stroppy cow

Cows are like human mothers, they vary from the highly protective to the... well, casual. This morning B24 decided to be over protective with her new calf (second for her) so the ute was needed for tagging and weighing the calf. The calf was caught quite easily and hauled up on the tray of the ute. The lassoo (rope over the side of the ute) wasn't needed and though B24 was concerned, watching very closely the things being done to her calf, she wasn't as incandescent with rage as some cows in the past have been. With luck she won't make a habit of being over protective or her card will be marked.

Calf returned safe and sound with new yellow eartags, E16 (the London postal district of Victoria Dock by the way so the calf may grow up to be Vicky), she weighs 43kg (95lb) and below, several cows came rushing up to see what all the noise was about. The calf squawked a bit.

All the lush green grass is thanks to irrigation, though we did have some rain three weeks ago which helped, we are still waiting for the follow-up.