ginmar: Oh, who's a big fluffy puppy cow? I

ginmar (

ginmar) wrote,
@ 2008-05-12 19:19:00

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Oh, who's a big fluffy ~~puppy~~ cow?

I think he's cute. But I still am going to have some form of meat for breakfast.

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	rantinan 2008-05-13 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Is it wrong that I look at that picture and thaught: "Oh my, You'd have to order the BBQ sauce in a tanker!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 12:31 am UTC (link)
	I'm torn. I know how nice cows and even bulls can be, but damn....those are some big cows. I want more big cows. Big cows are really cool, because I'm weird like that. Imagine a milk cow that size? Ice cream for days! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	rantinan 2008-05-13 12:37 am UTC (link)
	ON NOM NOM. As for Cows being all sweet n stuff.. my grandfather was a cattle farmer. I had to get used to the whole cattle are sweet animals but tasty beasts thing at an early age. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	ad_kay 2008-05-13 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Oh, so that's what Brits call Holsteins. You wouldn't want to eat him anyway. Holsteins are a dairy breed. But why the hell did they call him a heifer??? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Cause they're stupid? I spotted that, too. He's a boy. Duh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	rantinan 2008-05-13 12:37 am UTC (link)
	It's the telegraph. They aint exactly the sharpest newspaper on the block (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	nimbrethil 2008-05-13 12:40 am UTC (link)
	I saw that. I thought at first I'd misread and we were suddenly talking about a different cow. I really hope it's a miswording. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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regolith311
2008-05-13 03:11 am UTC (link)

so that's what Brits call Holsteins

Blended breed? I'm not sure where Holsteins originated, but I believe the modern Holstein-Friesian (usually shortened to HF or just Friesian) is a composite of the Dutch Black & White and Holstein. Traditional British Friesians are a dual-purpose breed, blacker, dumpier, shorter, but were almost bred out by the time I started farming (by crossing to US lines).

Sheesh Gin, you should have known better than to allow me to start talking about cows...

He's edible all right - I think in UK and NZ as much as half of all beef cattle are at 25 - 50% dairy (that is: they're either dairy bulls, beef crossed over dairy cows or their mothers were beef crosses from a dairy herd). Not what I'd call a 'prime' meat, the HF, but unless you're able to source a specific breed, it's probably what's on most plates.

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	conuly 2008-05-13 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Which means he's bigger than the average auroch was. MASSIVE animal, he is. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 12:54 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	glinda_w 2008-05-13 01:20 am UTC (link)
	O. M. G. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	stardragonca 2008-05-13 01:20 am UTC (link)
	It took three days to roast an auroch bull. Jeepers. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	neotoma 2008-05-13 12:54 am UTC (link)
	Did they just refer to him as a 'heifer'? Are the terms for cattle in the UK that different, or is the reporter that clueless? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Clueless reporter, I'm afraid. (Reply to this)(Parent)

think the reporter..

wynnsfolly
2008-05-13 02:21 am UTC (link)

might have the same schooling as the folks who created the Barnyard cartoon? yaknow, the one where the guy cows all have udders and are milked?

i gathered he must be a steer when they referred to him as a bullock which i believe is the uk term for a steer.

loning would be a viable alternative to create a breeding animal but first they would need to run hormones to see if his size is just due to a nonreproducible endocrine imbalance.

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	Re: think the reporter.. rantinan 2008-05-13 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Bullock = big ass gelding used primarly for hauling loads. Steer = meat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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regolith311
2008-05-13 02:59 am UTC (link)

He is just gorgeous.

My largest is about 5'5" or 5'6" I think - she's taller than me, but nothing like as pretty as that boy. And she's got the 'wings' too (prominent hip bones) - she just doesn't fatten the way most of the others do.

http://cowcal fandvet.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-cow-has-straight-back.html (Giant Panda is the second photo down, discomfort warning about the third photo, cow is ill)
I knew her mother - a long rangy cow as well, bred to a large bull.

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	idemandjustice 2008-05-13 03:12 am UTC (link)
	Why do they keep referring to this cow as 'he'? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Cause he's a gelded male. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	idemandjustice 2008-05-13 03:14 am UTC (link)
	I mean, doesn't 'cow' (let alone heifer, which has already been addressed) imply female? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	baron_elric 2008-05-13 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	What bothers me is the diet description. Grass, and an occasional swede? This head of cattle eats Scandinavians? What an oddly discriminating palate he has. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe the Swedes are invading Britain sneakily and this steer is a secret agent? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kdorian 2008-05-14 03:04 am UTC (link)
	As a treat, no less! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cathibea 2008-05-13 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Then there are the Patio cows for tiny house yards. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5933388/ I want the patio llamas as long as the fiber is still good to spin (from the yarn harlot's new book) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ginmar 2008-05-13 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	I linked to some tiny goats, sheep, and llamas. The wool is supposed to be good. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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