Note to boss...never bet against the cheap help (who are the same folks who spend the week at the fair with the show calves every year).
Yesterday Liz just had one of those feelings....something wrong with the heifers and dry cows. She went out to the pasture where they are stationed and sure enough River had had a calf and had pushed him down in our deepest ravine (which has a creek at the bottom.) Liz got them both out and came on down to report. Calf was a week early, tiny (you can pick it up under one arm) and a bull. Oh well.
Anyhow, while we were bringing him and his mama in to the barn we decided to bring all the close up dries in too and get them up to speed on grain feeding. (We have a serious selenium deficiency in the soil in this area and they can get some in the cow grain we feed. Selenium is a major aid to successful calving and the passing of the placenta afterward.)
After that nifty little rodeo concluded we were admiring last year's show heifer, Blink, who was running with them. Liz and I were joking about how she probably could walk right up to her and feed her French Fries. She loved them SO much last summer. The boss thought we were nuts and bet that she couldn't.
Well, now, it just so happened that we had French fries with our party dinner the night before. And it just so happened that we didn't eat them all., So....nothing would do, but Liz run over to the house and grab a handful to test the theory.
Blink was a little hawky after running wild since last fall. She let Liz get semi, sorta, kinda close and then stretched her neck out very, very long to sniff.....very long, giraffe neck...standing on tippy hoofs, ready to bolt away with her tail up.
And then she scented the French fries. Out came the tongue, down went the heels, and she gobbled them all up like the fair was yesterday instead of last year.
We roared with laughter.
Too bad we didn't put any meaningful stakes on our bet though.
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Like I said, dont ever bet against the show cow! LOL
Next time, go with your instincts. The wager could have been interesting, yes?
Blink's story is better than a video of same. Moments like that live forever.
Great stuff. :-)
Love the image of her standing on her "tippy hooves." LOL
Paints, both Blink and I are delighted to have you home
STeve, wish we had put some serious stakes on there. I don't think he ever saw her eat fries over at the fair, but she is crazy about them...or maybe just plain crazy. It was cool though to have her let Liz walk right up to her like that.
STacy, thanks, it was so funny we just roared after she ran away when Liz ran out of fries
Oh I wish I could have seen the french fry bet.
Tipper, it was great...we KNEW she would come up and eat them. She practically tore the barn down at the fair when she saw somebody coming with food. lol
Hawky? That's a new one for me. I love the tippy hooves too and I can't say as i've ever seen a cow do that one either.
Wish you'd have gotten a picture of that!
Linda, she is so funny because last summer she was showed at two fairs, constant handling, she has no genuine fear of people. but she thinks she ought to be nervous because the other ones are a little. I suspect if Liz wanted to she could walk right up to her and throw a halter on her and bring her in the barn'
Jinglebob, wish I had thought of it, but we were supposed to be getting ready to do chores instead of fooling around. lol
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