Hayring Accident/ UPDATE

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This forum is probably not the place for this post but it gets the most hits so I am going to post it here.

The little gal I run my cows with has been having a pretty bad week and tonight it just got a lot worse. The reason I am posting this is so that others might learn from it.

These two kids(33 and 31 are two of the hardest workers I know running 180 cows on at least 8 or 9 different places and a forrest service lease. Plus irrigating at least 200 acres, and he works off the place a lot.

Anyway it starts with him getting laid on by a horse when it couldn't buck him off and tearing up his leg so bad they hospitalized him, Sunday. He is still there. His wife who is the stockman of the pair is trying to keep it all together and ran home from the hospital this afternoon to feed the cows(about 30) that we have been Synching for the last week. She has 3 hayrings in this big corral and took the tractor and put a big square(1800lbs) in each one. One of the bales kinda hung up and didn't fall all the way to the bottom, and being tired and in a hurry to get back to her husband she left it that way and went to the hospital about 5PM

I went out about 7 to check my cows and see if any of the heifers was showing heat and when I walked into the corral I found a real good registered Angus heifer dead with her head stuck under that bale. Hit her so fast it broke her neck. I guess we all know the moral to this story. Never assume anything.

PS a prayer for her husband wouldn't hurt. They are pretty worried that he might have some blood clots. He is one he[[ of a big tough kid but he could use the prayers anyway.
 
You KNOW that prayers are being Heaven-sent from my family! It proves again that the profession of
agriculture, in all of its factors, is one of the most dangerous and potentially heart-breaking activities in which to be engaged!

I pray that not only will Our Father and Savior Jesus Christ bless this family and the misfortune which has befallen them, but that He will work his miracles, and Heal the damaged physical body, and in his wisdom turn this misfortune into a blessing - such as, through this revelation of information, their Beef operation may be someow enhanced into more profitable venues and opportunities. HOW? God does know, and if we ALL ask for His blessings, good things WILL occur!

Have Faith - and BELIEVE! FAITH plus NOTHING! It just takes a single prayer. But - you must believe what you pray!

DOC HARRIS
 
Prayers for them both 3way. I hope her hubby has a full and speedy recovery and that everything is as it should be again.

I had to give a 5 month old calf mouth to snout resuscitation because the bale dropped on him a few years ago, luckily he survived and the bale only weighed 1200 not 1800lbs . It wasn't one of your gals ,was it ? :(
 
I hate it when stuff like that happens. I had similair bad luck last year.

Prayers are sent and hope everyone gets better and all 30 settle first time.
 
hillsdown":1q0y28cz said:
Prayers for them both 3way. I hope her hubby has a full and speedy recovery and that everything is as it should be again.

I had to give a 5 month old calf mouth to snout resuscitation because the bale dropped on him a few years ago, luckily he survived and the bale only weighed 1200 not 1800lbs . It wasn't one of your gals ,was it ? :(
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No it wasn't. I guess the food Lord took pity on me after the way my cows wintered, he figured I had had enough for a while. Funny thing about this is there were cows eating on both sides of her at the hay ring when I arrived. They must have thought she was resting there. They sure did get weird when we hooked her up to the tractor and hauled her away.
 
3waycross":2adn53uz said:
hillsdown":2adn53uz said:
Prayers for them both 3way. I hope her hubby has a full and speedy recovery and that everything is as it should be again.

I had to give a 5 month old calf mouth to snout resuscitation because the bale dropped on him a few years ago, luckily he survived and the bale only weighed 1200 not 1800lbs . It wasn't one of your gals ,was it ? :(
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No it wasn't. I guess the food Lord took pity on me after the way my cows wintered, he figured I had had enough for a while. Funny thing about this is there were cows eating on both sides of her at the hay ring when I arrived. They must have thought she was resting there. They sure did get weird when we hooked her up to the tractor and hauled her away.
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cattle are tough as heck in areas you dont think,,, and weak in areas you think would be tough... you probably have done it a thousand times flip a hayring over a bale and hit one in the crown of the head with a crashing blow just to watch em go right back to eating like nothing happend
 
3way said,
"Anyway it starts with him getting laid on by a horse when it couldn't buck him off and tearing up his leg so bad they hospitalized him"
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That's tough. I've been stomped on by bulls and fell on by horses. When it is happening, the horse on top is more scarier at the moment.
Let us know how it goes with him.
 
