Dead Cow

One of the interesting things about farming is you get to have blog titles like "dead cow."

This could be a disgusting entry. You have been warned.

Turns out our poor cow was struck by lightning, according to the vet. He came out late yesterday evening to take a look.

We had no storm Monday night but they did have one about 6 miles away. I guess she took a wayward bolt.

Lightning does interesting things to cows. According to my husband, when it strikes them it cooks them immediately from the inside out. They bloat up immediately.

Vultures hover but won't eat them. They like their meat raw, I guess.

I am not one to go look at dead bloated animals for myself, so I will take his word for these things.

The cow has been buried.

These are the real-life things that go on when you farm. Sometimes things are not good. Not only did we lose a good cow, it is an economic blow. We lost too the calf she was carrying and any future stock. We'll have to lay out more money to replace her.

Farming is full of hazards. Lightning is only one of them.

As a side note, we still don't know what stampeded the cows and killed the goose. Apparently that was an incident separate from the dead cow.