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| Dorinda |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 05:36:40 AM
I feel so sorry for the Mama cows right now. The cowboys came by the other morning and rounded up all the baby heifers and steers and took them away to another pasture to wean them off their mothers. The Mamas cried and hollered and mooed for there babys all night long. When I walked out the back door this morning they all came running over to the fence just of telling me about it . I told them I am so sorry your baby's are gone. People say cows don't have feelings but I disagree with them. I know they will be better in a couple of days and forget it. All my personal cows are named after flowers. I have Rose, Petunia, and Lilly now. Lilly is Rose's new baby. The cowboys no better than to touch my girls. I am hoping for a baby from Petunia next year!! I love my 3 cows!! Do you have a bond with your cows? LOL
I'm not crazy I just love my cows!!!
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Dorinda |
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| Christy925 |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 7:07:33 PM
I love cattle. We just had to sell our 60 head over the last couple weeks. So dry here, no wheat to feed them for winter, we can't afford to buy feed and hay. I hated loading them with the thought that I'll never see them again. It's just about killed my husband :( He has bred, raised and culled this herd of cattle over the last 15 years...Angus and Angus cross. Sigh...we are depressed right now. Hoping the holidays will pull us out of it and we can look forward to rebuilding our herd in a few years.
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| Dorinda |
Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 06:29:16 AM
Yes Michele, Thats how I think they should do it. That is how I weaned Petunia off of Rose last year. (fence line weaning). The cows the cowboys came and got belong to another guy not us! I have watched them work the cows and I think they are to rough with them. They came by in the spring time and cut each litle boys ear half way off. My husband said that was to mark them so they could tell the steers from the heifers. My husband did say they did get a little bit to carried away with how much they cut off. Some of the calfs just had a little stub left sticking out for an ear.I know it had to hurt them. I told my husband I did not want them doing anything to my cows. I would take care of my own cows. I wish the other cows were not out there but we have to keep so many cows on our property to keep our greenbelt. (Ag Zoning)
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
| windypines |
Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 04:17:58 AM
I do fence line weaning. While they still do some hollaring, the cows, and calves can see and sniff each other. They don't forget each other either. When I put them back together, they all go to their mommas. I have always said animals remember and are so much smarter then people give them credit for.
Michele |
| batznthebelfry |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 12:13:38 PM
I wonder if that ole mean farmer thought he was being funny to do something so cruel to a little girl...bet when he got home & told the wife she chewed him up one side & down the other for that...my 2 neighbor girls were so worried I would kill all my chickens for eating...they understood it but was upset to think I might do it...but i explained gently that yes I do that if they are really hurt & I can't fix them but that I do it really fast so they never feel any pain...if I can fix them then they become egg layers & pets only......I grew up on a very large farm but I do understand that kids are not really understanding that what they are eating is what they are seeing in a field eating grass so I never make jokes even around teens about it.....cause I remember as a teen my 4H ewe was sold & I didn't realize the jerk who bought her was so stupid he came up to me after & told me what wonderful lambchops she would make & I started crying....Not a happy memory for me....so I always try to be as kind as I can when it comes to any animal that children ask me about....Michele'
Chickens rule!
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 10:10:20 AM
Oh Julie. On my way to work I used to drive by a field with a cow in it and I would always wave. I called it "Cow Buddy" and it really made me happy to see her grazing on the green grass. This went on for quite a long time then one day I drove by and no Cow Buddy. Then the next day, no Cow Buddy. After a few days I realized what must have happened to her and I cried all the way to work and for several weeks I had to take a different route to work.
Audrey
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| sherrye |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 07:27:17 AM
oh julie that is so sad
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| ClaireSky |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:57:11 AM
I had a wonderful bond with a steer once. I grew up in the country on 1 acre. Our next-door neighbor was a farmer with cows and his pasture was between our house and his. When I was about 10, I made friends with this one cow (as I called all his cows not knowing the difference at the time) and I named him Nicholas. Several times a day I would yell across the pasture to him and call him to the fence and feed him green grass. I had so loved to pet and feed him and see his big tongue stretch to reach the grass I held out to him. I did this all summer long into the fall. His big black eyes seemed to speak to me... Well, one day all the steers were gone. I waited a few days thinking the farmer must have put them in the barn because of the cool weather. Well, when I realized he wasn't going to let them out of the barn, I decided to walk over and ask if I could see Nicholas. The farmer first laughed and then replied, "You're too late. The steers all went to slaughter." Not really believing what I was hearing, I asked, "What do you mean?" The farmer said, "They went to be made into steaks and hamburger." I started crying and ran all the way home.
Julie
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| sherrye |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:51:55 AM
oh i know the sound. i know those babies are crying too. we just sent one cow to butcher. her baby is crying now. they cry so long they can make a sound any more. very sad to me. we are bringing in the 2 heifers from this year. we made a spot by thehouse. so i can train them. its great you have your own cows. what kind? i have a strong bond with isabella. she is a jersey with 2 working teats. she is a rescue. what a fine girl she is. can you post pics? happy days to you sherrye
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:51:32 AM
We have cows all around us here and I hear it all the time. The first time I heard it I didn't know what was going on. Then I found out. It is sad. I was going to leave Chuck on Mazie as long as I had him. It's so much better for them. Most grass fed producers do leave the calf on a lot longer around here now. Healthier calves and happier mommas.
Kris
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:35:52 AM
It is a very sad sound--and I do believe ALL animals having feelings, and I believe them to be intelligent, to boot. I was raised around racehorses, which get a terrible rep for having brains the size of nuts and BEING nuts, too, but my father always said they were smarter than any man he'd ever met, and he treated them with great reverance.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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| star-schipp |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:32:02 AM
Oh, isn't that the most pitiful sound? I can hardly stand it when it happends round here. Ours (okay not really ours cause we provide the pasture in exchange for a side a beef)come up to the fence ever single time we are out and each one waits patiently for a scratch on the nose....
If you can't feed one hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa
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