Fun And Games Until…

The bull calves had been particularly boisterous and were clashing with each other the day before, they all seemed to be having a great time as they head-butted and had two and three critter scrummage knots (in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down). Even the cows would get in on the scrambling around between feeding on the lush, fast growing grass.

And speaking of the spring grass, it can also be dangerous. The growth this time of year is like a tonic. Absolutely delicious to hungry cows but with cleansing effect as it goes through them quickly, think of copious amounts of prunes that are so tasty you can’t stop eating them. Yeah, like that.

Add to the fact that they are pushing and shoving other critters while bloated with stomachs full of hot rumen, stuff is going to shoot out. Many of the calves get coated with the fire-hose effect. The winners and losers in the battles show the green badge of their rivalries.

It looks like one of the calves may have taken a fall or unexpected hit because when we went to move the herd away from the far, far field and back over to closer grazing areas, we noticed one calf favoring his back leg. He must have just had the injury because we didn’t see any issue the day before.

With coaxing from me to walk along, he hobbled his way along the fence line to catch up with the herd that had already moved up the Rabbit Run and was waiting to be turned out into the new grazing areas.