No?
Let me rephrase the question...
You know how it feels when you get a fresh hair cut? How your head feels a lot lighter...and your hair feels so fresh and clean?
I would imagine that the cows feel the same way!
Over winter, the cows grow their thick, winter coats. They tend to collect dirt...sawdust that is used for bedding...fodder that is used in the gutters behind them...silage that they toss back onto their backs...and yes, manure that splatters on them from their impolite neighbors. This is a good time of year to get some clipping done, since our afternoons aren't so busy. Some of the cows don't like the sound or feel of the clippers, so they're out of luck...but a lot of them seem to enjoy it.
It's like a spa day...and I think they are glad for their fresh hair cuts!
Every time I have all the manure trimmed off the hair on my rump I fell so much better. (I'm sorry I just had to say it.)
ReplyDeleteYour cows are pampered. Ours are not so lucky. We have a big long brush in the barn where they rub their body on to get a good scratch and to get the dust off.
ReplyDeleteRight now we still have lots of snow on the ground.
The only time they would get a hair cut was when we had show cattle but we don't show anymore.
JB
For some reason I could never talk my husband into letting me cut his hair when my only experience was steers and horses.
ReplyDeleteOh a cow spa yes that looks like fun. I am afraid it would turn into quite the adventure here with the cows outside. I would try it though.:) HUGS B
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather had clippers just like that for the dairy cattle. My sister and I confiscated them for the horses when he sold the dairy cattle and switched to beef.
ReplyDeleteI bet they do, we always shaved the bags but we never did the cows. We of course did the show animals. :)
ReplyDeleteI always learn so much from you!
ReplyDeleteThere's never any down time on a farm is there. I'll bet the cows do enjoy that just clipped feeling! I laughed out loud at Leenie's comment! :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't clipped a cow since college dairy days. Takes me back!
ReplyDeleteWOW I need a hair cut, can Jim stop by here ;) I never knew cow needed their hair cut---sure if they were being shown. I bet it does feel good!
ReplyDeleteThey look good. Spa day indeed. Next a hoof trim?
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