Aggressive Cows (footnote)

W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon
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Wussie! A certain female friend of mine, raised in the country, told
me that if you stroke a bull's scrotum[1] it feels like the finest
velvet!

[1] Done when the bull was penned, and at the instigation of the village
lads........

Pervert :-)

Who? The pre-pubescent girl, the lads, or the bull?
--
Gordon

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I should have made it clearer that the calves were (mostly), on one side
of the path and their mothers on the other. It was not a matter of
bravado or tempting fate - just that there was no way to reach the style
without passing between them.

saki

Its only very young calves you have to watch, and then thankfully its
a rare problem.

Unlikely to find a jersey roaming... They are so evil that almost no
farmers will touch them.. Jerseys are strictly AI country - let
someone else have the risk..

Back to calves.. If you are staying at Willie's hostel at Camus Luinie
soon, watch out for the two friendly ones there.. They even feed some
of the midges for you...

Richard Webb

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No the risk to walkers from bulls are small.
Has anyone here beeen injured by a bull in a field?

Dave F

Yes - there are occasional fatalties.. But then there are also from
tups and horses. MAin bull danger is to handlers in doors.. Bull - you
- wall sandwich is not recommended, and bull handling indoors has been
the cause of more frightning moments to me than climbing. (even the
lovely quiet herefords)

I would really worry more about the metal beasts just over the hedge
in the road!

Richard Webb

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:47:57 +0100, Gordon <[email hidden]>

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W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, saki
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As to the breed, 'photos on the web do seem to confirm it was a Jersey -
colour, size, conformation - but for all I know there may exist some
confusingly similar breed.

Honey coloured, biggish ears and lovely long eyelashes :-)

And they love horse-chestnut shells.

That deserves an explanation. On a walk in the Y.Dales I playfully
threw a stick and brought down some 'conkers', taking a few home for
neighbours' kids.

As I prised them out of the shells, a small herd of Jerseys which were a
few yards away, wandered up to us and scoffed the discarded shells.

Problem... The daft buggers eat the conkers as well, and its not good
for them. Apples even worse. Cattle love trees, they are forest
creatures, and when we had a house cow (Jersey) walks into the woods
were very popular with the cow... Elm was especially favoured, very
sweet leaves - sadly not easily obtainable to todays bovines..

Richard Webb

Dave Fawthrop said:

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:24:19 +0100, Malcolm <[email hidden]>
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| Bulls (plural) again?

Viewed from behind they have huge balls.
Also thick neck, and sometimes a ring in the nose,
and a patch of hair in the middle of the stomach (see also bullocks).

Jersey bulls are remarkable like the cows at a distance.... Most beed
breeds the bull stands out because of teh Brick [censored] effect..
They are huge and muscular.... ID easy by looking at the head and
shoulders alone...

Dairy breeds are not so easy to spot, and my one run in with them (we
never had them at home thank goodness!) was only IDed once the chase
was on...

Richard Webb

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:26:28 +0100, Gordon <[email hidden]>

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Jhimmy <[email hidden]> wrote

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You're not a school teacher by any chance, Malcolm?

Bulls, plural or whatever, one of these was dirty great big bugger and I
wasn't going to have a butchers of their knackers! I wanted out and fast.

Wussie! A certain female friend of mine, raised in the country, told
me that if you stroke a bull's scrotum[1] it feels like the finest
velvet!

[1] Done when the bull was penned, and at the instigation of the village
lads........

Nah ram's scrotum is the thing, wool can be used to tie a very useful
fly -"Tup's indispensible"

Richard Webb

Malcolm said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Simonite
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The message <[email hidden]>
from Dave Fawthrop <[email hidden]> contains these words:

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Has anyone here beeen injured by a bull in a field?

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Dave F

Has anyone here entered a field when the bull has been put in to service
the cows?

Yes.. to try and extricate the cow from under the bull. This was IMHO
totally unnecessary, but the myth that sex drains vitality dies
slowly. My dad, the owner, wanted the bull in prime condition for a
show.

Probably the single most stupid thing I have ever been asked to do by
someone in authority.

Richard Webb

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:26:38 +0000, RJ Webb wrote:

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Unlikely to find a jersey roaming... They are so evil that almost no
farmers will touch them.. Jerseys are strictly AI country - let someone
else have the risk..

Thanks Richard. Do you mean that the bull we encountered (on a
well-walked Dales path), may not have been a been a jersey? Bull he most
certainly was, and as I have said size and colour seemed right according
to what I see on the net. Are there any breeds I might have confused him
with?

saki

saki said:

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:26:38 +0000, RJ Webb wrote:

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Unlikely to find a jersey roaming... They are so evil that almost no
farmers will touch them.. Jerseys are strictly AI country - let someone
else have the risk..

Thanks Richard. Do you mean that the bull we encountered (on a
well-walked Dales path), may not have been a been a jersey? Bull he most
certainly was, and as I have said size and colour seemed right according
to what I see on the net. Are there any breeds I might have confused him
with?

Dont know.. but Jerseys look like the cows, but with a different
shaped head. They are not usually any bigger. Was your fella larger
than the cows (jerseys are small)?

If a Jersey is in a field with a public path then the owner is
criminally negligent and should be for the high jump. This is an
incredibly dangerous situation. There are some out there, rare, but
still some.

Richard Webb

RJ Webb <[email hidden]> writes

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Nah ram's scrotum is the thing, wool can be used to tie a very useful
fly -"Tup's indispensible"

They taste very nice when fried though (sweet breads): the conkers that
is
Tis many years since i had a taster and frankly its not something that
i have noted in a recipe book.
Took mother a long time to prepare for the table though, boiling then a
gentle fry up

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:47:47 +0000, RJ Webb wrote:

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Thanks Richard. Do you mean that the bull we encountered (on a
well-walked Dales path), may not have been a been a jersey? Bull he
most certainly was, and as I have said size and colour seemed right
according to what I see on the net. Are there any breeds I might have
confused him with?

Dont know.. but Jerseys look like the cows, but with a different shaped
head. They are not usually any bigger. Was your fella larger than the
cows (jerseys are small)?

Hardly any bigger, but, believe me, we were quite close enough to
determine his sex.

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If a Jersey is in a field with a public path then the owner is
criminally negligent and should be for the high jump. This is an
incredibly dangerous situation. There are some out there, rare, but
still some.

He had gone when we returned about 6 hours later, but, as I said, the path
is well walked (the route to a village unless you want to use the
pavement-less road), and we saw several other couples plus dogs and
children on it during our days there.

saki