i still havent found mine either.
i dont think anybody got her. she was near calving, so i'm sure shes here on the farm somewhere, dead, but i'll declare if i can find her anywhere. Best case scenario is she jumped into one of the rye patches and is hiding in the woods with a new baby. she was a real docile second calver i raised and kind of a smaller cow that i wouldnt think would be much of a jumper. we had a lot of rain and the creeks rose pretty high but i cant find her floating anywhere. i dont think she got out either, but ive looked at all the neighboring herds from the road.
in all seriousness, the other afternoon we were feeding cows and i brought the horses the core of a bermuda bale and in the distance there was this big, long, orange "light" that was there for just long enough to see it and do it a double take and then it disappeared. this was in the daylight mind you. granted there are radio towers with red lights to the right and the left of where i saw this but this light was huge and elongated in comparison and clearly orange. i commented to dad about what i saw. he almost ran over me b/c i was sort of frozen thinking what the heck was that. so i dont know what was up with that...
but anyway, ive never had one just disappear that i couldnt find. i had one that i looked for like this and she turned up the next day in a hole below a hill. but i walked all the places she could possibly be unless shes under water somewhere. its baffling that the buzzards havent spotted her b/c there are tons of buzzards that roost here this time of year on the powerlines. i actually use them to help me locate new pairs sometimes. surely she'll turn up at some point. or if not maybe she is ok whereever she is.
i guess i drove by her 8 times. its funny how a big old cow can be so hard to see.
