The carnage continues… This morning the bull walked through a gate. At least he didn’t destroy it. He just pushed it all aside. The gate post was propped up from when the boy hit it with a trailer 4 months ago and didn’t fix it.
Now I’m angry, this morning my 87yr old dad went out in the yard in his Easter clothes and tried to put that bull back in the pasture. He managed to fall down and mess up his clothes, wasn’t hurt but was real upset. He shouldn’t be doing anything of the sort. He still uses a wheel chair in the house. For outside we got him a little riding mower without the deck. It has a little trailer so he can go to the garden or go get the mail.
Leasing the farm to his great grandson is between them, I haven’t said a single word or been critical despite wanting to. For the most part I’ve stayed out of it, bit my tongue… til now.
This morning I learned the reason there has been a rash of cows out of the pastures. That boy stopped feeding hay the last week of February. Insane! There is no grass for the cows to eat, it’s turned green but hasn’t put up yet. The cows are starving… Does he have hay? Yes! He’s got 80 rolls of hay in a field up the road, it just hasn’t been convenient for him to load the hay and bring it down here! Convenient? grumble@#$grumble...
This morning he told me he’s been too busy going to farm auctions and then wrecked his 1 ton up in Kentucky last week. What does he mean busy?????? If cows are hungry you stop what you’re doing and feed them!!!!! Busy my backside!!!!!! If he’s too busy to see after them he needs to load those cows and take them to the sale barn!
The pic of the bull is bad but those of you who know cows can still see how skinny that bull is. Cattle looking rough after winter is to be expected but not like this. I tried to talk to that boy while I helped him put the bull back in the pasture. He actually tried to tell me the green grass outside the fence is the reason the cows are out every day. He said “they did the same thing last year”. He thinks this is normal!!! If this were normal every cow for 50 miles would have been out since January. When I tried to bring this up he said “Mr X’s cows are out all the time”. Of course they are, Mr. X feeds his cows scrap hay that should have been sold to landscaping companies. But! He ignores the fact no one’s but his and Mr. X’s cows are out!
A cow might stick her head through a fence for a nibble or two this time of year but if they are well fed they won’t be getting out!
I wasn’t around to see what happened with the cows last year, dad spent 25 days in the ICU, a few more weeks in the hospital then I had to move him to a nursing home for 6 weeks before I could finally bring him home. I missed 3+ months of what was happening here.
This kid does great buying and selling farm equipment, he’s really good at it. At age 18 I saw him purchase an entire auction before it started, paid $60K in cash, money he’d already earned. As a cattleman he’s a disaster!
Sorry for the rant, folks. Better I blow off a little steam here than at that boy.
Added… last pic of some of his cows Labor day of last year, look at the black cow with the white face… skin and bones. I could see the ribs on all of them. I was embarrassed to post most of the pics I took. They should be fat and happy by the end of summer but he was trying to graze too many cows on too little grass. They went into winter in poor condition then he fed them garbage hay, pitiful… Worst of all he won’t listen, dad has given him great advice on how to produce beef, shame he’s taken none of it to heart.
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