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cowboyup

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Lost my first calf today. The guy I run a bunch of cows for bought some corrientes and turned them loose in the pasture and told me not to worry about them. He didn't know when they were going to calve or if they would. they were so thin that if they didn't have big sets of horns I'm pretty sure they would have blown away. Anyway one calved and at twenty below the calf didn't have a chance. She didn't like me or my horse either and tried to hook us. It was pretty interesting there for awhile.

Then I had an old cow that had filled up with fluid. I called the vet to look at her and the prognosis wasn't good. He thinks the kidneys failed. She couldn't get up and the crows and magpies were giving her hell and eating her alive. She was giving them a hell of a fight but I had to put her down.

After that on my way out to get a cow that slipped on the ice and wrecked her shoulder, the paint horse that I'm riding got an introductin to water and ice. All the little creeks are almost froze over and I would get off and break the ice off the creek bank so he could cross. Well the first couple we had quite the disagreement of opinion but after the first two he crossed alot better even though he had me soaked also. By then it was about eight degrees with a thirty mile an hour breeze blowing but we got the cow in.

I know that cows are born to die and some take shorter trips than others but this kind of weather seems to hasten it along a little bit.

tomorrow the sun will come up and things will be better but I'm sure glad today is over.
 

Jinglebob

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cowboyup said:
Lost my first calf today. The guy I run a bunch of cows for bought some corrientes and turned them loose in the pasture and told me not to worry about them. He didn't know when they were going to calve or if they would. they were so thin that if they didn't have big sets of horns I'm pretty sure they would have blown away. Anyway one calved and at twenty below the calf didn't have a chance. She didn't like me or my horse either and tried to hook us. It was pretty interesting there for awhile.

Then I had an old cow that had filled up with fluid. I called the vet to look at her and the prognosis wasn't good. He thinks the kidneys failed. She couldn't get up and the crows and magpies were giving her hell and eating her alive. She was giving them a hell of a fight but I had to put her down.

After that on my way out to get a cow that slipped on the ice and wrecked her shoulder, the paint horse that I'm riding got an introductin to water and ice. All the little creeks are almost froze over and I would get off and break the ice off the creek bank so he could cross. Well the first couple we had quite the disagreement of opinion but after the first two he crossed alot better even though he had me soaked also. By then it was about eight degrees with a thirty mile an hour breeze blowing but we got the cow in.

I know that cows are born to die and some take shorter trips than others but this kind of weather seems to hasten it along a little bit.

tomorrow the sun will come up and things will be better but I'm sure glad today is over.

Well damn! :x

Oh well, this will just make the good days look better. Hang in their buddy, things will get better.

Hows your feet? Staying warmer? :wink:
 

Hanta Yo

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cowboyup said:
Yup, they were the only part of me that was warm when I got in. :D

Love your attitude, cowboyup! You live up to your "handle" and your signature :)

Now spread some of that over here :shock:
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Sorry to hear about your bad day. We all have em....and the only way to seem em thru is to have the attitude that you do. Yeap when things are bad they are bad. but soon somethin good will happen to brighten it all back up again. :D Hang in there
 

Jassy

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Ya know..you make my day seem not quite so bad...at least we didn't have the wind...Yur Right though..tomorrow is another day...Hang Tuff :!:
 

IL Rancher

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One of the happiest days of the year for me is March 21stish.. The vernal equinox is a great thing.. Shortly after that the grass is growing, or at least greening up real good and we start getting those warm days where the cattle just sun themselves all day on the hill sides..


Tough day cowboyup.. Always rought when you loose a calf or a cow.. Our crows and such aren't quit as aggressive as the magpies you guys have.. they tend to wait for a critter to die... The bald eagles are starting to show up now though... Have heard they are a bit tougher on down animals, never seen it myself but we don't get many here.
 
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