#cattle sorting

[whywishesarehorses]

Thea really, really enjoyed cows. The kid on the green bean and Thea and I were the first [non pros] to get a clean round, and she really got after them! We may have to make a thing of going this summer

#blm mustang #mustang horse #horse #thea #equestrian #horseblr #cows #cattle sorting #cow sorting #ranch riding

[bluetea-00]

Character design I did for fun :] me and my friend got the same prompt and designed based off what we thought. They don’t have a tumblr so I should be good to post it and not spoil them hehe

#think this is going to be a lmk oc #character design #oc #no name yet tho #based off of whale falls and a cattle fish #sort of lost the whale fall aspect of it though

[bitchfitch]

first @yeehawgust prompt was 'gather the posse' and since I'm using this challenge as a way to explore new characters I just took that to mean "design the fuckers"

anyways, Whiskey and Tago. Tbh this pose was meant to be more a metaphor thing than literal, but it's making me strongly consider changing Whiskey to being a they/them(plural) instead of a they/them(singular).

#yeehawgust #Whiskey is an alabastor. Their parents own the local saloon where they and their mother work as barkeeps. their father also manages #a small ranch/farm that grows corn and has a decent number of cattle. #Tago is an outlaw whos just moving from town to town looking for honest work after spending too long doing the bidding of others #in big cities out to the east. #He doesn't like getting close to people. Literally. hes venomous and his touch is poisonous to the point of being lethal to most #Whiskey is the sort you really shouldn't get close too. They have a habit of driving their less constituted lovers insane. #they're a shape shifter who moves between faces/gender presentations as it suits them but they #cant do much about their coloration though. thats always the same and it irritates them to no end

[doomspaniels]

Snippets from Around the Farm (sort of)

I was so tired when I got out of the hospital, folks, so tired. I still have edited photos that I never posted. More unedited, though mostly I was too tired to even pick up my phone to get pictures at all. These are funny, though, so I will share them now.

When I left the hospital to go home, after a week, this egret fella followed me and the car around. (TFaTB went to get the car while I sat in front of the entry, it chased the car until I was in it, then stood and stared as I got in & we drove away.) It was the only cowbird we saw anywhere near the hospital. We laughingly speculated that Firefly, my horse, sent her army of cowbirds to track me down, because I had been gone too long. They're not great undercover spies, but you work with what you have.

I got the most amazing gnarly scar. They had this IV apparatus hooked into my neck. That red and purple and green is all bruising and stuff, not blood. Left me with a tidy little... vampire bite. Yeah, that's become a permanent scar. On top of my cyborg spine implant, and new Frankensteinien heart patch plus electric revival. I think I just made bingo, though I am not sure what on.

#snippets from Around the Farm #sort of #cattle egret #cowbird #injury #kinda #surgical scar #scar #vampire bite #gnarly dude #the 💔 saga #cyborg Frankenstein zombie vampire #this sounds like some new rock scissors paper variant #now I just need a version of lycanthropy

[pinkniz]

Now that I think about it Yu Ran and Sander are similar in the sense they're both extremely ambiguous species and that you cant even look up what animal they're supposed to be based on their deities because no one knows what Bai Ze or Set are exactly supposed to be either

You just kinda have to look at them and decide for yourself

#i think Yu Ran is sone sort of cattle because Bai Ze sometimes gets described as bovine-like #at least with Sander you could say that he was some canine thing but Yu Ran could be a deer goat or bovine #dislyte

[syn0vial]

literally cry-laughing rn over shane's impression of ryan slapping him on the ass in ghost files

#ghost files #watcher entertainment #[cattle rancher voice] GO ON BIG BOY #there's so much chaos in this clip good lord LMAO #ryan accusing shane of humping him and then losing his shit before he can provide ANY sort of context #shane firing back with the ass-slapping thing while ryan continues to melt down #steven being completely lost for the duration of the conversation #it's beautiful

[vivanightcity]

Little bits and shits about Brooms nomad clan.

(Preemptively saying: these are THEIR beliefs. They are meant to have been a group that set out with good intentions but went along the anprim to ecofacism pipeline with culty overtones where they turned their concept of nature into a god in all but name.)

