Cow with an interesting problem

[ann in tn]

OK, I do not keep cows but this picture definitely is puzzling. I thought horses were the only animals curious and sometimes stupid enough to do something like this (I do own horses...LOL)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/snapsho...161-slideshow/

[cowkeeper]

Yeah but isn't that 'she' a 'he'??

[oth47]

Looks like a "he" to me,too.Some cattle go to extremes getting themselves into trouble,especially getting their head where it doesn't belong.

[ann in tn]

See I told you I did not know anything about "cows" LOL

My husband would laugh his butt off at me and this......

[topside1]

What's the problem, looks more helpful than most people I know. Doubt he complains much either....Topside.

[ann in tn]

But Topside - are you sure he is really carrying the ladder where it was meant to go. He may be like many a teenager and looking for a place to perform mischief.......LOL

[ksfarmer]

Hope he doesn't go through any narrow gates.

[Madsaw]

That looks alot better then what I found one morning. All night we heard the cows banging on the round bale feeder Turns out our old bul that was around a ton. Got his head caught and proceeded to drag it around all night once the hay was ate out of it.Lucky for me he was calm and I cut him out with a hacksaw. But, the problem was it took him 2 weeks before he would go near the feeder. I had to feed him a small bale off away from the feeder. But for months after when the feeder banged he was all kind of worried.
Bob

[springvalley]

I thought I was going to see a Jersey, they can get into that kind of trouble all the time. I get them in the round bale feeders also, and have to tip it up to get them out in the morning. > Thanks Marc

[gone-a-milkin]

Let's see if I can describe the latest predicament I found a calf in.

3 mo old Jersey calf; one of 6 in a half-acre pen.
That age of calf 'looks little' but actually they are deceptively strong (for me, at least).
They have that low center of gravity on their side, yes?
This one had gotten a 6.5 gallon bucket (like a 5 gal, but taller) stuck on herself.

The bail was over her neck and caught behind her left shoulder blade.
Her right front leg was inside the bucket, but kind of bent at the knee.
She could still RUN like a fool, even though her front right would dip down and pull her head down with each plunging step.
She was a sorry sight and had obviously been struggling for awhile like that.


First off, catching her: Ha, ha, ha!
It took some doing, but she remembered the bottle.
So I tricked her and got her in a little stall and shut her up tight.

Right when I was feeling a bit smart, she kicked me nicely above the knee as I cornered her backwards.
I got her straddled, even though I am a bit too short for this (you either know what I mean or not...)

However, that would not work. I had to get that bail over her shoulderblade, while holding her still and her stupid leg was bent in that bucket and really stuck.

I thought I could pop the bail off the plastic. Yeah, right.
I wrestled her around until I like to have cried, but didn't want to let her go (and get kicked again or worse).

Finally, in sheer frustration, I flipped her on her side and stood on the bail with one foot and pulled up with all my might on the other side of that bail.

There was a magic moment when the calf inhaled and the bail came loose from the right side.
I almost fell backwards but managed not to.

She was still stuck, but could get some good thrashing going so I let her up (or she got away from me, you decide).
Anyhow, I got the heck out of the way.

She made a couple of spins and crowhopped a few times and it came off.
She spun a few more times and gave that bucket a few solid kicks for good measure.

Then I let her out and she ran through the lot and kicked and shied from every single bucket she saw.
I am just glad nobody was there to witness it.

[willow_girl]

OMG, that is

[farmgirl6]

My five month old calf managed to wedge her head in a hay rack, so had to take that down....my daughter once discovered Norman walking about the paddock inside an emply hay ring, he seemed to think it was funny pushing it along...

[oth47]

gone-a-milkin,thanx for the laugh..I had all kinds of pix running thru my head reading that.Glad you both survived.

[cindy04]

It will keep him at home. Doubt he'll be able to go through or over a fence