Posted by JDseller on June 06, 2012 at 08:30:12 from (208.126.196.144):
When I went to check the cows this morning I had an old Brood cow that has passed on. She was 22 years old. She had not had a calf for several years but she earned her retirement. She was the last of the heifers that my first wife helped raise. My wife always like the cattle. She checked them every day rain or shine , hot or cold. She always gave them some thing for a treat so they would follow her any where. This old cow would follow my wife like a dog would when the calf was just weeks old. My wife carried a curry brush an that heifer would just stand there and let her brush her for hours.
That cow/heifer would always come up to the Gator when my wife got too weak to be able to walk to check on the cattle any more. That cow would put her head in my wife's lap to get petted just like a dog. The old cow would also always bring her calves up to the house just as soon as they could walk that far. It was like she wanted to show them off to us.
That old cow mothered/raised 17 calves total. 12 of them where heifers calves. I kept every single one of them. A third of my 110 cows can be tracked back to her blood lines. She was not the biggest cow but she always weaned a good size calf. She also had so good of disposition that I want that trait in the rest of the herd. I want to have cattle that are easy to work with. I want brood cows that you can help calve with out ropes and gates.
I have the back hoe hooked up on the tractor. I am waiting for my daughter to get up here. She has a few hour drive but she wanted to be here to see "Mom's" last cow buried. I am going to bury that old cow on a high ridge that over looks the pasture. She then can watch over all of us for the rest of our days.
There are a few wet eyes here this morning too. Good Day.
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