Well, that was fun

MO_cows · #1 02/18/12, 12:54 PM

Loaded out a bred heifer today. She's been spoken for since November, finally everything lined out to get her picked up today. We have a corral made of cattle panels, with a pen in one corner. So we put the cattle in the corral, then in the pen, back the trailer up to the pen and their way out is to step up and load. Simple enough, right? Except today when miss heifer panicked when she realized she was separated from the herd. She went over a panel, then over a barb wire fence to rejoin the herd. Just about the time she rejoined them in the far corner of the property, the buyer called and was just about there. Of course. So we had to gather them in AGAIN, sort her out AGAIN, etc. The second time, we left a "friend" in the pen with her and it was actually very easy to load her and still stop the other one from stepping up on the trailer. Usually our cattle are so quiet and easily handled, it's easy to forget how spooked they can get under the right circumstances.

Here she is. Before she took up steeplechasing.

Well, that was fun - Cattle

fitz · #2 02/18/12, 05:31 PM

Good looking heifer. They can be a problem at times trying to load just one. Especially if they can see the other cattle.

fitz

randiliana · #3 02/18/12, 06:09 PM

Nice heifer MO!

allenslabs · #4 02/18/12, 08:25 PM

Livestock sure keep things interesting huh? LOL!

Farmer2B · #5 02/18/12, 08:33 PM

The Grand National is in April, not too late to join!

Sounds like a interesting morning.

rniare · #6 02/27/12, 07:24 PM

Livestock are interesting. It has been so cold and nasty out. One day last week, it was in the mid 50's, super nice out. The boys and girls were happily munching on their daily alfalfa bale treat. DH was talking to me, back turned to them kids, "big mistake". All of a sudden the old hog barn with the steep steel roof lost its 2" of snow. All at once it slid down. The cattle scattered, darned near knocking DH over. One big calf 600# jumped the fence. He wouldnt have any of coming through the gate with me holding a bucket of grain. He just stood next to the fence bellering to get back in. He finally gave up and jumped back over. We had a pretty good laugh when all was said and done. Goofy animals!