Rough riding and burnt horns

We burnt the horns of some of the young calves two days ago. The smell was disgusting, and the "moo" of the calves the saddest sound I've ever heard. The horns look nasty when they've just been burnt: white bone shining through. Some calves in the neighbouring pen, not knowing what was in reserve for them, were lying in the corner, heads on each others' backs. Possibly the cutest sight I've ever seen.

Yesterday we had to separate some bulls from the cows and calves. We had to ride over some very rough terrain, steep and muddy hills, in four-wheeled bikes. I was steering, the boss was sitting on the back of the bike with his plastered foot. We had to grab one calf that was too weak to walk fast enough and put it on the bike. The boss was holding it down. Then the ground tilted, the bike tilted, and my boss and the calf fell off! He managed to hold onto the calf, I don't know how... I was very impressed. Not at my driving skills though.

Another calf lost. It was probably caught on an electric fence yesterday and its nervous system was wrecked. It bent its neck backwards and wouldn't stand up. We left it out in the sun. When we came back from lunch, it was wandering around the yard. We locked it in the shed. By the evening it had deteriorated back to its original state. This morning it was dead. Very, very cute little calf. I'll post a picture of when it was still alive.