Cattle people

[jhm47]

This is waaaaaay off topic, but I shared earlier that my wife and daughter are vacationing in the Bahamas. Well, they are staying at the same resort/hotel that the Obama daughters are at. Guess the security is pretty tight.

 

[Symphony]

This is waaaaaay off topic, but I shared earlier that my wife and daughter are vacationing in the Bahamas. Well, they are staying at the same resort/hotel that the Obama daughters are at. Guess the security is pretty tight.

That just shows your family know how to vacation.

 

[Elm Tree acres]

I miss RTG and Royd even. (although with Royd, it's kind of nice not being tortured with Galloway calf pictures. Really don't understand why my husband, after 33 years of living together, still doesn't understand how close 'want one' and 'need one' are!)

Pics of Galloway calves can be arranged Cricket - pm me when the desire strikes and you can forward them on to Hubby's email in supersize. They are being born as I tap the keys here and I just wish it would warm up at night

jhm - if you put a Bahamas location on here then expect an FBI visit

 

[jhm47]

It's already all over the internet where they are. Besides that---I'm already being watched by the FBI, and there is a drone circling overhead at all times.

 

[Cricket]

Elm Tree--DH . . computer . . . e mail ! I brought this home last fall for Peanut for summer. He does have a broken belt, kind of dun, and other than being a Jersey instead of a Galloway and a bull instead of a heifer, and fuzzy rather than shaggy, it's as close as I'm getting for awhile! Unless I get brave enough to breed Peanut to a G. by AI next time around.

Jhm, now feeling bad you missed your vacation--can't picture the beach thing, but bet you'd have had a blast seeing the security detail in action. Drone is probably from your wife, making sure you aren't spending too much time out with the cattle in the cold!

 

[Elm Tree acres]

It's already all over the internet where they are. Besides that---I'm already being watched by the FBI, and there is a drone circling overhead at all times.

too funny

Cricket - love your beltie

EDIT just read your comments under pic

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Yep, CBL, every forum needs someone to wring their hands, and that's me! I was thinking the other night about Karin and education in general. Like I'm sure she could probably diagnose Winter Dysentery and know how to treat it, but does she know what it's like to have a cow walking in front of her cough and blow it all over the front of her? I think not. You just can't beat experiencing the real thing. Esp at slightly above minimum wage.

Maybe not those kind of experiences, no, but at least I'm not coming to this forum with zero experiences with cattle. I may not have as much experience as JHM or Cricket or RTG (heck I've still got a ways to go before I'm 50 ), but it'll come with time...I just have to stick with the books for the time being until I can develop the experience of getting a cow to blow snot over me or have arms so sore I can hardly lift them from having to do preg-checking or AI.

Not sure about the Winter Dysentery though....gonna have to hit the books (or web?) about that one.

 

[Symphony]

Yep, CBL, every forum needs someone to wring their hands, and that's me! I was thinking the other night about Karin and education in general. Like I'm sure she could probably diagnose Winter Dysentery and know how to treat it, but does she know what it's like to have a cow walking in front of her cough and blow it all over the front of her? I think not. You just can't beat experiencing the real thing. Esp at slightly above minimum wage.

Maybe not those kind of experiences, no, but at least I'm not coming to this forum with zero experiences with cattle. I may not have as much experience as JHM or Cricket or RTG (heck I've still got a ways to go before I'm 50 ), but it'll come with time...I just have to stick with the books for the time being until I can develop the experience of getting a cow to blow snot over me or have arms so sore I can hardly lift them from having to do preg-checking or AI.

Not sure about the Winter Dysentery though....gonna have to hit the books (or web?) about that one.

Yeah, sometimes the books are better than snot in the face.

 

[Cricket]

Karin, you are SO literal! I bet we'd get along in person, 'cause then I could punch you in the arm and say, 'd'ya get it?' every time I thought I was being funny! (My grandsons assure me that I am NOT as funny as I think I am, so don't feel bad!)

My point was that with a solid base of 'book' knowledge like you have, your opportunities are limitless. You could opt to go into cattle big time and have a decent chance of making it. You could do what JHM does. You could chose to teach and have a small manageable herd. (I think you would just excel at your provincial version of our county extension agency). I don't have secondary education, and boy is that limiting, esp as you get older. Okay, old. Not a lot of call for 50-odd year old woman with arthritic thumbs to milk cows. And I don't think I could physically milk on the big farms for 8 to 12 hours shifts, and am totally burned out in the retail sector. I don't mean this in a poor-me way, and I love my life, but my message would be "STAY IN SCHOOL"!

Did you end up looking up Winter Dysentery? Did it mention that it smells really, really, really, bad?! That may be all you need to know!

 

[lovinlivinlife]

Maybe not those kind of experiences, no, but at least I'm not coming to this forum with zero experiences with cattle. I may not have as much experience as JHM or Cricket or RTG (heck I've still got a ways to go before I'm 50 ), but it'll come with time...I just have to stick with the books for the time being until I can develop the experience of getting a cow to blow snot over me or have arms so sore I can hardly lift them from having to do preg-checking or AI.

Not sure about the Winter Dysentery though....gonna have to hit the books (or web?) about that one.

hmmmmm, interesting. The RTG that I know also has a ways to go before reaching 50. Jes sayin'.....