rimfire4969 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Thursday morning this week i was on my way back from our local farm supply shop with my brother where i got a couple of sacks of pig food for my Christmas Porkers. Driving past one field we spotted a cattle feed ring turned over so it was like a big wheel i slowed the truck down and under the feed ring was a bullock. We stopped the truck to check out the animal, it was half way through the side bars with its hips trapped and both legs at a very dodgy angle. So had to get in there to try and free it. Unfortunitly the feed ring had not been moooved around the field so it was in very deep mud. In we waded knee deep, i had my very nice trainers on and my brother his walking boots, we were dressed not in our work clothes just kind of normal. Try was we might despite falling several times we could not free it. So i decided to find the farmer, this ment a walk of about 20 yards through the mud, somewhere in this walk i became seperated from one of my trainers. I got back to my truck and drove the half mile to the farmers house. I was met by a old man who had not long had a hip replacement. I explained the problem and where it was, it indeed was his bullock. He said he would follow me in his tractor. He got into a tractor proberly the same age as him . When we got to the field i was already of the opion that he could do nothing, but he tried and got himself stuck, thats him not the tractor. It was at this point we decided to call the emergency services. I got back to the feed ring and took my brothers place he was taking the weight of the ring of the back of the bullock. The other problem for the bullock was when he put his head down it sank below the mud. The farmer with help from my brother got out of the mud. 10 Mins later the firemen arrived, they are a local force so i knew most of them, you may be able to imagine the p*** take at the state we were in. With in a couple of moments the firemen cut the feeder with the jaws of life and we got the bullock out. We then spent the best part of a hour trying to get it back on its feet. The vet arrived and thought it was totaly exausted and very cold. We had put a tarp over it to keep the wind and rain off it. No one new how long it had been like this it could have neen most of the night, the vet thought he was just about ready to give up and die. In the end we got it on a low loader and put it in a barn to warm. Realy good news the fireman with a powerfull hose cleared some of the mud away and we found my trainer. When we finished we all got sprayed down to clear us of as much mud as possible. We all were minging. Today Saturday i popped back to the farm to see how the bullock was. He is recovering moving about but very stiff. As the farmer said we saved it because he would not of been to that field until later in the afternoon. Even better news i now have permission on the whole farm including walking the hedgerows for a few pheasants. What goes around comes around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULT Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 good for you most people would have drove past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojusa Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Nice write-up and well done on your quick thinking and actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHall Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 welldone mate sounds like you have earned that bit of permission hope its a productive one for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 (edited) Well done for stopping and helping the bullock. You got yourself a new permission for all your effort. As said, what goes around, comes around. Edited November 15, 2008 by steve_b_wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Good for you.The countryside needs more caring people like yourself and this one action has rewarded you tenfold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Well done you, a good deed well rewarded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytim38 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 top man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Good Work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 good to see Karma in action. well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireJohn Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Top Bloke! As a farmers son (and I've spent many a half day trying to get animals free) I salute you sir Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitshooter08 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 well done mate top bloke as you said what gos around comes around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scout Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Well done mate a good deed duly rewarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev 1 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Well done lads....I helped a calf back into the feild it should of been in this afternoon,as its mum and the rest of his mates were on the other side and he could of got out into the main road from where he was,it is satisfying when you reunite them together..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Its lucky you were passing! Glad you managed to get it free and you got a permission from it. It sort of reminds me of the story my wife tells me. When she was at school on a school trip they went for a little wonder and tried to help a lamb trapped in some barbed wire, the farmer saw them and came over waving his shotgun at them threatening them with it. He escorted them back to the teacher with the shotgun. Not what they were expecting when they went to help the lamb. I guess if he did that today he would have the armed police turning up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpa Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Congrats... nice heartwarming tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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