sim.-ang.king
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After reading about the passing of Dun's old cow Granny, it made me think, if I could have just one cow, bull, heifer, or steer back alive again (or own it again) which one would I pick?
First I remembered back to when I was knee high to a grasshopper, and we owned a old simmy bull named Boomer. He was as gentle as a kitten, and loved to be led around and pick grass in the yard. I loved to brush him and led him around, but he was more than a pet, he was a great bull and made some very nice calves . We still own one of his daughters, she turned out to be a grade A cow, and turned 13 this year.
She's the red blaze out in the front of the herd.
Then I thought back to the bottle calf we had, named Barney, that turned out to be a great cow, and a great friend. She was 1 of 5 bottle calves we bought from a local dairy, 1/2 Angus and 1/2 holstein. All but her either died or was sold, and she ended up living to be 17 years old. She had this one steer that weighed in at 1369 at a year and 5 months, made her look like a dwarf. She was such a sweet old cow, and I would just put my arm around her thin old neck, and we would just stand there and look at the other cows. She would come up to the gate when we fed bales in the winter time and we would let her out in the yard to pick grass, and then we would put her back in with a scoop of corn. She sure loved corn...when we would rattle the corn bucket, she would come running, and could outrun any other cow, or calf even at 16 years old. It sure would be nice to see her again out picking grass.
Then I wished I could see my old Grizz heifer again. I bought her 2 years old, and showed her, and she did about the best out of any heifer i've shown at any fair. She was a beauty, and would've made a super steer momma the way she gained on very little feed was very impressive. But 2 weeks after the last show I found her dead, and the lab said she had died from rare form of Emphysema that she had picked up as a calf, but for some reason she hadn't been affected by it till then. She basically had a exstream attack that killed her very quickly with little sign.
I posted her picture on here before over on the show board.
I could probably go on about more cattle that we had owned and wish I could see again, but I would probably break out in tears. So if I could pick one to see again, I probably could pick just one.
So please give us all those stories about your favorite old cow or what ever gender of cattle that you would love to see again, or just leave a story about why they were your favorite.
First I remembered back to when I was knee high to a grasshopper, and we owned a old simmy bull named Boomer. He was as gentle as a kitten, and loved to be led around and pick grass in the yard. I loved to brush him and led him around, but he was more than a pet, he was a great bull and made some very nice calves . We still own one of his daughters, she turned out to be a grade A cow, and turned 13 this year.
She's the red blaze out in the front of the herd.
Then I thought back to the bottle calf we had, named Barney, that turned out to be a great cow, and a great friend. She was 1 of 5 bottle calves we bought from a local dairy, 1/2 Angus and 1/2 holstein. All but her either died or was sold, and she ended up living to be 17 years old. She had this one steer that weighed in at 1369 at a year and 5 months, made her look like a dwarf. She was such a sweet old cow, and I would just put my arm around her thin old neck, and we would just stand there and look at the other cows. She would come up to the gate when we fed bales in the winter time and we would let her out in the yard to pick grass, and then we would put her back in with a scoop of corn. She sure loved corn...when we would rattle the corn bucket, she would come running, and could outrun any other cow, or calf even at 16 years old. It sure would be nice to see her again out picking grass.
Then I wished I could see my old Grizz heifer again. I bought her 2 years old, and showed her, and she did about the best out of any heifer i've shown at any fair. She was a beauty, and would've made a super steer momma the way she gained on very little feed was very impressive. But 2 weeks after the last show I found her dead, and the lab said she had died from rare form of Emphysema that she had picked up as a calf, but for some reason she hadn't been affected by it till then. She basically had a exstream attack that killed her very quickly with little sign.
I posted her picture on here before over on the show board.
I could probably go on about more cattle that we had owned and wish I could see again, but I would probably break out in tears. So if I could pick one to see again, I probably could pick just one.
So please give us all those stories about your favorite old cow or what ever gender of cattle that you would love to see again, or just leave a story about why they were your favorite.
