knute_m
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Maybe somebody out there raising beef has an answer I can't possibly think of.
This morning when I left my property, there was a big black angus cow in the field just behind my property. She was on her side, writhing and bellowing. I didn't think much of it, as over the past couple of weeks I've seen a few others calve in this field. One was a very difficult birth that I was afraid killed the cow -- but they both eventually wandered over the hill.
I came back about noon, and she was still there, just a little further down the hill, and seemingly just barely alive. As I started to go up to the fence line, I saw someone, who I assume was the owner. When he saw me, he retreated back through a gate in this pasture of about 10 to 20 acres.
He is a neighbor with a lot of property, and even though we share several hundred feet of common property line, I've never met him. His driveway is over a mile from mine on another road. None of my friends know him either, so I don't know if he is a good guy or a bad guy. A few times when I've made an attempt to greet him while he is mowing or fertilizing, he just ignores me.
The cattle he puts in this field are show quality. His fields are well kept.
About 3:00 pm, I was working in my yard. I heard her crying out. About an hour later I went up on a hill on my property and took these two pictures. She certainly appeared dead. As I write this at about 8:00 PM, she is still there. Three wild turkeys were in the field.
If the neighbor is inexperienced and squeemish, I'd gladly have gone up there and pulled the calf out. Without knowing the neighbor, I fear that he might have shot me had I done it on my own.
Any ideas?
Knute
About a quarter mile away. She's the black thing in the middle left of the photo.
From the fence line.
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Maybe somebody out there raising beef has an answer I can't possibly think of.
This morning when I left my property, there was a big black angus cow in the field just behind my property. She was on her side, writhing and bellowing. I didn't think much of it, as over the past couple of weeks I've seen a few others calve in this field. One was a very difficult birth that I was afraid killed the cow -- but they both eventually wandered over the hill.
I came back about noon, and she was still there, just a little further down the hill, and seemingly just barely alive. As I started to go up to the fence line, I saw someone, who I assume was the owner. When he saw me, he retreated back through a gate in this pasture of about 10 to 20 acres.
He is a neighbor with a lot of property, and even though we share several hundred feet of common property line, I've never met him. His driveway is over a mile from mine on another road. None of my friends know him either, so I don't know if he is a good guy or a bad guy. A few times when I've made an attempt to greet him while he is mowing or fertilizing, he just ignores me.
The cattle he puts in this field are show quality. His fields are well kept.
About 3:00 pm, I was working in my yard. I heard her crying out. About an hour later I went up on a hill on my property and took these two pictures. She certainly appeared dead. As I write this at about 8:00 PM, she is still there. Three wild turkeys were in the field.
If the neighbor is inexperienced and squeemish, I'd gladly have gone up there and pulled the calf out. Without knowing the neighbor, I fear that he might have shot me had I done it on my own.
Any ideas?
Knute
About a quarter mile away. She's the black thing in the middle left of the photo.
From the fence line.