IT'S A SAD DAY ON THE FARM... 

Same

Sad thing is they're not pets in our society.

Couldn’t say it better myself 👍

I am also very sad to know he has to be destroyed. What a painful thing to have happened. Poor guy, he was such a Champ in his time.

@@oscarwheatley684 Even if he was a pet he has an injury that cannot be repaired. He is in pain. It's a mercy.

5 days letting him sit there.....was not allowing him to suffer?

@@devtrash well you need to give it time to see if there going to recover no different to humans sometimes gets worse before it gets better and bulls ain’t cheap so would be stupid to just go putting things down as soon as they were sick

@@devtrash What are you talking about.....They found him lame out at pasture, he has a history of going lame so they gave him a day there before bringing him back to the farm to keep an eye on him, they asked for the professionals to come and have a look at him as they suspected it may be his shoulder, the hoof guy and the vet. These pros do not come out in 10 mins as they are always fully booked and very busy as there are not many about. The vet advised them to give him a few days to see if he improved. It's not like you can throw a 1000kg bull in the back of the car and nip down to A&E for an Xray, nor is it safe to start messing with an injured anmal of this size without it being restrained. The bull had been up and eating and even trying to serve. Once they all came to the same diagnosis the decision was made to put him down. This requires a licienced slaughterman by law, again very busy and not many around so a 24hour wait for him was not bad at all actually. It is clear that Tom has the upmost respect for all his animals, cares and provides for them far above what most pet owners do. You can't just run out and shoot a prized bull in the field the moment there is a problem there is a process to undertake which with animals of this size takes time. Many people have no idea how the countryside works, this is why this channel is an excellent education tool on the reality of farming.

@@stevenjohns7017 What a great answer,... I totally agree with you. Some ppl think its just easy to cull animals... they dont understand the process or paperwork involved. As you said, Tom gave Neptune a bit of time to recover but it just got worse (or at least stayed the same) so started the process of getting a slaughterman to the farm to take care of him... Again... What a great answer you gave, Thank you.

@@devtrash You obviously have no idea how things work in the animal husbandry industry.. maybe just stop with your arm chair stock managment.

Very well said Andrew. I agree. This is how livestock should be treated. With dignity, respect and professionalism.

WTF. They're literally raised to be sent to a slaughterhouse. There is no affection or dignity in that.

@@rabidL3M0NS I have to agree.. You couldn't pay me enough to be a farmer, actually.

@@owlthepirate5997 i think like this too, then i see videos of lions eating baboons and other animals while they are still alive, and think yeah we are not that bad.

Whether in the fields, the barn or at our feet, the animals we care for find a spot in our hearts. Excellent post/point

It's a shame he went lame, but you have been a great owner and cared for him. Had to have my cat Buddy put down last year. He was 20 yrs old, so I have some feeling of what you are going through. RIP Neptune.

Great bull

😢

Me too I had tears in my eyes to.

Oh jeez, you hate to see it but sometimes that’s one of the inevitability of doing dairy farming…sad truly sad

@@Choujifangirl we didn’t do dairy. raised the cattle for beef. Hence Belgian blue, there so chuncky even at birth we had to c section every single calf into existence. Really huge breed. But I never heard of them being milked. Mostly people use Holstein around here for dairy

@@ohgodbeesno ahh i see

What on earth induced you to raise Belgian Blue? I don't think they'll be around much longer, it's simply unethical.

Oh we had em from 1985 to 2003-2004. Being from Belgium. Pretty much different times. I don’t think the economical perspective of the breed was as good understood as these days. There is a reason why I say we had em, instead or have em 😂

and we also get to learn something useful from him on how to maintain buildings and cattle and he also helps me with my depression he is a great guy who knows fairly well what todo with problems

Thank you for being a farmer mate. I would love to be a farmer but just don’t have a farm. One thing I have learnt from Tom and Clarkson (I thought I would never say that before) is it’s not easy being a farmer.

I've worked with livestock a lot of my life and I agree that it does look dislocated or broken. Something was hiding under that swelling that I don't think was fixable in an animal of his size

Yep, probably a shattered scapula by the looks of it. Radial nerve involvement too perhaps. Not a good prognosis in such a massive bull.

Yeah defiantly dislocation

@Hello Simon how are you doing

Thank you Mindy

I haven’t seen those brushes for a minute now. Did Tom take them down?

@@shkibeta One of them was in the main cow shed and there is another one that gos out in the field. I guess he just hasn't shown them in a video recently because he's ben focusing on the construction of the new clamp and shed.