They're old. Like. Arguably one of the older clans. Of course, they weren't so much a nomad clan before larger scale collapse started happening... they were fugitives. Moving around to avoid detection by corps mad their shit got sabotaged.

Cause that's what their origin is. A group of industrial saboteurs against the rapid and horrific destruction of the environment by corporations. Different cells of the same group eventually banding together to become the Tellus clan. Because of this, their founding numbers are an odd mix from a variety of backgrounds, spurred to action by what they were seeing. Absolutely labelled eco terrorists by most.

Their basic core tenant, that simply derived from a distrust of corporate control and overreach in cyberware but snowballed, is: 'No permanent modifications, unless medically necessary'.

(post got long af so it's going under a cut)

The line of medical necessity is an ongoing debate, and the spirit of that belief is often argued. With many seeing things like hairy dye and body paints as being completely fine, whilst others saying they're also against the intent, just because they aren't permanent doesn't mean they aren't also frivolous displays of vanity.

They're actually, largely, real ass chill with queerness, social transition doesn't rely on hrt because medications are hard to come by, but surgical changes are absolutely allowed. Also more likely to see visible disability among their numbers, too, because of the lack of cyberware intervention. Permanent modification to remove, fix, graft, whatever? Fine. Adding cyberware after? No. So wheelchairs, glasses, old school prostheses, lifelong pain relief and management - usually addictive as fuck - because no, fuck you, you can't get augmented joints or bones, live in pain.

Cyberware isn't trusted because it's corporate originating, corporate controlled. There's no guarantee, no real oversight - as far as they're concerned - on what corporations can do with it. Make things obsolete, charge you software fees, claim you don't own parts of your physical body but are simply renting them, take control of the parts of you that you signed away without warning. All on top of being - as they see it - a completely unnecessary pollutant, indicative of the overconsumption and mass manufacturing.

Corps destroyed the world, and they're destroying humanity. They see cyberpsychosis as natures line in the sand. A sign of things to come, that the world is tired of humans destroying everything and corrupting a natural order, it is going to fight back, and it'll start by wiping out all those who gave into chrome consumerism.

Exclusively use jerryrigged solar panels and turbines. If they're ever in a place they don't work, or there's a breakage or failing, the clan will simply do without. Broom spent a fair chunk of his life without routine electrical access. The hum of it in NC drives him nuts.

It's only because of how long they've been around that many even consider them nomads. Although they'd definitely argue against claims they aren't. But, far from moving constantly in temporary camps as they look for work, they move between set semi-permanent seasonal camps where they sit static for up to half a year. So far removed from anyone and everything and their locations are a violently protected secret. Usually they only send a small group ahead a month or so in advance to get things ready, cleaned up, and make sure its safe. If they have any idea it wont be safe to leave it unguarded, they'll leave people behind year round.

No synth food unless it's a literal emergency, like starvation level. A benefit of having the seasonal camps vs being on the road. Allows farming to a better extent, and without having to move heavy set ups or equipment between seasonal camps. Seasonal, faster growing, subsistence farming for veggies. Big on things like potatoes and beans, not so much on grains like wheat or rice. Corn is about as close as they get.

Not trusting any animal they could klep to not be fucked up corpo genetic mess, they've been maintaining numbers of originally wild caught animals like caribou, rabbits and turkeys. Apparently their early numbers tried to keep bison, too, but they were too big to survive the dwindling wild resources at the time, and are likely one of the many species that went extinct - or they exist only in gene banks, zoos and private collections. Im a horse boy at heart so part of me loves the idea that they have some, especially since they could've taken survivors out of the wild, but I also think they're too big and too resource intensive so I dunno.

Hunting is also decently routine. However, they're very careful about when and where they do so, animal numbers only beginning to recover in some places, and still functionally wiped out in others. And enough of their early members were environmental scientists, ecologists, park rangers even, (all of which had seen their work, their industries, decimated in their lifetimes and were pushing back against it) that they had that good knowledge base to begin with. Also foraging. Broom can id you shrooms for fun, food, or a quick death.

Rarely engage with other nomad clans, only going to gatherings when they need to get information, or help, with something they can't do themselves. Quicker to trust other nomads than anyone else, but still not quick. They'd also always help a fellow nomad, and do actively share what they know and have learnt. That help just comes with a big side of proselytizing and guilt trips about chrome, and can easily turn violent if the other party aren't 'good sports' about the zealotry disguised as a nice conversation.

