Quote for the day.

Donald Lehman · Aug 19, 2014

Quote from my sons facebook: "I've handled cattle all my life, and yet at times I'm still amazed at how much stupid can be in one aniamal".

He was referring to an angus/holsien cross we are raising for beef. She got loose and there was no one around to help him catch her.

rrlund · Aug 19, 2014

Sounds like she was smart enough to have her freedom for a while. lol

howdy1960 · Aug 19, 2014

Ever try that with a half blind cyco 750# pony that only know how to move off at a run?
Almost takes a buffalo fence to slow her down.
I "KNOW" what your son means and feel his pain.

PJH · Aug 19, 2014

Yeah, and you notice that one by itself will be stupider than ten in a group.

Donald Lehman · Aug 19, 2014

I think another thing that amazed Jeff was how STRONG a 350 pouind angus is compared to a dairy breed the same size.

John A · Aug 19, 2014

Donald, In the Immortal Words of writer John Erickson the writer of the "Hank the Cowdog" Series, when God made Cows, in the first book I think.......
And God made the Cow, and HE Smitten them with Dumbness.....And Low were they Dumb!.....No Truer words were ever spoken!
Later,
John A.

Fawteen · Aug 19, 2014

Haven't been around cattle since I was a kid, but I well remember thinking that that much stupid in something so big was a damned dangerous combination.

Alan K · Aug 19, 2014

And its always the last one that is the hardest to handle.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 19, 2014

My 20 year old daughter is working for the summer at a bull collection farm while goes to university to be a vet.
She says they weighed a bull in at 2850 lbs.last week. She tells me that the Jersey bulls are meanest of all the breeds. The dinner table conversations can be quite enlightening.

Donald Lehman · Aug 19, 2014

RVS,

LOL!!! Had an old timer around here that used to say, "my nephew is ornrier than a yearling jersey bull who just had his horns cut off".

texasranger · Aug 19, 2014

my favorite farm quote is one from my friend "if you're going to have livestock you're going to have dead stock

ss55 · Aug 19, 2014

I think sheep act even dumber than cattle, but at least they are smaller. Unfortunately, when they outwit me what does that say about me?

TJ in KY · Aug 19, 2014

When I was in my 20's and started raising cattle I was having problems getting them into the barn for AI. I had tried many times to no avail. My Dad came over and watched for a bit and asked "Do you have any grain" He took a bucket of grain and coaxed them in the barn in about 10 minutes. Then turned and said to me [b:e16db23f14]"the first thing you have to do is show them you are smarter than they are"[/b:e16db23f14] That was over 40 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday

DaninKansas · Aug 19, 2014

I've been around cattle my whole life - the second half by choice. I will agree one by himself is 100 times worse than 10 in a group.

Growing up we had hogs and I have vowed I'll never have one the place as long as I have anything to do with it. Cattle can be stupid but you can beat an hog to death trying to get one to go through the same gate that the rest of the pen just walked through.

Steve@Advance · Aug 19, 2014

I've always said, I don't want to be around anything bigger, stronger and faster than me that doesn't have a throttle, brake or kill switch! LOL

T in NE · Aug 19, 2014

Yeah, a holstein calf, you get their head, you can make them do what you want. An angus, you can make her lay down, as long as you don't mind being in the heap, and getting your ribs half kicked in waiting on someone else to get her back half.
How do I know?
Guess.

Paul from MI · Aug 19, 2014

Dad always said "If you have any kind of livestock, someday they're gonna get out!" Dad knew what he was talking about.

Dan T in MO · Aug 20, 2014

I had a 320 pound barrow on custom finish in a separate pen from the other hogs. One day, he decided to bust through 3 gates and walk up the loading chute and go for a walk around the neighborhood.

A week later was his date with the butcher. It was a little fight to get him through the first gate. Second gate was a bit worse. Third gate, he decided he wanted to go back to where we started. Finally, third time through the maze, he went into the chute. Still took a lot of sailor talk and perseverance to get him on up the chute and into the trailer.

Dr. Walt · Aug 20, 2014

Get deadstock and you don't have to worry about it. I have yet to see a nice beefsteak walk out of the freezer by itself. LOL!

:>)

Dr. Walt · Aug 20, 2014

Sounds to me like you needed a good electric cattle prod. A couple of good zaps to that tender area under the tail gets them moving quick. LOL! BTDT

:>)

Anonymous-0 · Aug 20, 2014

so true

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