196 cows! Gradually over the month of December the 100 head of cows grew by 96 more
Lots of cows!
Many cows!
As with cows…there are always those ‘clever’ ones who are NOT afraid of the electric fence
Many times in the last week they were here Terry and I had the privilege of putting them back in
Not just in the daytime, but nighttime also
After several times of chasing cows
Running through the night
The enchantment of the cows wore off quickly.
Come Saturday morning, just before noon. The rancher and his crew arrived
Off they went to another farm on Falcon road.
Regnegade cows—just like regnegade people, chickens, dogs, cats exist anywhere! 🙂
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Sounds like the electric fence didn’t have enough electricity on it or something made a big hole that all of the cows eventually found. They can be a pain. We have a neighbors bull that keeps agitating our bull and tearing down fences but the owner just moves that bull and brings in a new while we rebuild all of our fences!! He’s really starting to get on Eddie’s nerves!!!
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No, those two would push their head under the fence and go right on through…the fencer was working, they just didn’t care. The rancher says he has trouble with those two everywhere he goes, but they throw nice calves so he keeps them.
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Clever little rascals – once they “push” through the electric, they are off on an adventure
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Right to our lawn, thankfully, so they were easy to find and harder to push back into the field. 🙂
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Love the fB photo of you out there in the dark herding that spooky thing. lol Sorry these cows were such outlaws compared to those of previous year.
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They were outlaws…but they did do an excellent job of cleaning up all the weeds.
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Some creatures and humans just march to a different drummer.
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So very true!
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After chasing cows, especially at night, I think you deserve a break for a day or two.
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Me too. They are gone now…only our equines left on the farm. Which is enough!
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I’m confused. Were the 96 not supposed to be there and did all 196 leave?
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We normally have about 80…our farm handles 80 well. But the new to us rancher brought in 100—over time he kept adding to them until there were 196. 31 days was all the farm could handle.
Yes all 196 are now gone to another farm in Olathe.
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Looks like you had a great time chasing black cows in the black of the night!! NOT! The bull calves in our field don’t even attempt to touch the fence…it’s a very high powered one. However, when the neighbors cows came calling one day, two of the heifers just ran right thru the fence. Twice!! It was quite a round up, but fortunately they got to do it in the daylight!. Our calves will probably leave soon, too. We just don’t have grass, it’s so terribly dry. And the renter wants to start minimum tilling the corn stalks. We loved having them here. They seemed so gentle for Angus and would come to the fence to get treats!
Blessings!
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I was glad to see them come, but there were just too many to keep staying here so it was time to see them go. Which also made me glad.
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Darn renegades! ;-D
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Yes 🙂
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🙂 Great story!
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The rancher should have brought a cow dog to stay with the herd. 196 is many more than you have had before, so we won’t be seeing any babies this year:(
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Not this year…a huge disappointment, but Terry needed them to come in an go off so he could do some ditch work and other things in February…February is calving time here.
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Oh yes you are so right. The novelty thanks to a naughty few can wear off quickly! There was a heifer next door that loved busting out .. Good news that they have moved on. All 196 of them!
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It seems if they once figure it out, they continue for the rest of their lives. GRRR
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