Hobo
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- Location
- Montlucon Allier France
Time for a bit of a tidy up
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Pictures From France
- Thread starter Hobo
- Start date
Time for a bit of a tidy up
That's a rare sight , our way they just side them and leave the tops . some are 15 foot high
Time for a bit of a tidy up
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Hedges round here are generally tidy but not quite as neat as they were in the U.K. perhaps it’s an Allier thing or just that in my case we live in the Bocage.
- Location
- Limousin
Never seen a decent hedge in France and they have never heard of laying a hedge.
- Location
- Limousin
Last couple of years here, the commune hedge cutter has had instructions to only cut halfway when doing the top. If I've already done the field side, they come along and put a ruddy step in it.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Not a great picture but I thought it was worth posting Limousin twins seeing as I keep being told it’s rare round here. Two sets so far and only less than half way through.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Mixed bag of Angus and Limousin heifers (génisse=heifer in French), the brown field they are in, from 3 months of drought is now green after about 100mm of rain in the last two weeks.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Fresh walnuts, a bit of a revelation to me, we have walnut trees growing in a lot of the hedgerows. Not seen them very often in the U.K.
- Location
- Limousin
Not a great picture but I thought it was worth posting Limousin twins seeing as I keep being told it’s rare round here. Two sets so far and only less than half way through.
We regularly get twins, usually one set a year, a pia. Messed up this year, went to calve a cow in the field, head and feet back, got the head turned and two feet but still couldn't pull it out even with the jack. Turned out I had one foot of one calf and the other of it's twin, ended up loosing both, fortunately the cow was OK.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
SImilar here this year, scanner man has got most dates wrong so far and didn’t spot the two sets of twins. Lost the first set partly due to not expecting anything to be ready to calve for another 10 days and secondly not expecting twins and mainly just getting it all wrong that day! This second set came out of a génisse with no help and are doing well. It didn’t help that we scanned late but it really didn’t help him turning up âpre midi still half pee'd!We regularly get twins, usually one set a year, a pia. Messed up this year, went to calve a cow in the field, head and feet back, got the head turned and two feet but still couldn't pull it out even with the jack. Turned out I had one foot of one calf and the other of it's twin, ended up loosing both, fortunately the cow was OK.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
So the week hasn’t started so well, although at least I think the calf will be ok. This is the first time I have had a calf in a cast.
- Location
- Limousin, France
Keep it clean and dry! You'll be amazed how well it will heal. Just make sure it sucks at least twice a day . Mind the cow doesn't stand on it by accident.So the week hasn’t started so well, although at least I think the calf will be ok. This is the first time I have had a calf in a cast.
- Location
- Limousin
Do you know what happened?So the week hasn’t started so well, although at least I think the calf will be ok. This is the first time I have had a calf in a cast.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
By the looks of the grazing and loss of hair I am guessing that one of the cows stood on her in the field.
Beautiful looking calf even with the cast.So the week hasn’t started so well, although at least I think the calf will be ok. This is the first time I have had a calf in a cast.
- Location
- Limousin, France
We had one whose leg was broken by a cow bulling / messing about with the bull. Calf just couldn't get out the way fast enough.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Thank you, she is 14 days old, I think I have been very lucky to find this herd/cheptel.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
So do I when they are not trying to kill you
, in fairness they have settled right down now (most of them anyway) and are more predictable than my few Angus and no where near as kicky!
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
So for anyone interested, this is a picture of “Wonky” today managing to stand unaided. I am well impressed!
