Strangest things in bales

[Susie David]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

 

[MikeC]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

There was a guy in California that unknowingly baled up cat(s) in some hay, ground it and fed it to the cows.

The Botulism caused by the dead cat(s) killed 430 grown cows.

Be careful.

 

[dun]

Neighbor found his cell phone that he lost last hay season.

 

[I luv herfrds]

Rattle snakes, both dead and alive. :shock:
Found part of the broken baler last year.

 

[PeaceCountryCowboy]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

Sounds like somebody's gotta either slow down when they're baling or pay more attention :lol: . How do you miss that going through the pickup?

 

[Stocker Steve]

Rattle snakes, both dead and alive. :shock:

I have reached down for a small square in the chute and got a live snake.. He seemed a little upset.

 

[Susie David]

I'll ask....bought hay.

 

[NorCalFarms]

It is real easy to bale stuff up. Fawns are very common as they like to eat alfalfa and get to laying down in it. Swather comes along to cut the field and the fawn goes right through. I've killed more fawns than I like to think about. Many times you can see the doe in the field and know to watch, but often you never see her until it is too late if at all. Once they are in the windrow of hay if they get a little hay over them you will never see them. Specially if baling at night, which we do most of the time.

Also baled up many a snake while baling on the edge of fields. They like the shade of the windrow. Also baled up a little misc. sprinklers, a few dead coyotes, and the worst, a few T posts that got left in the field from holding sprinkler lines in the wind. Those you do notice as it is hard on balers.

 

[mnmtranching]

I've put lots of things [critters] through the haybine.

Kinda fun to send a skunk through. :D :D

 

[glover36]

found the pin that wasnt ever supposed to come out of the draw pin in one of the bales. also found a few of my jack knives

 

[msscamp]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

Sounds like somebody's gotta either slow down when they're baling or pay more attention :lol: . How do you miss that going through the pickup?

It's a lot easier than it sounds.

 

[fourstates]

The strangest thing we found in our bales was grass. We hadn't seen that in years.

 

[angie1]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

Sounds like somebody's gotta either slow down when they're baling or pay more attention :lol: . How do you miss that going through the pickup?

It's a lot easier than it sounds.

Fawns are taught to stay put when they are young until their mothers come to get them, it is a very basic behavior and they adhere to it strictly. If you come near where ever mom has parked them, they will lay their necks down flat against the ground but they will NOT get up. Not for people or dogs or tractors. I have done wildlife rehab for the DNR for years. A fawn up wandering around alone, is a fawn without a mother.

 

[jkwilson]

Fawns are taught to stay put when they are young until their mothers come to get them, it is a very basic behavior and they adhere to it strictly. If you come near where ever mom has parked them, they will lay their necks down flat against the ground but they will NOT get up. Not for people or dogs or tractors. I have done wildlife rehab for the DNR for years. A fawn up wandering around alone, is a fawn without a mother.

I stopped the tractor once to help get a load of small squares tied down. Got off the tractor, walked around the baler, then went over and helped tie. Tractor idling the whole time. Came back to the tractor and climbed up and got my water jug. Got down and drank and shot the bull for a minute leaning against the back wheel. Got back on, turned to double check that the baler was clear before I spun it up, and noticed a fawn laying within a foot of the pickup. I figured it was dead, but it kicked and bleated when I picked it up. They will not move unless momma comes to get them.

 

[Chris H]

Found a mummified fawn in a bale this morning.
Dave Mc

Sounds like somebody's gotta either slow down when they're baling or pay more attention :lol: . How do you miss that going through the pickup?

It's a lot easier than it sounds.

Fawns are taught to stay put when they are young until their mothers come to get them, it is a very basic behavior and they adhere to it strictly. If you come near where ever mom has parked them, they will lay their necks down flat against the ground but they will NOT get up. Not for people or dogs or tractors. I have done wildlife rehab for the DNR for years. A fawn up wandering around alone, is a fawn without a mother.

That instinct is also common in cattle. If you walk up to a newborn calf when the mother is not near, watch their heads/neck. If they lay it close to the ground they will not get up. It'll be almost impossible to make them get up. If their head comes up fast as you approach then you might as well turn around because you're never going to catch those buggers.

 

[sidney411]

That is true about calves. A few years ago my husband run over and killed a calf shredding tall weeds. He never even saw it until it came out ht eback of the shredder. Man oh man, was he ever sick.

 

[Auburn_Ag]

Well I baled my wallet this year. :roll: You know if you lose everthing in it, its a payne tring to get ever thing back. Dealing with the Social Security office was the worse one!

 

[gabby]

Last winter I found a rock almost big as a football in some peanut hay I bought.

 

[angie1]

Hey ~ I lost a rock almost as big as a football! You don't think....
No, can't be.

 

[jkwilson]

That is true about calves. A few years ago my husband run over and killed a calf shredding tall weeds. He never even saw it until it came out ht eback of the shredder. Man oh man, was he ever sick.

He's not the only one to do that :(