I, for one, say good for them. Run to your heart's content...because once you stop...we will eat you...and it will be yummy.

The problem is: once a bovine understands it can get free, to get to grass on the other side of the fence, it's commonplace for them to repeat the action, both Young and Brown said.

See, that is how it all starts. Next thing you know, hyperevolved cattle have turned the tables on us and we find ourselves chewing the cud on longpig ranches. Beware!

The grass is always greener...well...you know the rest...

He is slowly addressing the problem? Maybe he should just ask the cows why they are not happy at the farm.

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berylman: The problem is: once a bovine understands it can get free, to get to grass on the other side of the fence, it's commonplace for them to repeat the action, both Young and Brown said.

See, that is how it all starts.

Well, duh. They always told us grass was the gateway drug.

Free beef - any way you look at it. _{Here bossy, here bossy Nomnomnomnomnom}

This man has the right tool for the job.

Pope Schizoid XIV: This man has the right tool for the job.

Is anyone else having an Orwell-ian moment?

Is it can be cheezberger tiemz now?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

I like cows. They're delicious.

gambitsworld: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

That cow guru seems to be having an identity crisis.

/he's got udders

Steak thread!

Time to play Dana Lyons' song, "Cows with Guns". (new window)

How weak and frail do you have to be to get injured by stepping on a hoof print?

/Darwin laughs in an-ti-ci ......................................... pation

Better: "Cows with Guns" (new window) animation.

I'm heading out to start digging a pit right now.

/Heeerrreee Bossy, Bossy, Bossy.... That's a good cow

I'll fire up the smoker:



And you go grab some beer.

See my dad grew up on a farm as a kid, and had a similar story. Seems the lady down the road had 4 attack geese, territorial farks that attacked anyone and terrorized the neighborhood when they got loose. One day my dad managed to trap them in his family's yard. They had roasted goose for a few weeks.

Just need to invest in a few good shotgun shells, chainsaws and band saws, then fire up the grill.

tshetter: I'll fire up the smoker:



And you go grab some beer.

Technically, I guess that qualifies as a smoker.

THIS is what I call 'a smoker':

DigitalCoffee: How weak and frail do you have to be to get injured by stepping on a hoof print?

/Darwin laughs in an-ti-ci ......................................... pation

Not exactly a farm boy, are you?

They must watch to much T.V. Must be heading for Calif. to do some cheese commercials.

Cows are like any other social group, get rid of the trouble makers and the rest will fall in line. If farmer Young would get rid of his breakout artists first, his problems would go way down.

/if only we could send unruly school children to the abattior
//farm boy
///gots llamas...no cows

Mmmmm... yummy cow pies!!!

/I'm doing it wrong aren't I?

Cows are good for more than just eating

"Jetez la vache!"

I got a funny story involving a cow for ya....

100+ degree heat mad a cow of ours go crazy and run headfirst into a tree, all I heard was this:

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(THUD).............

Cows are lucky they taste good because otherwise they'd have been driven to extinction very shortly after the evolution of Homo Sapiens. They're the most useless, obnoxious, pain in the ass animals this side of yappy little rat dogs.

When I was growing up I always hated those mindless little 4H farm-biddies-in-training who said they had a 'pet cow'. Cattle are not pets. Cattle are livestock. The distinction? Any animal that routinely shiats on itself is livestock.

Runaway cows have town looking for answers, big BBQ pits


Subby must be a city slicker or we would have written " Runaway cows have town looking for answers, big milk bottles. "

Guess that's what happens when you think milk comes from the dairy isle and beef comes from the meat department.

Just an FYI

Cows = Milk

Steer = Beef ( for the giant BBQ )

We'll cover where fruits and vegetables come from next week.

cows always make me think of The Far Side

I live about 2 miles from this guys place. I have never seen any loose cows, but the fence that keeps them in is pretty slack. It really is like pallets and car hoods all buckled together.

magical_mystery_meat: Cows are lucky they taste good because otherwise they'd have been driven to extinction very shortly after the evolution of Homo Sapiens. They're the most useless, obnoxious, pain in the ass animals this side of yappy little rat dogs.

When I was growing up I always hated those mindless little 4H farm-biddies-in-training who said they had a 'pet cow'. Cattle are not pets. Cattle are livestock. The distinction? Any animal that routinely shiats on itself is livestock.

Chairman Cao Tse-Tung laughs at your animal trespass tickets.

/cud she can

I like how folks have offered to help but the farmer can't let them because of insurance regulations. Way to go!

libbynomore2: Runaway cows have town looking for answers, big BBQ pits


Subby must be a city slicker or we would have written " Runaway cows have town looking for answers, big milk bottles. "

Guess that's what happens when you think milk comes from the dairy isle and beef comes from the meat department.

Just an FYI

Cows = Milk

Steer = Beef ( for the giant BBQ )

We'll cover where fruits and vegetables come from next week.

If I had done what you suggest, this thread would not be here for you to make that point on. Farkers like BBQ, not milk.

/I know the difference
//far from a 'city slicker'
///there's probably more cows within a 5 mile radius of me than people
////slashies

the guy needs to fix his fence. 'insurance reasons' is not an excuse. If he can't fix it himself, then he should hire people to fix it. If he WON'T fix it, then he should have to sell. If the cow figures out to break the fence, then the cow has to go to market.

Loose cows are dangerous. Hitting a cow with a car is not a good proposition for the car. If a cow leaves a hoofprint in the mud, its like a gopher hole in the ground-- not a good proposition for a foot.

Loose cows are an imposition on community resources.