#IIRC they had lice issues?

[wandering-wolf23]

Tumblr's favorite cow blog has blocked me lol.

Look. Here's the thing - cows do not need to be wading through mud constantly. Do they like mud? Yes. Do most pastures have mud? Also yes. But goddam! Dig a ditch or something so the water can drain! Pick the shit up out of your pasture. It's really not that hard.

Have they never heard of hardware disease? Also, hoof care is vital. You can get away with not doing it for a time (guilty. I learned this the hard way ~20 years ago), but it's going to bite you in the ass. Also, the condition of those cows doesn't look great. I get that dairy cows are skinnier, but they need to look into a bottle of Cydectin and start treating for parasites.

A normal pasture doesn't look like that. My pasture is around 14 acres. It doesn't look like Scout's. Why? Because I've actually collected the metal trash over the years and carted it off. My neighbor has around 300 beef/dairy cross cattle. His pasture doesn't look like Scout's. Yeah, there are muddy spots, but the overwhelming majority of the pasture is dry and he's pulled the metal crap out of it. Hoofed animals can and do step on metal bits. They can and do get sick because of this. All you're trying to do is prevent a vet bill.

I understand that you have to start somewhere. I understand that they really do care about their animals. But the care those animals are getting is not good. No one is asking Scout to be a weather god - we're just asking them to take some pretty basic steps.