Hpacres440p
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How involved do you get with neighbor herds? We have a very wealthy farmer/cattleman neighbor who has a foreman managing his herd. Well, a week ago, hubs mentions "his bull's hind leg is swollen". It's dark when I get home, but I finally see it Saturday, hind leg dislocated and dangling. I send a message to neighbor and foreman, neighbor says "yeah, foreman mentioned it last night. That was a nice bull". This is already a week after initial injury, most likely.
I'm thinking ok, shoot or ship, packer is open Monday if he's loading him.
Bull is still there, standing to eat, not sure if he's getting to water, and expected hard freeze this week.
He's had 2 or 3 cows down for days before they just die, but the rest of his herd looks good.
Let it be? I'm kinda one of those people who believes in stewardship and being humane, even for a future steak.
I'm the new guy in the area, and very small, so my cred isn't big. (There is also another herd on the main highway that is basically starving, but nothing sees to be done about that either. Different owner).
I should edit to say that there is probably no way to load with the hind leg as it is-it would catch on the trailer floor getting in, which would probably turn into a very bad situation. Is there a thing that euthanasia/shooting invalidates an insurance payment? Trying to figure out a logical reason for "let it be"
I'm thinking ok, shoot or ship, packer is open Monday if he's loading him.
Bull is still there, standing to eat, not sure if he's getting to water, and expected hard freeze this week.
He's had 2 or 3 cows down for days before they just die, but the rest of his herd looks good.
Let it be? I'm kinda one of those people who believes in stewardship and being humane, even for a future steak.
I'm the new guy in the area, and very small, so my cred isn't big. (There is also another herd on the main highway that is basically starving, but nothing sees to be done about that either. Different owner).
I should edit to say that there is probably no way to load with the hind leg as it is-it would catch on the trailer floor getting in, which would probably turn into a very bad situation. Is there a thing that euthanasia/shooting invalidates an insurance payment? Trying to figure out a logical reason for "let it be"
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