randiliana
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I knew things went too well today.... Just brought the first of the bulls home from pasture today, and they headed right back out.
Went to our far pasture today (2 hours away), and picked up the 3 bulls that were up there. 1 healthy and 2 not so healthy ones, but they were all getting around well enough and we had no trouble getting them in or loaded. Had no trouble on the road either, which is amazing considering that the truck and trailer are BOTH older than I am and that the weather is as hot as it is. Had to put air in one tire once we got loaded up there, but that is pretty minor. Then we just idled our way home, praying that everything would hold out with the load we had on.
Got them home and dropped them in the corral, where we sorted the sick one off and kicked the other two out with the other cows on the home pasture. Gotta talk to the vet about the sick one and figured that the other two would go hang with the other cows, NOT!! Wasn't an hour, and someone called, asked if we had "herefords" cause there were two with horns heading north, down the grid, and they were 1/2 mile from home. Well, figured that was just too much of a coincidence so I went and checked it out. Sure enough, they had headed north from the corral, and the gate didn't do much more than slow them down. At least they didn't wreck it completely. When I found them they had headed into the first gate they found along the road and were in on our land. They can just stay there, as they aren't hurting anything, and it is just too hot to go harass them by myself ;-) . I just looooove bulls !!
And, to top it off, found the neighbours cows in our crop. Hmmmm, maybe it was a good thing the bulls headed out :shock: . Probably wouldn't have found that out quite as quickly otherwise......
Went to our far pasture today (2 hours away), and picked up the 3 bulls that were up there. 1 healthy and 2 not so healthy ones, but they were all getting around well enough and we had no trouble getting them in or loaded. Had no trouble on the road either, which is amazing considering that the truck and trailer are BOTH older than I am and that the weather is as hot as it is. Had to put air in one tire once we got loaded up there, but that is pretty minor. Then we just idled our way home, praying that everything would hold out with the load we had on.
Got them home and dropped them in the corral, where we sorted the sick one off and kicked the other two out with the other cows on the home pasture. Gotta talk to the vet about the sick one and figured that the other two would go hang with the other cows, NOT!! Wasn't an hour, and someone called, asked if we had "herefords" cause there were two with horns heading north, down the grid, and they were 1/2 mile from home. Well, figured that was just too much of a coincidence so I went and checked it out. Sure enough, they had headed north from the corral, and the gate didn't do much more than slow them down. At least they didn't wreck it completely. When I found them they had headed into the first gate they found along the road and were in on our land. They can just stay there, as they aren't hurting anything, and it is just too hot to go harass them by myself ;-) . I just looooove bulls !!
And, to top it off, found the neighbours cows in our crop. Hmmmm, maybe it was a good thing the bulls headed out :shock: . Probably wouldn't have found that out quite as quickly otherwise......