Stormin 9,981 #1 Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) SWMBO returned from brambling, (Picking wild black berries.) and as she walked in said, "There's one of Kenneth's cows loose". "Big black and white one". So off I went to have a look and go to the farm and let them know. I could see no sign of the cow up either of the lanes so walked round to the farm. BTW it was milking time. As I walked into the yard there stood the cow. The rest of the herd were in the holding yard. They have just got two Kelpie pups and one was at the milking parlour door and came to greet me, so I gave the cow hardly a glance. Unable to get into the parlour due to it being full of cows being miked, I went and joined the pup at the door. It was while pup and I getting better acquainted the cow came closer. Mmmm! Eventually the farmers son came out and we got the cow back with the herd in the holding yard. Back home Carol's face was picture when I told her it was really a BULL that she'd met. Edited August 24, 2022 by Stormin 1 1 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,484 #2 Posted August 24, 2022 I've a comment or two boiling up in my immature head but they probably aren't fit for consumption on this forum..... 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,319 #3 Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: immature You ??? Never !! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,484 #4 Posted August 24, 2022 59 minutes ago, ri702bill said: You ??? ALWAYS !! Bill I fixed that for ya. 🤪 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,571 #5 Posted August 25, 2022 Good thing that she did not have a bad encounter with the bull. Some may say that their bull is friendly. I say "A friendly bull is the most dangerous". Why? Because you tend to let your guard down around a friendly bull. That's when he will take his chance at you. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #6 Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Achto said: Good thing that she did not have a bad encounter with the bull. Some may say that their bull is friendly. I say "A friendly bull is the most dangerous". Why? Because you tend to let your guard down around a friendly bull. That's when he will take his chance at you. To true. I've had a couple of exciting moments with bulls. While we were herding him to where he should have been, I made sure I had an escape route just in case. Edited August 25, 2022 by Stormin 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,484 #7 Posted August 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Achto said: Because you tend to let your guard down around a friendly bull. That's when he will take his chance at you That's how I handle people too. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACman 7,618 #8 Posted August 25, 2022 Yes bulls are no joke friendly or not . Had one bull I bottle fed and raised . We would play around when I was feeding him by pushing against his head and he would push back . Well one day my uncle had to do my chores and had to fill up his water . This barn had no running water so you had to dip 5gal buckets out of the 500gal tank haul it 30 yards to his pen and dump it in his tank. If you didn’t want to get soaked you lifted the bucket over the gate and reach through the bars and pour from a lower height . Well he pinned my uncle’s elbow against the bar and broke his arm. Had another bull named Bell that was just plan old mean . Always had to know where he was while I was in the pen with the milking cows. One day my uncle came just in time as Bell had the hired hand pinned down ready for the the death blow . He whistled really load distraction the bull and giving enough time for him to role out and get out of there . Bell ended up with a ring in his nose and a chain hanging from it . Had one time when Bell’s brother tried jumping the gate ( thankfully getting stuck ) trying to get at me while I was feeding the calf’s . My last adventure happened on a 4th of July . I get home from the parade and see a dozen or more cows outback in the field . I thought no big deal I’ll just get them to follow me to the farm and put them in the big pen until I figure out who’s they were . I made halfway to them when all of sudden one was running full boar right for me. Lucky I was still in shape and fast enough to reach the safety of my old truck . He was pissed with snot pouring from his nose and giving a bellow sound with every breath . He chased me over to my dads where he was showing his dominance by picking up the back of my dads Suburban . My uncle’s joined along with a couple other farmers trying to get him a his herein to to the pen on the farm . He was having no part of anyone getting close to his girls . This went on for the whole day just to keep the herd in the field and the other neighbor safe. We finally figured out who they belonged to and they just followed him back like it was no big deal . Just another adventure I’d never change growing up on a dairy farm . Never ever trust a bull no matter how friendly he seems . I found this article on how you should never trust a bull . I may add I’ve also had some run in with some angry cows when separating from their calf’s too . https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/09/23/not-everyone-lives-tell-encounter-bull/3492958001/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,104 #9 Posted August 25, 2022 What a Gulli Bull !!!!! What a Mim-Cow-Poop! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
