No more Salers cattle - it's now all Limousins

@JudyEv (382259)

Rockingham, Australia

August 9, 2017 12:27pm CST

We went for a walk yesterday from our camp-site near Felletin and came across some attractive Limousin cattle. For the past few days we’ve seen nothing but the dark red Salers breed of cattle but now the lighter Limousins are very prevalent together with the almost white Charolais. The Limousins are popular in Australia too but here they seem to be mostly horned whereas few cattle in Australia are now horned. The Limousin is large-framed and very muscular. This bull was on one side of the road with his own harem but there was a mob of females on the other side and I’m sure he would have liked to have made their acquaintance. He looks a bit wistful, doesn't he?

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@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

9 Aug 17

@judyev Wistful you say? I'd say he's rearing to go and I wouldn't like to be the lady who'd say no to him.

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@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

9 Aug 17

@JudyEv Ah, wonderful contraceptives are those old electrified fences. They don't half dampen one's ardour.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 17

@xFiacre Exactly. I've seen 'aprons' tied around rams' bellies too. So many ideas to stop nature taking its course.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 17

He didn't seem inclined to tackle the electric fence so I think 'wistful' wasn't too far off the mark.

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@rebelann (117250)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Aug 17

Yes, he does ..... are the cows on the other side of the road teasing him?

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@rebelann (117250)

• El Paso, Texas

9 Aug 17

She was in love @JudyEv

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 17

@rebelann Could be.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 17

Most of the others were resting but when he bellowed, one jumped up very quickly.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

11 Aug 17

He is a good looking beast... I bet he's checking out the ladies in the next field...

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Aug 17

He mostly definitely was! He let out this high-pitched bellow and came striding over to the fence.

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@RasmaSandra (98026)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 Aug 17

He is a most handsome critter. Interesting. Does he charge for a ride?

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 17

I think you'd ride him at your peril.

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@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

10 Aug 17

He does at that, like a country singer on the sixth week of a tour.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 17

Do they get wistful?

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

9 Aug 17

Our cattle don`t have that hump on the back of the neck, that looks painful!

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 17

I think it is mostly muscle. This bull is polled but all the cows we saw were horned.

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

9 Aug 17

I thought it's a car! Yes, the cattle looks so nice!

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 17

The meat from him would feed a lot of people.

@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

9 Aug 17

Isn't he the handsome fellow with a way with the ladies.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 17

He had his own harem but obviously wasn't satisfied with them.

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@teamfreak16 (43624)

• Denver, Colorado

9 Aug 17

Weird how some grow horns and some don't.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 17

Some of them have the sharp tips cut off but this bull is naturally polled.

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