When you're a farm girl...

[fairfarmhand]

And you look out the window and see cattle, you don't stop to think.

You grab your coat and throw on your boots and yell for help as you run out the door.

You chase those animals over two fields of wheat and 20 acres,

You yell at them, shake buckets of grain in an attempt to lure them to you. You chase them down.

You run through gullies, through the mud, and through thickets of briers.

You finally, after 30 minutes in the freezing cold wind, finally get them up in the pen with the other animals.

Then, you look at the animals in the pen.

And you look at the animals you just captured.

 

 

And you realize.....

 

 

 

THEY'RE NOT YOUR STEERS.

 

I have no idea whose steers these are. 

I burnt my cookies. 

[gardenmom5]

1 minute ago, fairfarmhand said:

And you look out the window and see cattle, you don't stop to think.

You grab your coat and throw on your boots and yell for help as you run out the door.

You chase those animals over two fields of wheat and 20 acres,

You yell at them, shake buckets of grain in an attempt to lure them to you. You chase them down.

You run through gullies, through the mud, and through thickets of briers.

You finally, after 30 minutes in the freezing cold wind, finally get them up in the pen with the other animals.

Then, you look at the animals in the pen.

And you look at the animals you just captured.

 

 

And you realize.....

 

 

 

THEY'RE NOT YOUR STEERS.

 

I have no idea whose steers these are. 

I burnt my cookies. 

Have you been watching anne of green gables?  Where anne sells mrs lindes milk cow because she thought it was hers.

[prairiewindmomma]

Still, better than having them get hit by a car.

Back home, we could post to a community Facebook to put out the word, or check ear tags and brands. Hopefully they will be safely back at their homes soon.

[pinball]

22 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said:

And you look out the window and see cattle, you don't stop to think.

You grab your coat and throw on your boots and yell for help as you run out the door.

You chase those animals over two fields of wheat and 20 acres,

You yell at them, shake buckets of grain in an attempt to lure them to you. You chase them down.

You run through gullies, through the mud, and through thickets of briers.

You finally, after 30 minutes in the freezing cold wind, finally get them up in the pen with the other animals.

Then, you look at the animals in the pen.

And you look at the animals you just captured.

 

 

And you realize.....

 

 

 

THEY'RE NOT YOUR STEERS.

 

I have no idea whose steers these are. 

I burnt my cookies. 

You’re awesome!

im sorry about your cookies!

[Katy]

I'm sorry!  I hope you find their people soon.  It's been more than 20 years since I spent much time at my dad's, but I'd probably instinctively do the same thing.

[barnwife]

Sorry, but you made me remember a babysitting experience I had when I was in high school. I often babysat for a family of farm kids. Once, late at night after they were all in bed, there was a knock on the door. It was after 11 pm, so I was nervous about answering the door. I chose to answer it with the phone clearly visible in my hand (yes, this was pre-cell phone) and didn't actually open the door.

But it wasn't anything nefarious. It was just somebody who had been driving down the highway and seen cows out. They pulled in at the first farm to let them know.  I thanked said person and then had to ponder what to do. I figured I had 3 options: call the parents, wait for them to get home (I expected them soon anyway), or call the brother of the dad (who lived/farmed next door). Thankfully, I didn't really have to choose, as the parents arrived home.

Boy, that was a fun family to babysit for. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[Dianthus]

1 hour ago, gardenmom5 said:

Have you been watching anne of green gables?  Where anne sells mrs lindes milk cow because she thought it was hers.

I thought the same thing even before I got to the end.

 

That's sad about the cookies.

[cintinative]

This is the story your son should write about!  😃

[El...]

Sorry about your cookies. You're a superhero.

[theelfqueen]

I'll never forget my mom jumping out of a camper in her nightgown and flip flops to chase my grandpa's bull back into the pen when it got out. She grabbed me by the arm and dragged me on and told me to go over there and wave my arms and shout. And she went after him. 

[Faith-manor]

Oh my gosh! I am snickering and shouldn't be! Don't feel bad though. Hitting a cow is like hitting a brick wall. I hope you find the owners soon.

[fairfarmhand]

Just now, Faith-manor said:

Oh my gosh! I am snickering and shouldn't be! Don't feel bad though. Hitting a cow is like hitting a brick wall. I hope you find the owners soon.

That’s why I shared it. Figured someone ought to get some entertainment out of the situation.

[Shelydon]

I have done that with sheep. And a CAT! My dog chased my black cat up a tree. I fussed at the dog, grabbed a ladder and got the cat out of the tree and hauled him into the house and put him in a bathroom so I could assess for injuries. On the way through the house, I passed by my black cat. I had hauled some neighbor's cat out of the tree and was holding him hostage in the bathroom. Oops

[saraha]

On behalf of the owners of said cattle, thank you!!!

[Tree Frog]

My dad lives high on a desolate bluff in a free range state. He woke up one day to find about 5 or 6 longhorns bulls drinking from his small decorative pond. He didn't know who to contact, so I think he called the sheriff. The owners were eventually located about 100 miles away. By the time they got to my dad's, the cattle were gone again, though they were eventually found, round up, and taken back to the ranch. 

[Ottakee]

We have rounded up loose horses several times.

[Eos]

You are amazing.  I remember the neighborhood in a tizzy over runaway sheep and horses when I was growing up but steers are a whole 'nother kettle of cattle.

[cintinative]

So, enlighten me. How does one go about finding out the owner of rogue steers?  Are they branded?

[saraha]

Here we would call the immediate neighbors we know have cattle, and put it on Facebook. Word spreads from there

[stephanier.1765]

Has the mystery been solved? I'm on the edge of my seat with curiosity. LOL

[fairfarmhand]

i thought about posting the steers to Facebook or something but my dh pointed out that those steers would be like saying did anyone lose $5K in cash? If you can describe it it’s yours! They look like 90% of the other steers in the county.

anyhoo…we waited. And about 2 pm yesterday the doorbell rang and it was the guy who owned them. He basically said, I’ve lost 3 black steers. You seen Em?

i showed him where they were and he was super nice and grateful and paid my ds and me for rounding them up.

irony is this…he’s a half owner of the butcher we use in KY for processing our animals. He’s leasing some property near us.

he came today and picked up his animals and all is well.

[Shoeless]

On 2/18/2023 at 7:00 AM, cintinative said:

So, enlighten me. How does one go about finding out the owner of rogue steers?  Are they branded?

Around here, we call the sheriff and they sort it out.  There were 6 or 8 steers that broke out of their fence and were happily munching grass along the side of the highway.  It was a disaster waiting to happen!

Edited February 20, 2023 by Shoeless