eric
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O K, first of all, I know all about a cows stomach being like 10 times as big as their brain, so maybe that explains somethings. But, yesterday morning, I went outside, saw the cows, they all came up to me expecting to be fed, (that is all but one), but I was busy with yardwork so didnt even think about feeding them. I saw the one cow out by herself, by the trees, about 400-500 yards away, but didnt think much about it. Finshed yard work a couple hrs later, and then my son comes home with his buddy and asks if they can feed the cows, so I tell them to go ahead. Again, all the cows/calves but this one, in the trees, come up for cubes. Still didnt think too much about it, as she is kind of a loner. We went and jumped in the pool to cool off, my wife comes out and asks me whats up with the cow off by herself, since shes been by herself all morning. Said I 'm not sure, I'll go check her in a few minutes, not really worried because she was standing up and appeared to be o k . So my curiosity finally got the best of me and started becoming concerned, so I jumped on the 4 wheeler to check her out, and she has her head stuck between two trees and cant get it out! These were 2 trees which had grown together, about 12 inches apart. Her head was loose in there, but she kept trying to pull it straight out instead of raising it up about 10 inches and then pulling her head out. As I got closer to her, she started thrashing about wildly, trying to wrap herself around this tree. I tried to help push her head up, but she was just thrashing about so I decided to let her calm down some before getting any closer. About the time I decided to go get the chainsaw or the tractor and try to spread the trees, she managed to free herself.
She appears to be fine, after drinking alot of water, and is back hanging with the herd again, but I was wondering if this is a fairly common situation for cows or if I just have a dumba$$ cow? Anyone else ever had this happen?
She appears to be fine, after drinking alot of water, and is back hanging with the herd again, but I was wondering if this is a fairly common situation for cows or if I just have a dumba$$ cow? Anyone else ever had this happen?