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Spudley

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I think I'd rather a field of these, she's as round as she is tall and never any bother
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Jdunn55

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1 hour 30 minutes later I have finally managed to get this little sh*t in the shed 🤬

Speed of light in the field and then shoved the brakes on as soon as I managed to grab the little bugger 🤣
Feel like I've ran a marathon 🙄🤣
 

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som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
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somerset
1 hour 30 minutes later I have finally managed to get this little sh*t in the shed 🤬

Speed of light in the field and then shoved the brakes on as soon as I managed to grab the little bugger 🤣
Feel like I've ran a marathon 🙄🤣
well, what do you expect ? limmy cross.
took us 6/7 weeks to final catch a limmy nut case, that killed her calf, and decided to revert to feral, and she was seriously good at it, couldn't get anywhere near her. Solved it in the end though, friend shot her, with a .347, at 400 m, and reckoned there was no way, to get closer, that shot was taken, over a river, and through a gap in two hedges, and she knew he was there, shot as she started to run. Hung her up, and into the freezer, she had the last laugh, been eating OSR, and tainted the meat, we had to curry the lot. She cost me £310, and at the time, l was pissy about losing it, on reflection, hand great fun regaling the story, so probably got my moneys worth.

But, it highlighted one thing, we don't appreciate, all our stock are basically wild animals, we have domesticated, but they can revert back to feral, very quickly, those instincts are still there.

perhaps ought to start a mad limmy thread.
 

Jdunn55

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Bike and trailer

I can’t even comprehend how many miles we used to walk when calving trying to fetch calves in carrying them on our shoulders etc.
Unfortunately the quad is very poorly atm 😞
Should have it back this week though, and a trailer is on the list of things I would like, along with a milk cart + pump

Bring calves in like this is nothing short of a nightmare 🤣 makes me cry every time there's a new calf 🤣
 

Jdunn55

Member
well, what do you expect ? limmy cross.
took us 6/7 weeks to final catch a limmy nut case, that killed her calf, and decided to revert to feral, and she was seriously good at it, couldn't get anywhere near her. Solved it in the end though, friend shot her, with a .347, at 400 m, and reckoned there was no way, to get closer, that shot was taken, over a river, and through a gap in two hedges, and she knew he was there, shot as she started to run. Hung her up, and into the freezer, she had the last laugh, been eating OSR, and tainted the meat, we had to curry the lot. She cost me £310, and at the time, l was pissy about losing it, on reflection, hand great fun regaling the story, so probably got my moneys worth.

But, it highlighted one thing, we don't appreciate, all our stock are basically wild animals, we have domesticated, but they can revert back to feral, very quickly, those instincts are still there.

perhaps ought to start a mad limmy thread.
The problem is its a 4 day old calf that's never had human contact and now has some strange man running after it, the breed is irrelevant!

50% + of dad's sucklers come from limo x friesians, they're quiet as mice! I've got photos of me sat on the back of my pure limo, as they calved in I used to milk them and check their quarters were OK, and didn't calve in with mastitis etc

I've certainly never had to shoot a mad one!
 

sidjon

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The problem is its a 4 day old calf that's never had human contact and now has some strange man running after it, the breed is irrelevant!

50% + of dad's sucklers come from limo x friesians, they're quiet as mice! I've got photos of me sat on the back of my pure limo, as they calved in I used to milk them and check their quarters were OK, and didn't calve in with mastitis etc

I've certainly never had to shoot a mad one!
Did the photo look like this🤣
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