Message from @Zyrenn

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2019-09-06 20:58:29 UTC  

we never had a sick cow or calf in our heard

2019-09-06 20:59:09 UTC  

we never had any birth defects or weaklings or ill, all were gorgeous stock strong and lively

2019-09-06 20:59:35 UTC  

they were hilarious to, some of the things they would do when we would round them up

2019-09-06 20:59:37 UTC  

funny , I'm in the habit of asking the kind of beef a eatery is serving. I prefer corn fed and can taste the difference. not that grass feed is not good ...I just prefer out of habit corn feed taste.

2019-09-06 20:59:47 UTC  

oh definately

2019-09-06 21:00:02 UTC  

corn and molasses makes the meat juicy a bit more fatty and tender

2019-09-06 21:00:10 UTC  

grass fed is more lean but not as tastey

2019-09-06 21:01:26 UTC  

bailing hay was some of the hardest work I did in my life.

2019-09-06 21:01:40 UTC  

we found out that really we did not need to round them up, over time we would just call em in when they heard us dumping the feed and hey in to the feeding bins, sometimes they would follow us back to the barn yard when we were out in a truck checking on the heard to make sure none were injured or anything, they all followed us back to the barn and stared at us when we got back to the barn hahahaha it was so funny

2019-09-06 21:02:03 UTC  

i loved bailing hey and straw

2019-09-06 21:02:10 UTC  

stacking them in lofts

2019-09-06 21:02:24 UTC  

now they do not do that much anymore, they just pack it in one huge roll

2019-09-06 21:02:48 UTC  

yeah famillar .....I had 2nd cousins that were dairy farmers....they are the worst...when they need milking they are waiting at the door...

2019-09-06 21:03:06 UTC  

omg @Groot i have something funny to tell you , well it was hilarious to me and my dad lol

2019-09-06 21:03:29 UTC  

if you miss your alarm....which was rare ...the mooing will wake you.

2019-09-06 21:03:32 UTC  

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2019-09-06 21:04:12 UTC  

my dad would farm the land around the pasture , he would rotate crops each year and the years he planted field corn, after harvest he would put up an electrical fence and let the cattle out to eat all the fodder and left over cobs the combines missed, it helped fatten them up without costing anything, well ...... lol one day

2019-09-06 21:05:24 UTC  

as the cattle were out grazing in the harvested corn field, one of the cows there got curious about the electrical fense, my dad was sitting on the swing on the porch looking onward, she approached the wire causiously and was sniffing at a distance, then she decided to get really close and she LICKED IT HAHAHAHAHAHHA she bolted back and bucked and ran in circles

2019-09-06 21:06:19 UTC  

my dad split his sides laughing, she stood back and stood there for almost an hour staring at the electrical fence bilwildered

2019-09-06 21:08:12 UTC  

I've been woken many a night to retrieve cattle that simply walk thru a fence and eventually you have several wandering along the country rode until someone call to let you know cattle are out.

2019-09-06 21:08:32 UTC  

when they were dropping calves, a few we would bring into the barn if it was cold out before they were about to drop a calf, a day or so after it was born, i would sit at the base of the fence on the outside so not to disturb mom and calf, i would stick my face in the fence and the calf would sniff my nose then try to lick my nose hahahaha it was so neat

2019-09-06 21:08:44 UTC  

hahahaha @Groot that happened many times to my dad with his cattle

2019-09-06 21:09:03 UTC  

my sister had a smart horse who figured out how to open gaits hahahaha

2019-09-06 21:10:04 UTC  

we finaly got that resolved and on april fools my sister ran up the stairs early one morning yelling, dad dad the cows are out, my dad without looking outside ran down stairs put on his jeans and boots and about to run out the door and my sister yelled APRIL FOOLS , i was like sis you are an ass for that lol

2019-09-06 21:10:37 UTC  

did you ever have to help with the birthing...I mean with rope around your wrist, a hand winch , block and tackle etc?

2019-09-06 21:10:42 UTC  

yes omg

2019-09-06 21:10:58 UTC  

up to my friggen shoulders!

2019-09-06 21:11:44 UTC  

tho our cows were naturally tall and large, at times the breeder bull stock would produce a unusually large calf that would get stuck and we had to do the rope and pull and it is tricky to not pull to hard where it dislocates joints of the calf nor prolapse the cow's uterus

2019-09-06 21:12:37 UTC  

my dad would keep this in mind when picking out breeder bull stock from our vet, to not get a bull to large where the calf would be too large for the cow to birth

2019-09-06 21:13:12 UTC  

right, and the hooves don't tear the uterus.

2019-09-06 21:13:19 UTC  

yes

2019-09-06 21:13:23 UTC  

all the above stuff yes

2019-09-06 21:14:00 UTC  

then the medicinal stuff you put in a cup to dip the umbelical cord area on the calf so it doesn't get infected

2019-09-06 21:14:01 UTC  

looping that rope around the snoot or hooves was tricky while your face in in there ass.

2019-09-06 21:14:19 UTC  

😂 👌

2019-09-06 21:14:24 UTC  

yes and the cow is in deep distress mooing and crying lol i felt so bad

2019-09-06 21:14:49 UTC  

i was like hang on sweety it will be over in a flash , omg i would get so emotional lol i was crying with the cow

2019-09-06 21:16:22 UTC  

oh and since and i todl you since the cattle were 1/12 hereford , some of the calves still had horns in their DNA , my dad was trying to breed that out of them so they would not injure each other and the pain they suffered when dehorning the calves, but when we had to dehorn a few omg it was hell

2019-09-06 21:17:19 UTC  

we had to dehorn them when they were under a few weeks old or they would have to be rounded up and put in a holder and they are bigger and stronger and more dangerous,

2019-09-06 21:17:59 UTC  

I didn't have the emotional influence ...focus...these cattle are strong beasts and although I loved them they were way more brutal then me. One time I was up past my elbow and the heifer keeled over...taking me with. cousins only laughed.

2019-09-06 21:18:37 UTC  

then we had to use a medicine that would clot the blood on the surface so they would not get infections nor bleed to death, ugh it was a painful job on both ends for both us and the calves, and we had to do it before they were weaned because if the scab is still weak it can rupture from the calves crying and in distress being weaned and cause them to bleed to death