It is. Many years ago had a holiday in Shetland and stayed in a sheep farm house annex. Unfortunately it was lambing season and we had to help out the farmer who was short of employees. Not an experience I would like to repeat.
It can be even worse as years ago cow's were on the smaller size, now when a Belgian Blue has a bit of what he fanny's with a Dexter you will have big problem's But on the hole most give birth on their own usally at night/ early morning unless calf if backwards or 1 of his/her front legs hasn't come out first, which is why you must keep an eye on them, if calf doesn't come out the and mum start's to close up (as in after giving birth) then it get harder and more pain for mum or it's under the knife
It was only once, right place/time for the lady Anyway tis not alot different but you have to be more carefull
@Jiffy We had Belgian Blues in the paddock next to our house in Belgium and every single cow had to have a Caesarian to get the calf out safely. They'd come out of the winter barns with the shaved side and scar still showing and lots of happy leaping to be out on grass again. The bulls were absolutely huge but my farmer neighbour said they were over bred, over muscled and had weak ankles and breakages led to slaughter. The local Blonds d'Aquitaine and Limousins are much better proportioned and taste better too and we get to see the calves out in the fields with their mums till they're weaned. A local farm has invested in Angus - smaller and prettier but too expensive except for an occasional treat at 35€ a kilo for steak.
Lots of Amish around me, and other open spaces farmlands, its either a herd of cows or some horses as I drive about these rolling hills. One farm across the street from one of my offices the cows would give birth in the field then drop the placenta and sometimes a vulture would get to it. We at the office had the ranchers / farmers phone number, would call him to tell him we saw a birth, soon a open jeep would be traveling over to do whatever their supposed to do with the new calf. I also see a few different cow breeds, the white banded type, the long horn type, typical Jersey, also buffalo. Sure I missed some.
Surprisingly, they don't make it clear how he did lose his legs or even if he actually lost his legs. Either bad reporting or bad English.
Interesting that he used a website called TheEunuchMaker, usually more involved in the amputation of other parts. Eunuch is often claimed to be a gender identity.
Think Ovo has me down as a conspiracy theorist. Well, if they ask me why I don't want a smart meter, they should expect my considered view on the matter ... at some length. And if the young lad unfortunate enough to have dialled my number thought regaling me with a tale of how his grandad used to think the same, but once he had had it all explained to him, he changed his mind and, miraculously, is now saving money , would be helpful, he was mistaken!
One of my dad's friends is in hospital at the moment and the diagnosis is cholera. According to the NHS website "cholera is not found in the uk. It's mostly found in parts of Africa and Asia, in places without a clean water supply". So which exotic place did he bring it back from? Was he on a great expedition? Well the answer is no, he was fishing on our local river and according to the doctor there have been quite a few cases this year around the country, caused by all the pollution being dumped by the water companies. Where he was fishing is about half a mile from a waste treatment plant but also somewhere that has large numbers of paddle boarders, rowers, swimmers etc as it's about a mile from Norwich City centre.
But the cholera would have to be seeded from somewhere, wouldn't it? It wouldn't just appear spontaneously. I just did a quick google and the only mention I can find for 2025 is of 4 cases related to travel to Ethiopia.
Seems to me someone has flown in from one of the areas where it is endemic and has then excreted the microbes which end up in untreated sewage released into the river. Needs chasing up by the relevant water regulation authorities, just as their public health colleagues would for cases of botulism, salmonella or other forms of food poisoning caused by failures in food prep security.
