Fillet and Bucky

As y'all recall, we inherited a cow when 10 men couldn't get her into the giant animal hauler for transport to South Carolina. I coaxed her into the emu pen with the 7ft tall fence, where she has lived for the last 3 weeks. Today was her scheduled appointment with the butcher.

My original plan was to try and get a halter on her through various different means, then drag her into the trailer, but the lady at Brevard Feed and Seed has lots of cow experience, and told me I was trying to get folks killed, =-) She suggested we simply park the trailer as close to the gate as possible, and slowly haze her into the trailer.

So, that's what we did.

She is a wild and fiesty heifer!!! I anticipated a rodeo. Well, Maria and I finally got the trailer lined up, plugged the gate so the only way out was into the trailer, (or over the fence or through the fence,....) And in we went to gently haze her into the trailer.

Nope! Not havin' none of it! We mearly LOOKED in her direction, and she commensed running, rubing into the fence, trying to climb it, and generally being an ass. She even popped part of the fence loose, staples pinging off the post (which is a telephone pole,...)

Well, I climbed out through the hole to fix it, cuz I knew as soon as she saw it, she would climb out too,....

And Maria very quietly and non-chalantly began walking her way, and making kissy noises.

And Fillet just hopped right into the trailer!!!!

We quickly slamed the door shut, and it was a done deal! It took longer to park the trailer!

The butcher says she is a two yr old Brangus, which is where she gets her 'tude.

As for the deer, the man wasn't able to make it out on Monday, so Bucky boy got a week's reprieve,....

All the velvet is stripped from the bucks' antlers. They are now fighting occasionally. There are gouges on the trees, in the dirt, on each other,....

Anyway, That's about it nfor now,....

Later,
Cheri'