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Re: Kerelaw

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Those are bullocks and are docile. However crossing a field at night can be dangerous if a herd take to the stampede.
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Vivc113 wrote:Those cattle always stare. I got them to approach me some time back. Very friendly up close. They belong to the McCutcheons. They give them cake of some kind each evening so that they don't suffer a mini stroke.

I was on the other side of the fence (!!)
Didnae know cattle liked cake.
To be on the safe side Viv I was also on the other side of the gate but you're right, they're quite a friendly breed of cattle.
It is cake containing something.. Cannot remember what. Farmer McCutcheon told me at the time.
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Vivc113 wrote:
michaelm wrote:
Vivc113 wrote:Those cattle always stare. I got them to approach me some time back. Very friendly up close. They belong to the McCutcheons. They give them cake of some kind each evening so that they don't suffer a mini stroke.

I was on the other side of the fence (!!)
Didnae know cattle liked cake.
To be on the safe side Viv I was also on the other side of the gate but you're right, they're quite a friendly breed of cattle.
It is cake containing something.. Cannot remember what. Farmer McCutcheon told me at the time.
Is it not salt licks?
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Vivc113 wrote:Those cattle always stare. I got them to approach me some time back. Very friendly up close. They belong to the McCutcheons. They give them cake of some kind each evening so that they don't suffer a mini stroke.

I was on the other side of the fence (!!)
That's not fair these cows get cake for their high blood pressure, all I get is a pill. Think I'm going to go to an udder doctor :lol:
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Meg wrote:A gentle reminder that the vernacular is only used un McBlethers please ... (See forum rules if needed)

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5siamese7 wrote:Those are bullocks and are docile. However crossing a field at night can be dangerous if a herd take to the stampede.
Any herd, docile or not, may be dangerous if threatened or perceive danger.

Whilst in the country ages ago, I unexpected came upon a herd whilst on my bike. Mass panic ensued and one coo jumped the fence!!!!!

I think McCutcheon's coos were in MacGregor Avenue recently. Not the black ones.. Coos from the fields further up. Someone had been walking their dog in the field causing mass panic and the herd bolted. I believe some wound up in the church.
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Viv, the animals have been castrated to keep them the under control. I can assure you the most frightening thing in the countryside is to be charged by an intact bull (sic).
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5siamese7 wrote:Viv, the animals have been castrated to keep them the under control. I can assure you the most frightening thing in the countryside is to be charged by an intact bull (sic).
Aye, that's true up to a point Bill - although I'm told most Galloway Bulls are seldom troublesome either - as many of us will have memories of having to clamber pronto over a fence or gate as kids to escape the wrath of an angry Bull, but I think Vivc makes a good point about 'startling' a herd. Whether during the day or at night time there's a risk involved as they might not always 'run away' from you.
And it can just as easily be a herd of Cows that attack folk, so male hormones aren't always the culprit. :)
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I don't trust any herd. I had a herd of horses after me yesterday. I had an apple with me and it was like 'mass charge'. These horses belonged to a horse dealer and were a bit more wild.

Later on, I sat somewhere else and they appeared on the horizon again, eyeing me up then charging.

An odd day yesterday.
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Yes horses can be dangerous. The breed of cattle is important regarding behaviour. The Ayrshire bull was notorious for being crabbit. Friesians are generally good natured. Cows with calves need to be watched . Its best to be wary of all large farm animals.
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And some o they chickens are mental. Be carefull kids when your out in the country :lol:
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. A lassie I know who was brought up in Wales told me of the trouble her mother had with their cockerel . It kept attacking her and no not with a baseball bat, but she got fed up and asked the butcher to kill it. This guy grabbed it and chopped its head off with a hatchet and do you know when he let it go it ran without a head and this to see was very traumatic for this wee girl and she never forgot it.
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