Speaking of interaction ….
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For some reason, I can't get the audio to play on that clip; had to enable the captions to find out what was going on.
But apparently the captions function isn't working either. Its interpretation was something about talking to cows? Must be time for a new laptop, mine's obviously done for...
Hello; I do know what one call means after living next to a pasture for over ten years. First time I heard the loud call I thought one of the cows was injured. I called the owner. He said there was not a problem. Such happens a few times most years. The more recent cattle owner who rents the pasture finally told me. It is the call of a mother cow who's calf is missing.
The cattle are grass fed beef cattle and there is a profit driven formula for when they go to market. I know now what to look for. The young steers go away more often as soon as they get to a desired weight. Makes sense economically since once the calf stops putting on weight at a good rate the feed is going to mostly maintain the weight.
I think the cows can last longer depending on if the owner is trying to expand the herd numbers or reduce them.
Another reason to get rid of the young steers is only one bull is needed for a specific job and to avoid conflict as the young steers mature.
One summer I found a young calf alone at the fence next to my place. I called the owner. He told me not to worry. That the mother parked it there and she must trust me well enough.
One other thing I was told. Seems the cattle owners can have more than one pasture in use. I was told if they move the cow & calf to a different pasture right before taking away the near grown calf that the cow is not in distress as long.
