Growing up on a dairy farm has taught me many things. One of them being that funny, embarrassing things happen and the best thing you can do is laugh about it. Life is too short not to laugh! I asked my Facebook followers to share their crazy farm stories with me and now I share them with you. Do you have a funny farm story? Please share it!
“When we were still milking in our tie stall barn, my sister-in-law and a friend were over chatting with me when I was milking. I have a space between my front teeth. I went to say something at the same time the cow I was squatting next to hit me in the face with her tail and a dingleberry on her switch got stuck between my front teeth! Needless to say…I have a great immune system :-)”
-Kris, NY dairy farmer
“As a kid, nothing was quite as funny as seeing my dad get kicked in the balls.”
-Dirk, WI business owner
“I was feeding calves and pigs a few weeks ago and things were hectic, we were chopping corn and I was in a hurry to get back to scrape the barn and get the next group of cows for the milker. I was carrying a full bucket of milk for the pigs and tripped on a root. I fell, landed on my forehead and my wrist. Now I’m on my knees and laughing and crying. I have a very sensitive vagus nerve and tend to get light-headed and nauseous when I get suddenly hurt so I was staying down till I got my bearings. My partner in crime looks back, not realizing I had hurt myself, and asks me (while holding back her laughter) if I was crying over the spilt milk or had I gotten hurt? We still break out laughing when retelling the story!”
-Corinne, NY dairy farmer
“We were out doing calf chores and I caught my daughter, Taylor, letting a calf lick her stomach. She was totally oblivious to the fact I took her picture because she had her shirt over her head.”
-Macy, WI dairy farmer
“When I was a little kid, we had a bull named Lucky. I would be out in the woods and Lucky would see me, take off running and bucking his head toward me. He would stop right in front of me and want me to scratch, rub, and play with his head. He did this to my dad once and later that day he was gone. I was sad and told dad he just wanted to play, we do it all the time. Lucky wasn’t so lucky after all.”
–Chris, WI dairy farmer
“I was feeding calves at a small dairy during college and was normally in and out within two hours, so having to use the bathroom was never much of an issue. Well, one day I had to pee and I was not even close to done with my chores. I didn’t feel comfortable going into their house to use the bathroom, so I decided to pee in a pen, which I certainly had done before, except this time one of their sons walked in the barn and kept calling for me to see if I needed help. It was not easy getting my jeans and bibs up without him noticing… just a little awkward!!!!!”
-Angela, WI nurse
Oh, Dad let go of the rope….
This post made a great start to my day. Love the dingle berry between the teeth story LOL! Too funny!
Glad you enjoyed it! I loved reading them as well. 🙂
These stories are some good quality entertainment! And what a great idea for a blog post!
Glad you enjoyed it! I may have to eventually do a sequel!
I have a funny story to add….
Just the other night, I was listening to the Coyotes howl at about 1 o’clock in the morning. My two dogs sleep in my room and all of a sudden they started going wild and barking out the window. I could hear something walking through the leaves right out my window and all I can think about was that there was a coyote right next to my window. By the sounds of the leaves, it sounded like something really big walking through… I’m starting to panic now (yes, I am a scaredy cat) and I woke my boyfriend up to see what was outside and as soon as he opened his eyes… BOO!!!! There’s a cow looking right into my window, clear as day. The funny part is, my boyfriend who is still half asleep, goes to grab the gun not realizing it was a cow and jumped out of bed like he was ready to fight a monster. After I told him it was a cow, he woken up a bit and realized. I couldn’t stop laughing at his reaction all night. We then found out, a group of cows had gotten out and was running around our yard.
Hahaha! Oh my goodness! If I ever do a sequel to this post, I may have to use your story. Too funny!
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Thanks Jun Turla
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So, in general this was amazing. I still think Dirk’s was the best. When your dad gets kicked in the balls and he’s so mad. You’re trying not to laugh out loud or pee your pants or start to cry from laughing so hard. Nothing better than that.
Ha! Agreed. Glad you enjoyed it. I am thinking I will have to do a sequel in the near future 🙂
I have a short story too!
We wean calves (heifers and bull calves) and I keep the bull calves sometimes to raise for meat. One day my husband and I were eating supper and I look outside and I see a huge (what I think is) dog! I said “Aaron there’s a great dane out in our yard!” Aaron said that no one around us has a great dane… it took us a few minutes to realize that it was the bull calves that had gotten out! We had to stop eating and run outside to get them! We almost had all 5 back in the pen when Aaron took the stick in his hand and tapped the calf to get it into the pen, he did NOT like that and ran the opposite way! So we were out for twice as long getting them all in! My two dogs didn’t help at all either!