My prayers go out to your young friends.
90% of the time, I feed our cattle by myself. Few years back, I was putting out hay in a long wagon. Later I noticed 1 heifer standing at the feeder all alone. I though "what's up with that", so I went out. Either I had trapped her head in or the bale shifted, but she had the bale pushing her head sideways against a bar. I quickly got the tractor and tried to figure out how to spear the bale without doing more damage (alone still!). Managed to get her out & she survived, but she could hardly walk. Stumbled around for quite a while & had a huge swollen neck. Things happen quickly.
 
Jeanne - Simme Valley":2c6ezebj said:
My prayers go out to your young friends.
90% of the time, I feed our cattle by myself. Few years back, I was putting out hay in a long wagon. Later I noticed 1 heifer standing at the feeder all alone. I though "what's up with that", so I went out. Either I had trapped her head in or the bale shifted, but she had the bale pushing her head sideways against a bar. I quickly got the tractor and tried to figure out how to spear the bale without doing more damage (alone still!). Managed to get her out & she survived, but she could hardly walk. Stumbled around for quite a while & had a huge swollen neck. Things happen quickly.
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Lost my favorite cow a similar way last year, feeding round bales in a long feeder slant bar wagon. Found her dead and hung, somehow she got her head between the bar and the bale, poked her head out the hole next door, and must have fallen. No sign of struggle, I think it cut her air off so quick she didn't last long. No idea how or why. Was devastated; still am.

Prayers to your friend, 3way. Some of the worst accidents I've seen have been agricultural.
 
I easily could have been a "splat" last week. Hubby was discing our winter area & picked up a feeder to get it out of the way. I was "downhill" from him. I saw what he was doing & knew immediately that the darn feeder was NOT going to stay put when he backed out from it, so I started up the hill to catch the ring & stablize it. Well, ring started rolling before I got very close & for a split second I thought I would stop it - luckily had more sense than that & I stepped aside. This ring weighed 300# & was picking up speed. I would have been mush.
As it turned out, it turned & went right thru the gateway (could have wiped out fence posts) headed for our cattle trailer - turned again, headed for our old barn, missed a pipe gate & was stopped by a pile of 4x6 blocks we had stacked up at the corner of the barn. DIDN'T HIT A THING!!! amazing. But, that's how quickly we (ME) could have gotten hurt.
 
Jeanne - Simme Valley":3pa3cazj said:
I easily could have been a "splat" last week. Hubby was discing our winter area & picked up a feeder to get it out of the way. I was "downhill" from him. I saw what he was doing & knew immediately that the darn feeder was NOT going to stay put when he backed out from it, so I started up the hill to catch the ring & stablize it. Well, ring started rolling before I got very close & for a split second I thought I would stop it - luckily had more sense than that & I stepped aside. This ring weighed 300# & was picking up speed. I would have been mush.
As it turned out, it turned & went right thru the gateway (could have wiped out fence posts) headed for our cattle trailer - turned again, headed for our old barn, missed a pipe gate & was stopped by a pile of 4x6 blocks we had stacked up at the corner of the barn. DIDN'T HIT A THING!!! amazing. But, that's how quickly we (ME) could have gotten hurt.
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Jeanne-
Here is a good example of how quickly things can happen, why Worker's Compensation Insurance Premiums are high, why Accident Policy's carry exemptions, and some Insurance Company's won't insure high risk occupations!
It is also a good example how God protects the . . . innocent?!

DOC HARRIS
 
The young man who got rolled on by the horse spent 5 days in the hospital and has to do another week on the couch. They are still worried about blood clots.
 

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