Good Niebours

[tamarack]

Man i had the longest week ever Tues went south to pick up new bull 14 hr round trip got home before dark check cows old cow had calf with one foot back got her in niebour and me got it out alive great look around and there is a heifer with back feet sticking out had to take to vet we couldnt do anything too big c-section 115lbs but live calf got to bed 1oclock. Wendsday set of twins one backwards got them straitened out one lived. thurs another set of twins saved one one of my pb shorthorn bred heifers found upsidedown in a feed trough at midnight saved her too although very close call fri another backward calf pulled it and it lived also. Thank god for good neibours as i have bad case of arthritis and have had both knees replaced a few years back and is hard to get around like i use to. any one else have a good niebour story to share?

 

[upfrombottom]

Do you, by chance, live near a Nuclear Reactor?

 

[tamarack]

No but there is one proposed to go in about 5 miles away then a guy will have some real trouble!!

 

[lavacarancher]

Something's not right. I had a cow that would not domino so had to take her to the vet for a C section but that's the only one in many, many years where someone had to intervene. I think it was CB that always said "Put grass in front and a bull behind" a cow and everything will work out. That's been my philosophy and its done pretty good. You're not mating a Dexter cow to a Murray Gray bull are you? 115 pound calf is a big baby.

Glad it worked out for you.

 

[Kingfisher]

. thurs another set of twins saved one one of my pb shorthorn bred heifers found upsidedown in a feed trough at midnight saved her too although very close call.

How does that happen?!?

 

[alacattleman]

Man i had the longest week ever Tues went south to pick up new bull 14 hr round trip got home before dark check cows old cow had calf with one foot back got her in niebour and me got it out alive great look around and there is a heifer with back feet sticking out had to take to vet we couldnt do anything too big c-section 115lbs but live calf got to bed 1oclock. Wendsday set of twins one backwards got them straitened out one lived. thurs another set of twins saved one one of my pb shorthorn bred heifers found upsidedown in a feed trough at midnight saved her too although very close call fri another backward calf pulled it and it lived also. Thank god for good neibours as i have bad case of arthritis and have had both knees replaced a few years back and is hard to get around like i use to. any one else have a good niebour story to share?

sounds like you werent the only one that went south,,,the cattle business can suck at times

 

[Ryder]

Thank god for good neibours as i have bad case of arthritis and have had both knees replaced a few years back and is hard to get around like i use to. any one else have a good niebour story to share?

Had a neighbor from the time I was a youngster on that helped more times than I can count. He was one of the hardest working men I have ever kown. He didn't know the words "can't" or "quit", He helped me doctor sick cows, dehorn cows, pen and load wild cows, we have spent more time on tractors planting pasture together than I care to remember, not to mention hauling and stacking hay in the barn, robbing bee hives, etc,etc,etc,

Many a time I heard him say,"I'll help anybody I can". And he did, just as long as they treated him with the courtesy and respect one human should have for another.
I always knew if I got in a jam and he could help, he would be there.

The last several years of his life he had to spend in a nursing home. I went to his funeral last week.
He was laid out in his overalls, as was fitting and proper.
I grieve.

As a side note, the funeral was in Franlinton, Louisiana which is a small town in SE LA.
The funeral procession left the funeral home traveling to a country cemetery some miles away. As it passed the Jr. High School, there were some young athletes on a playing field across the street. As the funeral procession past by, everyone of these boys stopped their activity and dropped to one knee as a sign of respect until all the cars were past.

On the highway from the town to the cemetery road turn off, oncoming cars and trucks pulled over to the side and stopped as the funeral cars past by.

Thank God for good neighbors. Thank God that some people still know about respect and thank God for rural America.

 

[3waycross]

Thank god for good neibours as i have bad case of arthritis and have had both knees replaced a few years back and is hard to get around like i use to. any one else have a good niebour story to share?

Had a neighbor from the time I was a youngster on that helped more times than I can count. He was one of the hardest working men I have ever kown. He didn't know the words "can't" or "quit", He helped me doctor sick cows, dehorn cows, pen and load wild cows, we have spent more time on tractors planting pasture together than I care to remember, not to mention hauling and stacking hay in the barn, robbing bee hives, etc,etc,etc,

Many a time I heard him say,"I'll help anybody I can". And he did, just as long as they treated him with the courtesy and respect one human should have for another.
I always knew if I got in a jam and he could help, he would be there.

The last several years of his life he had to spend in a nursing home. I went to his funeral last week.
He was laid out in his overalls, as was fitting and proper.
I grieve.

As a side note, the funeral was in Franlinton, Louisiana which is a small town in SE LA.
The funeral procession left the funeral home traveling to a country cemetery some miles away. As it passed the Jr. High School, there were some young athletes on a playing field across the street. As the funeral procession past by, everyone of these boys stopped their activity and dropped to one knee as a sign of respect until all the cars were past.

On the highway from the town to the cemetery road turn off, oncoming cars and trucks pulled over to the side and stopped as the funeral cars past by.

Thank God for good neighbors. Thank God that some people still know about respect and thank God for rural America.

Sorry for your loss. I have a friend like that who is 93 and counting. I can't even think about losing him.

 

[jawsmom]

We have the best neighbors anywhere. Last summer mom got sick and dad has dementia
so you can guess where I was ( and my hubby lots of times) most of the time. They put
our hay up for us, helped out feeding when we had to be late or gone, and mowed at least
once. When mom passed right before T-giving and the funeral was the day before,she changed
her plans and fixed dinner for our whole family. That's just a sample. We try to do the same
for them and it's a wonderful thing. They're our best friends.