Well, yesterday's treatment was pretty horrible, so we're just going to go to the funny part of the day.
We got a cow named Chuck. (So yes, when he lays down he is Ground Chuck). Well. He is supposed to be a steer. I always thought a steer was just a cow with horns. So for the rest of you uneducated city folk (like me!), apparently a girl cow is a heifer. A BOY cow that no longer has his boy parts is a STEER. A boy cow that HAS all of his boys parts is a BULL. Those are the things you see in the PBR-8-second-bull-riding shows. (The BULL not the parts!!!!!)
Well. Our cow has a cough. Yes, a cough. First the $#@$# dogs, and now the cow. WHAT ever. So after another $90 flippin' dollars to combat said cow cough, our loving friend Shawn's son Kyle came over to administer aforementioned $90 medication because 1. it has to be injected, 2. Kyle used to work on a cow farm, 3. Doug had no idea what to do, and 4. Kyle had to help "catch" the thing before he could inject it.
SO. I have to say at this point I am HORRIBLY saddened that I did not see this take place, it is only a vicarious telling. {sigh} I miss ALL the good stuff.
First, when we get home from my horrific treatment, Doug goes out with Jacob to build some kind of cow container. A stall of sorts, quickly assembled. Kyle comes over, Jacob and I are eating supper....never heard a thing.
Doug comes back in after a while, and the first thing out of his mouth is, "Kyle said make sure Jacob NEVER EVER EVER goes by that cow. He said it was rank." Now, I happened to know that "rank" doesn't mean stinky in this case, but MEAN. (I know that from my short-lived fascination with bull-riding).
Then he proceeds to tell me how he got head-butted by the cow, kicked by the cow, and how Kyle narrowly escaped being charged by jumping OVER the cow somehow. (Again, I'm almost weeping that I missed the show). I think Shawn said it was 4 or 5 times that Kyle got pushed around by this "rank steer" who Kyle REALLY thinks is a BULL.
OF COURSE it is. The thing charged the electric fence for crying out loud! And the best part?? We get to do shots for FIVE more days! Today, even if I have to wheel myself to the window, I will be watching. Doug is going to Shawn's to get some gates that they use to box in the animal that needs medication, and then Kyle and his sister Tiffani are coming over. Tiffani will be on her HORSE, and rope the cow's back legs, while Kyle ropes the front, and somehow is going to check to see if his boy parts are still there.
Anyone who has known me for a long time is probably rolling on the floor by now.
So if it IS a bull, we will either bring it back to the auction place and get a REAL steer, or if it's just a rank steer, we will make a small SMALL pen until he calms down. Then we'll just fatten the sucker up as fast as possible and Chuck will be, well, chuck!
One thing to say if you have me in your life in any way: NEVER a dull moment.
