Friday Crop Report on A Thursday.

[LEP]

Pretty dry and breezy out west.


Neighbour had a smouldering brush pile flare up yesterday. Burnt about 40 acres and a muskeg. The county came and helped them get it out and now we’re helping them dig out the hot spots.
Be careful 🍀

On a side note............

Got a case of this as a birthday present and I think it’s pretty good. Made in Edmonton to boot.

Happy Easter from my herd to yours😎

Nice herd. Keep your head on a swivel though, a neighbour had a second calver corner him. She wouldn't let up and he rolled part way under the feed bin to try and get away. The hired man couldn't move her away so he went and got a gun and shot her. The guy ended up with a broken nose and broken ribs. Would have been worse if he hadn't gotten partly under the bin.

Cows like that need to make a trip through the golden arches.

[Happytrails]

+1 on being careful around cattle. I consider tagging new born calves too dangerous unless the cow can be physically separated from the human. A protective cow isn’t condemned around here.

Some of our 7 wt steers waiting for grass and what I did for April fools in Medicine Hat. The ball came out of the slush just fine!

[Maver]

I heard of a bad situation one town over. A woman let a cow out of the barn for water, had calved the day before. Cow came charging back in when she realized her calf wasn't with her and smashed the woman up pretty bad. Stars flew her to saskatoon with a cracked skull among other things. Heard she is back to a local hospital, so I guess she must be improving. Aparently it was a quiet cow that just snapped.

[blackpowder]

My rule always was, if it's heavier than me, don't trust it or get between it and something hard. Bovine or equipment.

[TASFarms]

Today was windy and high of 19. Snow dropping fast by Sunday all will be gone. Geese are wondering if they should stay or fly further north. I hope they keep moving on.
It’s all a learning experience

It costs money to learn

[fjlip]

It costs money to learn

Just as long as we make more $$ when we win. That's why most of us still doing this career, you won a few.

[Happytrails]

The cattle are usually right side up but the golf game goes sideways a lot lol.

[woodland]

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I heard of a bad situation one town over. A woman let a cow out of the barn for water, had calved the day before. Cow came charging back in when she realized her calf wasn't with her and smashed the woman up pretty bad. Stars flew her to saskatoon with a cracked skull among other things. Heard she is back to a local hospital, so I guess she must be improving. Aparently it was a quiet cow that just snapped.

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We pack a baseball bat as backup and never turn your back on a cow. I know too many people messed up by cows.


Built this last year as a safer way to tag. Best part is it takes half the time and less stress on man and beast. Paid for the new quad and catcher in one year with time savings.

First thing the kids learned about cows is the bad ones become meatballs. Life’s too short for **** like that. Costs more to keep wild ones around anyway.

Hope your neighbour recovers well. 🍀

[WiltonRanch]

The meatheads get culled but a few always get through. The ones that make noise aren’t near as dangerous as the silent ones. They’re out to hurt rather than protect their babies. Seen a wild charolais bull come into the yards once. So bloody strong and miserable he was popping every gate we could shut. We all took turns running in front to lure him into the sale ring. Had charolais all my life and thought they weren’t that bad.

[burnt]

Don't think any breed is exempt from the occasional nutcase. Had a line of Simmies some years ago that came from a maternal line that produced terrific calves. All the rest were docile.

We were breeding quite a few to Antonius at the time, but not sure if it was calves from him that turned very grouchy at calving, or if it was the maternal side. I remember one time in the calving pen when a young cow came at me right over the calf. I remember panicking a bit when suddenly my back was against a post...

Thankfully, she decided at that point to turn back to her calf. I'd say she was more protective than crazy, but that family line got shipped over time.

Had an absolutely insane x-bred yellow heifer one time that just mashed her newborn calf into the ground, screaming so loudly I could hear her from the house. When I went to intervene, she chased me over the electric fence. I eventually got the calf yanked under the fence, which worked for about 15 seconds before the snot-slinging momma cleared the fence to continue our close company. She had me going in very tight circles around an 8" poplar tree.

I got kinda tired of that game and let her go back to beating on the calf while I headed to the house to get something sugary. I had read that a bucket of warm sugar water will help get them back in balance, so I found a jug of fairly old maple syrup and dumped a couple of liters of it it into the warm water.

Took it out to the field and set it down a short piece from her; she stopped her crazy act long enough to come over and explore. Took a lick and then scarfed the whole thing down.

The change was immediate - in about 15 - 20 minutes she stopped trying to kill the world and became almost normally protective, but at least not insane. It turned out okay, but she had a short stay on this place. Cuz, you know, maple syrup ain't cheap.