are also protected by the Migratory Bird laws. Illegal to kill without special permits.
Vultures, both red headed and black headed, are protected species in USA law. They have been a very real problem here in Eastern Ohio. The safest thing is to bring the cow into the barn before calving but some calve early. The black headed are more aggressive at attacking live animals.
They will eat the eyes and when the animal can't get up will attack the body where the heart is. Somehow they know how to find the blood.
You cannot shoot them or poison them.
Should have put her and the baby up in the barn for a while. Simple solution.
+Debbie B Maybe they don't have a barn and no one needs to be getting close to that cow till she has calmed down.
they can't stay in the barn their whole life, the baby needs to learn from other cows how to deal with vultures
Debbie B s
Or you could shoot the vultures and solve two problems at once 🤷♂️
They are a protected bird sucks for farmers and Ranchers
automatic paint ball gun.
Bless them going to help that poor baby and her poor Mum! 😘❤️🐮❤️ I could never stand filming this! I’d have to do something!!!! 😡
A 22 with a fuel filter on the end.and a scope.
Having grown up on a cattle ranch, I've seen this several times...and without fail, either the calf is sickly at birth, or weak...or the cow is sickly. Vultures normally will NOT come to healthy animals. Now, a dead calf could have been in the treeline (herds normally birth out on the same week or so, due to breeding practices by the rancher)...and the cows were too close to the dead calf that might have been there, but that is unlikely...cows know what happens when they stay too close to dead animals...THIS HAPPENS!
The cow does NOT look healthy, to start with...and if you notice, the video BEGINS with another cow bullying and pushing the sickly cow around...quite-possibly to get her away from the rest of the herd BECAUSE of her drawing so many vultures towards her and her calf. Their 'return' at 5:00 is simply herd instinct...not some 'greater mind' at work...
You people write too much into all this...and yes, the vultures are BRUTAL in a flock...NO DOUBT...but they do not take down healthy animals, unless EASY opportunity arises...
Poor baby and mommy everyone is picking on them, be strong mommy. What’s with the Birds?
A neighbors old cow died next door. The vultures were eating it and saw this hobby farm has placenta strewn about from afterbirth. The hobby farmer sent the video to the TV news to get permission to shoot vultures. He shoots them now. This video went viral and now black vultures are getting falsely accused
Predatory vultures...a big problem in Southern Illinois
Wow so many of them
It weird how the protect the calfs like that but when they are facing the slaughter house they don't fight hard and deadly.
They try but they are injected with so much tranquilizers that they can barely move
+Alex Castro Oh yeah, good point. Makes sense ;)
well cows do not know what a slaughter house is,they do protect their calves on instinct thou.
Good job Momma!
I say let's put a bounty on them I'll throw in some money for it
I'd wager to bet the vultures are waiting for the mother to drop her after-birth, still hanging from the mother, not trying to attack the calf.
dang if ya'll were filming that why didn't you shoot at them buzzards-good thing the calf was up and moving cause they will peck their eyes out-they will kill a calf if they get it on the ground