Country living blaring a car horn at cows crossing

[TEB]

On my way home this morning from the store I had to wait for a dairy farmer and the herd of Moo ladies. To cross this little country road. Me and a car behind me , now I don’t think the car behind me understands you can hit that horn all you want. The Moo ladies do it at their own speed.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I've seen moo ladies just stop and look at who is honking

Honking does not speed them up at all.

[hlthe2b]

2. The guy behind you was obnoxious.... Cows do and SHOULD have right of way (Elk, deer, moose, too)

Fortunately, the thoroughfares in my community DO stop for geese crossing. It is actually amusing to see all traffic stopped in a four-lane boulevard for the waddling cuties taking their time. And should they ever stop doing so, this driver will make them see the "light!"

[Ohiogal]

3. Be Kind to Animals

Used to be a Boy Scout motto

I guess that’s outdated like so many other things

What kind of idiot would honk at cows to hurry up crossing the road?

[Cirque du So-What]

4. What was this guy thinking?

Did he think it was a crowd of protesters and that you should have plowed into them?

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. We were on our way home, no need to hurry.

[samnsara]

6. I used to live on a road that had major cattle drives in front of my house..My Danish..

..exchange student (1980) rushed outside in his wooden clogs and pjs and took photos. I was also stuck in the middle of a drive of rodeo stock ( big..mean...w/horns) in my VW Ghia. Those bulls were bigger than my car. Now I live in an area where I just get stuck behind the yearly sheep drive down my curvy 2 lane mountain road. I actually enjoy the meandering pace and watching the sheep herders and their cattle dog control the flock.

grrr at city folk....

[Midnight Writer]

7. I hate those A-holes that honk at the cows, or try to "nudge" through them. Idiots.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. The large, spotted sheep don't cares none.

(Heard a "Bull Hauler" call Holsteins that one day, while listening to the CB! Thought it was funny)


They need a crossing guard like these ladies!

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. BTW, for those of you who love livestock and those that care for them.....

This guys YouTube channel is fascinating. What he does isn't something I reckon most people think too much about, but this man clearly loves what he does, provides a valued service and has true love for the animals he is looking after;

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4S-ThBT3KDDHAMvKw2SQg

**Warning for the squeamish*** The videos on this channel are at times graphic and...well..gross, but they are an inherent part of the dairy industry, and the satisfaction of watching a true professional make a cows life better makes this channel worth the attention.


Edit: What I found interesting about this guy is that even though he is a Scotsman, he found that the best device for his needs - the "Crush" he uses, was made in the good ol' USA!

Here's the vid of the first day of him using this interesting apparatus;

[Kali]

10. we call it a squeeze or a squeeze chute

it is inside one as young kid that Temple Grandin made some early discoveries in both animal handling and for Autistic kids.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. Indeed, and well illustrated in the movie about her.

As an aside, it is easy to see her influences on various stockyards and other facilities around the country, as the circular pens and loading chutes she pioneered are clearly visible when looked at from above. Not all feedlots have them, but the ones that do are easy to spot when looking at them via Google Earth or similar.

[Kali]

12. yep

that thing was pretty fancy, bet it runs 50K or more. I love the belly band. the chutes we have are all really old and just mechanical, no hydraulics or electricity but I have made some simple modifications that help with handling - covers on the sides being the most effective thing ever. I don't understand why more chutes don't have flaps, even super gentle cattle go through a closed cage/tunnel than something with dappled light and views out the sides.