My oldest....

Dave H (MI) · May 19, 2019

...just finished two weeks as an intern at a big dairy. Did so many rectals and pregnancy checks that her arm has bruises all up and down it. Twice cows got away prematurely and swiped her out of the way in their hurry to get back with the others. More bruises. Took her to dinner last night and she said it hurt her to be hugged. They had a cow who was attacking people and trying to bite. That one was being hauled away I guess before it hurt somebody. Actually did quite well. She was doing a rectal and felt a rumble up inside the cow, pulled her arm out and stepped aside just as a horizontal stream of semi liquid "stuff" got fired out. Said she felt it coming. I find a lot of this to be very interesting...but I'm not ever doing it. She likes cows but I don't think dairy is high on her list either.

JD Seller · May 19, 2019

Get her up and finished so she can support you in your advanced age. LOL

Yes you soon learn the "feeling/warning" when doing preg checks or AI. Gives a whole new meaning to duck and cover. LOL

Steve@Advance · May 19, 2019

A biting cow?

Never been around many cows, but do they bite?

Dave H (MI) · May 19, 2019

This one yes.

Dave H (MI) · May 19, 2019

You should talk, LOL! She had some experience, knew what was coming. Fella in her class who didnt got a good dose she tells me.

Leroy · May 19, 2019

Yes some will, just depends on temperment of cow.

NEKS · May 19, 2019

Had a cow to the vet first thing one morning to preg. Out came a young girl to do it. When I left there I think her coverall were going in the dumpster.

Tom OConnor · May 19, 2019

I had a lot of experience with dairy cattle when I was younger and always respected a fresh cow as much as a bull. Especially a first calf heifer if she might think that you were going to harm her calf. They were also quite touchy when exposed to an automatic milking machine the first time.

IowaJohn · May 19, 2019

Brings back memories of artificially inseminating, AIing for short with fresh green grass in the early summer, arm goes in green comes out in squirts. Don't really miss those days.

Philip d · May 20, 2019

Been there done that hundreds if not thousands of times

coshoo · May 20, 2019

My dad and his friend were trying to get into Charlois cattle back in the '60's, and AI was the only way to do it. I'm pretty small boned, and they wanted to send me to AI school. Wasn't my cup of tea, but luckily I was going 350 miles away to college the next year, so used the excuse that I wouldn't be around to do the job. Dad got 13 bull calves and 1 heifer out of his 7 shorthorn cows over the next 2 years, so ended up abandoning the project.

rrlund · May 20, 2019

Sounds like great dinner conversation. LOL

Bob N.Y. · May 20, 2019

I spent 33 years as an artificial inseminator. Ah, the memories!

jacksun65 · May 20, 2019

AHHH springtime in the dairy barn LOL. One time uncle ran out of hay, grass was only about 4inches he decided to let them out on pasture. The girls were spraying us across the aisle when we were hooking up milkers. Had to get a pressure washer to clean the ceiling lucky it was metal. Never again the horror the horror

Dave H (MI) · May 20, 2019

Pretty much the standard at our house. I had to put a limit on castration stories. Cant help it...I start to get sympathetic pains.

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