Ah, spring is in the air and the bulls are....

[gritsar]

getting frisky! DH and I sat outside last night watching two bulls go at it. The one, a massive red thing, was teaching a young whippersnapper (black) bull a thing or two about age and wisdom being more important than youth and energy. I was very impressed with the red one, but he just seemed out of place.

Something didn't seem right about the whole scene, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The cows don't belong to us, we lease the pastures to a neighbor, but I try to keep an eye on the herd for him.

Just now the mystery of the red bull was solved. Our other neighbors are up here wrangling the red bull back home. Apparently he walked more than a mile to join these cows. Guess the grass is really greener - and the cows sweeter - on the other side of the fence?

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

You might wanna get their number for when red shows up again

 

[SLWyandotte]

yay fence repairing season is finally here. i've had pigs and just got chickens a couple weeks ago. but my dad and grand dad have always had cows. so do their neighbors. and guess who gets drafted every time Big AL and the neighbor's bull decide to play wife swap, (you would think swingers would be more discreet about it). you guessed it me. every week or 2 we have to repair the fence between the 2 fields. i think big AL breeds more of the neighbors cows than he does ours. and vise versa. hope your friend likes red cows. that bull will be back.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Just let us know when a few little baby reds start showing up!

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
As you know Horsey, I'm not real fond of cows...unless they come in the form of a ribeye. But if the big guy shows up again, I might just keep him. He's a beauty!

 

[theoldchick]

Reminds me of the time the husband traded transmission work for a purebred, papered Black Angus bull. He was a beauty with a calm temperament. Black as a moonless night, this fella was nothing but a pet. He did his job though, and we were proud to see our cows start to show their pregnancy toward the end of the summer. With great anticipation we waited for superior quality calves to hit the ground. Imagine our consternation when the first calves were red. I'm talking flaming red. Not a black hair on them. Severely disappointed, we poo pooed the bull for his lack of breeding, cussed the person who traded him to us, and as we discussed the future of this bull with a neighbor, we heard a rustle in the brush. And wouldn't you know, crossing the creek and navigating the jagged ravine was a red bull of dubious heritage. With a shake of his crooked horns he challenged our bull who slunk away in the shade. Oh well, the calves brought a good price 6 months later.

 

[redhen]

When i lived in Florida, my backyard abutted a cow pasture...
Loved watching the cows and bulls. We had a HUGE bull named Whitey.. loved that brute. He'd come up to our fence and we'd feed him split grapefruit and oranges from our trees.. then AFTER the fatty ate... he'd bellow and call his girls in to eat too...
*sigh* I need a cow..

 

[call ducks]

We used to have cattle in gramps pasture. He was a cattle farmer at one point, and after he got out of cattle let his friends use the pasture. A heifer got out of the pasture and she was going for the garden, the brother called my grandfather and i wen out with a broom trying to keep the thing away from the garden!! picture a 4 year old with a broom shewing a 560 (or so) lb heifer

i think it was a heifer, may have been a steer.

 

[gritsar]

Quote:

 

[herfrds]

Yeah theoldchick that bull will just keep coming back.

DH's Grandpa had that trouble once. Lost quite a few good heifers because of a neighbors bull.
Never forgot the tale about this situation.
GP called the neighbor once "Come get your Bull."
called again when it came back "Come get your bull"
Last call "Come get your steer."
Problem solved.