No eclipse viewing here today, it was cloudy and drizzling rain. But we had plenty of other things to keep us busy.
Joe came to the house and wanted a long rope and for me to come help. That red/white face cow had a calf that rolled on off the cliff toward the river.
He has a ways to go before actually falling in the water. I started heading him back up the cliff. Joe said he was walking better than when he had tried earlier so he let me continue to push the calf up the cliff.
It was a good thing he was walking on his own because there was no way to carry him. Joe’s idea had been to tie the rope around him behind his front legs and pull him up. Glad we didn’t have to do that.
And just like that, he was back with mom.
Next came some fence fixing in “no man’s land”. This is another cliff next to the main road. We aren’t really sure who owns it but our cattle can get to it and have gotten out there before.
This is the section that we needed to fix.
Joe had a roll of used wire he wanted to roll out and tack up.
It was a struggle to get it past the trees, rocks, road trash, and the old fence.
But with some pruning, sawing, pushing and tugging we prevailed. Hopefully, it will give the cows some pause if they go wandering around back there.
2 comments:
Cows always find the worst places to go! Hope the fence effort is worth it.
What an ordeal - well two ordeals. I liked the photos of you herding the black calf up the cliff to his concerned mother and then the reunion.
And that fence in no man's land. Yikes. Prevailed seems like the correct verb.
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