Rydero
Well-known member
If ever you want to instantly feel sick and full of regret do what I did.
We were feeding, bedding and getting shelters in place for the snow storm today. There's been one cow who we've been watching because she's been laying around and seems a little weak on her back legs. Saw her and her calf together and decided to bring her up to see what's what. Shut the tractor down and called my helpers over and we walked the cow and calf to the facilities to take a look at after.
Walked back to the tractor to carry on and finish feeding. I've got a fair sized FWA tractor. Started it up and I always let it run a bit and run through it's computer stuff. A calf jumped up and ran away. I backed up turned and went ahead. As I went ahead I felt a bump. I knew right away I'd run over a calf. I got out and saw that I had. Eye bulging out but still alive. I went to the house for the rifle to put him down. When I got back he was up. His eye is obviously done. I checked him over, especially his jaw which seemed fine. Walked him and his momma up and put them in a pen. Gave him Metacam and waited for him to get worse. Turns out he's quite fine considering he was run over. Going to have the eye removed and he'll get the I'm so sorry I ran you over treatment from here on out.
We were feeding, bedding and getting shelters in place for the snow storm today. There's been one cow who we've been watching because she's been laying around and seems a little weak on her back legs. Saw her and her calf together and decided to bring her up to see what's what. Shut the tractor down and called my helpers over and we walked the cow and calf to the facilities to take a look at after.
Walked back to the tractor to carry on and finish feeding. I've got a fair sized FWA tractor. Started it up and I always let it run a bit and run through it's computer stuff. A calf jumped up and ran away. I backed up turned and went ahead. As I went ahead I felt a bump. I knew right away I'd run over a calf. I got out and saw that I had. Eye bulging out but still alive. I went to the house for the rifle to put him down. When I got back he was up. His eye is obviously done. I checked him over, especially his jaw which seemed fine. Walked him and his momma up and put them in a pen. Gave him Metacam and waited for him to get worse. Turns out he's quite fine considering he was run over. Going to have the eye removed and he'll get the I'm so sorry I ran you over treatment from here on out.