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Let’s see some livestock

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  1. mike bayerl

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    Heifer calved after I got home from work Thursday. We decided to move them into the barn based on the forecast, and sure enough, slop.
     
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    I'm glad you were able to get the heifer into shelter before the bad weather hit. :salute:
     
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    A picture of the heifers at the ranch I cut at. They are curious. They will rub up against the splitter. Pretty funny. 60E2A009-38F6-416C-B334-AF7DAAAED9B0.jpeg
     
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    I saw a cow that looked like it was going vomit it's insides up, front legs 1/2 up but head and neck going down every minute or so. 55 mph narrow highway, turned around next opportunity a few blocks up and came back to see incase I should let the guy know. By the time I got back a couple minutes later he was up and walking, (turns out it was a bull). Ah idiots like me, I guess he was just using the weight of his head and neck to counter balance hoist his giant body up :rofl: :lol::picard:


    No, I did not bother the guy :yes:
     
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    They can look quite distressed as they lunge back and forth as they try to get positioned to get up!
     
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    When you're a bull, and you learn not to respect fences, then you get to visit an establishment such as this... Farewell big fella, you did well. But deputies with blues flashing in my yard at 130 am because of you does not lead to greener pastures....
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    That’s for dang sure.
     
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    What did cowboys smear on cattle in 1890's before branding them? Disregard, sorry, it was a mix up from a shortened movie I was watching. They cut out the castration scene and only showed the guy wiping a knife on the hide.
     
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    Is this a feed lot? Slaughterhouse? I know that boars and roosters can taste gamey, do people eat bulls or are they turned into dog food?
     
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    That was the stockyard. He sold pretty good for a bull, .89 /lb. A bull or two there went even higher. Sometimes folks will take a chance at the stockyard and buy a bull for their herd (bredding) bull. We know one of the owners of the stockyard, we talked to him after the sale, and turns out he bought the bull for someone he deals with who wanted one. The buyer processes meat for some Jamaicans in Richmond (hour or so from here). Guy told us the buyer wanted a lean bull, and often they buy big boer goats (150 lbs +). Sounds like they like strong meat that most people wouldn't touch....
     
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    It's cold outside, bring your pets indoors. (not my horse I found the post on another site)

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    :rofl: :lol:

    I was going to post this in jest on another thread demonstrating the drifts in my back yard but didn't
    upload_2022-1-5_20-55-0.png ps, about an exchange we had the other night, I do no have horses or livestock. I believe a previous owner put the wood fence up as a snow fence for his horses. Hope you and yours are well:)
     
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    Wow!!! Bitter Cold is an understatement! Nothing to stop the blowing wind but a barb wire fence!
     
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    This is John, my neighbor's Holstein ox / pasture puppy. He is taller than a horse and weight about 2,300lbs. That's a standard 5"x 4.5' line post for scale. He enjoys eating and getting head scratches.

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    :loco: :crazy: . And a dirty trick on the cow that sees green pasture but gets a mouthful of hay instead.
     
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