Bringing in a Damaged Bull
Every other day we check the cattle out in the summer pastures. 'Checking' involves refilling the salt and mineral feeder, making sure the water is flowing at the tank, and driving through the cattle, looking for sickness or injuries. We had one bull that had a limp that we allowed to be off by himself, so to have some space to recover away from the others. Unfortunately it had been pretty wet and I hadn't gotten out to follow up with him due to some swampy areas to get to him. After a week or so of not setting eyes on this particular bull (named 941) it was past time so see how he was coming along. Even more unfortunate this is what I found: He was very dead. Its hard to tell whether he was struck by lightning or had gotten into a fight with one of the other bulls and in his weakened state broke his neck. Regardless I needed to come back with a tractor to take him away. My dad recommended just dragging him to a corner of the pasture we aren't using due to how mu...