do you guys remember a month or so ago teh idiot that posted on here that her husband was going to buy and haul some cattle in a small rented Uhaul enclosed trailer. I never heard the end of this. i hope they didn't ever get into raising cattle
Whatever happened to ?
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Susie David
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Heard no more....did see what looked like a Great Dane in the back of a station wagon some years back along with a few wild looking kids. Turned out to be a calf with a halter, one kid was holding it by the head and the rest were riding way in back.
backhoeboogie
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I tied the feet of my rejected twin together, loaded her in the truck, front floor board, and drove 20 miles to the house. I could have put her in a cattle trailer all by her lonesome but I figured she might get hurt. Brought her home and put her in an enclosed dog kennel, 5 foot by 10 foot, and fought to keep her alive. It was a struggle but she is now 2 1/2 years and wonderful. Seems strange now that I had that gal in the front of the pick-up but, at the time, I was simply thinking of saving her life.
backhoeboogie":1jyh8ian said:
Been there, done that once or twice! :lol: :lol: Fortunately for me, the calf was too sick to answer the call of nature during the 30 mile drive - the pick-up in question was brand new!
Victoria
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That's what we do if we have to take them to the vet, we put them in the front of the truck with us. Usually we don't tie them, just put a garbage bag around the back end and they lay like a dog in between us. You should see the looks on the faces of the people at the drive-in windows! :lol:
plbcattle, what is your reasoning in hopeing they never got into the cattle busness. i dont see the problem in moving cattle in an inclosed trailer. they are not air tight and for short distances i dont think it would be any different for the cattle minus the wind hitting them. i dont think i would try it on a long haul, i would hate to clean it out lol. i started with 5 calves and i moved them on a 8' utility trailer that i had wired cattle panels in for sides. the trailer had a 4' gate so 1 16' panel was enough to do the sides. the next yr i bought a cattle trailer.
cypressfarms
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TheLazyM":23zoqzgr said:
The woman, acardwell (I wouldn't call her an idiot - at least she was skeptical of what her husband wanted to do) had posted, and her and her husband were given 2 calves that were 2 months old (150-200lbs). They were going to drive down to Florida pick them up in a 5' by 8' uhaul enclosed trailer and drive back to South Carolina.
see http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic. ... light=haul
We were all hoping that her husband would come to his senses; my best guess, if they did it, is that when they opened the trailer in South Carolina the calves would be dead.
That Lazy M is not bright, and someone like that just as soon not be in the cattle business; or any business with animals. I'm not a tree hugger, but geez, this would be bordeline cruelty.
