We just picked up a Dexter bull on Saturday morning. Dexter is a smaller breed of cow. It's perfect for people with a smaller farm/land. You'll need about 1-2 acres per a regular-sized/large cow/bull. But for dexters you'll only need about 1/2-1 acre per cow. Hence, the reason why we got a Dexter instead.
So yesterday after church we came home and we're looking around the front pasture to make sure the bull is settling in okay in his new home and that he was still around. Of course he escaped! It just seems like we always have a problem keeping the animals inside of where they are supposed to be. But to my defense this time it wasn't quite our fault, the bull actually busted the old gate that was improperly installed by the previous owners and he lifted the gate up and got out from underneath the gate. See picture below
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| He busted the bottom bar of the gate then lifted the whole gate up and escaped from underneath the gate. |
So we spent about two hours looking for him, attempted to drag him back to where he was supposed to be, finally dragged him back to the front pasture with the help of a lasso and four-wheeler, then temporary fixed the gate so he wouldn't get out again for the time being. So much for resting on the sabbath.
We found him in the very very very back corner of the property and where it's very very very swampy (we just got a lot of rain here this past week so the back of the property turned into a swamp). Out of all the places he could have gone to or gone hiding he had to pick the swampiest and the furthest corner of the property! This bull better not escape again!
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| Here he is, we named him Dexter. How original, right?! |
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| A closer look at Dexter |
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