Well that was fun........NOT!!!!

[critter crazy]

So I woke up this morning, as usual got dressed, went out to the barn, grabbed a bail of hay and carried it out to the cow pasture. Only to find part of my fnce down and no COWS!!!! the problem was, we had so much snow, that I couldnt find a single set of tracks!! I have no idea how long they had been gone, or what direction they took. We have 13 acres, and live in the boonies, surrounded by acre upon acre of field and woods. Needless to say I freaked out! called hubby home from work, and set out to search. 3 hours later and much sweat we finally found them, at the far end of a 90 acre field across the road from our place.

Thankfully they were good boys, and followed me home like champs(bucket of grain in hand!) only took us an hour to walk all the way home, but we made it. fence is fixed, cows are home, and I am exhausted!! I bet I lost 10 pounds, just from all the trudging through the snow for 4 hours!!!

The Joys of owning Livestock!!!

[lvpets2002]

Oh No the Cows were gone.. I would have freaked also.. So glad the cows are back home & the fence fixed.. Now you can rest at ease for Thanksgiving..

Do You Think the Cows Say This??

[Husky_mom]

they actually did you a favor.... no wait two favors...

one... show you the fence had a flaw... and should get reinforced
two.... helped you loose a few pounds before the holidays.... hehe

[shepgirl]

Well Husky mom did find the bright side to the whole thing. I guess she's right, fence is fixed, cows are home and you're getting warm. I didn't know cows wandered, thought they just stayed around.

[critter crazy]

Pics from today, after the boys were home

[Freedom]

Maggie, they do not look the least bit remorseful in those photos! More like, "got another bucket of grain?"

Glad you found all of them. Whew, I was getting tired just thinking about trudging around like that!

[Karen]

I didn't know cows wandered, thought they just stayed around.

Oh, cows will definitely wander - after all, think of the animals on the plains of Africa - they keep moving - grazing and moving - so the "wander" is kinda built into the genes. That's why cowboys have jobs - cattle will move, wander and scatter if given half a chance! Or a downed fence ...

[lute]

How did the fence break? That's horrible!I'm so glad you found them! Couple of handsome boys like that, someone might take em!

[ramanth]

Yikes!!! Glad you found them and got them home safely. What a scare!

Often on my drive to work, I'll see one of the neighboring farmer's cows standing on the side of the road munching grass. No obvious break in the fence and other cows still in the pasture content as can be. It's like they are magic cows. LOL!

[Fett]

I've seen that a couple times myself. They must somehow crawl under the electric fencing or something.

[gini]

Now how do you tell a few cows that they have done something bad and have upset you?

Very happy all is well and they are back home. I bet you slept well that night after all of the exercise you got.