Believe it or not...
(And, I'm havin' a hard time (kinda) with it myself....)
It's still going. The pooter is still fine, so far. Matter of fact, this morning, unlike yesterday, it was just like I left it last night. Didn't freeze up, accept any tongue kisses from virus infected emails...we haven't even gotten any more junk mail from that 'message a minute' shit spreader (yet...lol).
I did, however, get a tool or two from Jane to (and I loooove the sound of this)...to THROTTLE the crapflooders. (I have to be careful typing that because my fingers immediately hook-out to accomodate a windpipe, thereby making it hard to type with any accuracy at all...)
But I do like that 'throttling' part I gotta tell ya. Sounds fun, doesn't it?
I need to go get my brain back....I've been distressed sitting here since last night by a calf. I know that doesn't make much sense, but, it is true. The calf hutches, where they keep the calves from about 9 seconds after they're born til they're too damned big for the 'stalls' are right across the driveway from me. Normally, that's no big deal. However...it was last night and first thing this morning.
There's one heifer out there screaming her fuckin' head off since yesterday afternoon. She's being, or actually already HAS been weaned offa milk. She is not happy about this. She is also not in the right place anymore. When they finish the milk cycle, they're supposed to be moved into the big barn with the older calves, not left out there with everybody else getting milk while she stands there watching...wanting...and not getting any. It's fuckin' heartless. Yesterday was her first day of being off milk completely....see, they're given milk twice a day at first, then, like, the last week or so, they get cut back to once a day, then none. When they get down to none, they're moved. Except this one wasn't. Poor lil bitch has been out there since YESTERDAY screaming for milk, not knowing why she was forgotten. I cannot handle that. At all.
Most women, normal women I suppose, have this reaction to crying human babies. Not me, man. Crying human babies only piss me off. Swear to God...I hate that noise. And that's all it is, too...noise...horrendous noise. Baby animals bawlin', though...now that brings out the Mom in me. My Dad has often joked that'd I step on a human baby to save a kitten and he is 100% abso-fuckin'-lutely correct. So, this poor calf...Jesus.
I know weaning is necessary, I know. I took care of over 100 calves a day, top to bottom, every day back at Wellacrest. I KNOW how this shit works. I also know that a calf screaming to this extent is just wrong. I hadda sit here and hear it last night...I even asked Eric if there were any overly-loud voiced calves out there, because if not, one must be out. He said it was just a loud one. So, I tried to block it out. Didn't work. I went to bed before midnight, if that tells ya anything about how bad it was...Then, first thing this morning, I come back out here and what do I hear? This poor baby still screaming for milk.
Well...I got on the radio, spoke about three words to Eric about this and wound up in TEARS. I told him, either someone out there was gonna tend to this poor baby, or I fuckin' would. He finally realized that she was off milk completely and moved her. Thank God. Peace at last and she's where she shoulda been put yesterday. Jesus. Now, she's in a huge pen with a few other recently weaned babies. They can at least explain it to her now...lol. Poor fuckin' baby.
The longer I'm involved with dairy farming, the more I hate how it's done. Farmers can be some stupid, heartless fuckholes, especially when there's a God damned dollar to be made or saved. Anybody who puts money before an animals well-being is a piece of shit. Especially especially when said animals well-being is directly related to yer future profits. But, all these guys are so fuckin' short-sighted and STUPID, they don't seem to be able to grasp the concept of spending a little cash now to make lots more later. And, consequently, dairy farming has gone to hell in a handbag with no hope of recovery. They're too busy injecting cows with all kindsa shit to make 'em get pregnant, make more milk and produce, produce, produce...fuck the animal. Let's just ring every drop of milk and baby we can outta her, using her up in about 5 years, then sell her for slaughter. And, that's argued to be okay because "it's a business". Pfft. Bullshit. Cow 'business' can be done a lot less cruelly than it is now. It's not about anything except money. And, because it is, it's doomed to failure. And, I for one, am no longer interested in adding to it.
I still want to farm, still want to work with the animals...I just want to find a farmer somewhere on this earth who isn't a money grubbin bastard. Maybe find one who actually at least LIKES his animals and would then want to take care of them properly.
That ain't here.
Not even.
In the meantime...heh. PETA is a God damned shame. Great concept, horrific execution of said concept. Do any of those jerkweeds even ever see or touch or feed or take in or take care of a single animal ever? Noooo.
They're too fuckin' busy being retarded and getting in the news to be bothered with ACTUALLY HELPING AN ANIMAL.
That's alright...they're gonna be one level in hell deeper than lying, married assholes in Nevada who hurt good girls.
Even if ya don't know what I mean by that...rest assured it's true.
I almost wouldn't mind be consigned to hell myself just to watch PETA-assholes and farmers (which is redundant) fry.
I wish "Cows With Guns" could actually happen. They could teach the deer...then it'd be all kinds of fun and funny.
Whenever yer ready, *girls, just let me know.
(*My word for 'cows') I have to go bite something, now.
I'll be back.
Grrrrr!
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