Actually pretty good at that bit when talking to people who haven't been warned not to listen to them (Most nomads born and raised within packs know to stay away). They know how to get their foot in the door. Well. Some do. Some are Garry the Prophet levels of easy to avoid. But those that have that savy, can find an in.

You can't just leave. Any sort of leaving, even if it's to join another clan, or start your own family, is considered becoming raffen. Someone who leaves is raffen. People are kicked out for a variety of reasons, and that excommunication makes them raffen. Regardless of how stupid that might seem to other nomads, where the definition is more one of violence, a lack of code, general untrustworthy-ness even to fellow nomads. It's why Broom considers himself raffen, even if he really isn't.

#little bits and shits i say #as if this didn't turn into a whole fucking thing #oc: broom #i no there are some places this goes against canon but i tried to keep it minimal #very happy to find out - after writing this - that nomads driving cattle herds is an actual thing #so i don't think its out of the realm of possibility that they'd wind up with a herd of something other than cattle #especially an animal that has long had that sort of relationship with people both in NA and northern europe #random ass pictures just cause #my vp #god there are probably errors in this i'll find in like three hours and be horrified about

[katkalis-the-horror-fanartist]

OH MY GOSH ITS BACK YIPPIEEEEE

A new blood type has been discovered… Vampires, How do you feel about this?

According to a vampire watcher:

Step 1: BITE LITERALLY EVERY MORTAL AND TRY TO FIND IT. NO ONE IS SAFE. Not that they were safe in the first place but you know-

#and once they find it they will either keep that mortal as some sort of cattle or just..kill them like normal #that is depending on how corrupted the vampire is #vampire watchers #dark deception #dark deception oc #ask answered #my art #fan art

[im-still-a-robot]

Anthropo....

#crazy coconuts #my art #furry #sona #dnd #lucifer #lucifer schlange #he is a dnd character. please. i know there's a series thats taking over his first name. please. #left is sona ish. right is luci #thank you calliope for the snake drawing experience #luci is specifically modeled after a ring-necked #canonically he has 5 green anacondas and a single ring-necked #honestly I mostly wanted to draw that tail. and i was right. it was fun #as for sona ish. Generic Cattle Breed. sort of roan coat though #i guess i also would like it to be known their in the same pose because its my equivalent of the t pose but for colors #anyway. this is what ive been doing. i am becoming a furry. finally.

[bog--unicorn]

happy half-birthday to my dingo baby!! dapple dog is 6 months old today

#my pics #dog #dogblr #24 weeks #6 months #she’s not a dingo of course just an Australian cattle dog mix #she’s 26 lbs and very silly #she uses her front paws for all sorts of things like a cat #mouthy af but extremely gentle #a bit of a jumper #smart and friendly and eager to please #she’s just a little guy!!!

[comparativetarot]

O Mundo. Art by Fernanda Marques, from Tarot da Boa Sorte.

#Fernanda Marques #Tarot da Boa Sorte #The World #Major Arcana #Tarot #Animals #Bids #Eagle #Lion #Cat #Cattle

[whywishesarehorses]

Thea and I went with 8 or so barn buddies to a cow sorting event! It was a first for us both, and only her second time ever being hauled out to ride. She started super keyed up and panicky, but after I got off and stood next to her through someone else’s whole round, she calmed all the way back down.

Our first go, she was scared of the cows but I could kinda push her into them. Second go she was mostly confused - why was I asking for forward/backwards/switch direction every time she went to the cows?? Obviously that must be the wrong choice because she then has to do so much???

At the end of that round I had the idea to give her her cue for soccer while we were chasing the whole herd back to the far side to reset the arena and it “clicked” - she pinned her ears and dug in and loped after them. With lots of praise there, she then really Got It for our last round, and we actually got a clear round with L. She was happy as could be when we wrapped up, and I’m really looking forward to doing it again

The old hats said she did spectacular for how new it all was to her!

#blm mustang #mustang horse #horse #thea #equestrian #photo #horseblr #mustang #cow #cattle #cow sorting #western riding

[mmmairon]

I don't know what level of school you're in, but I wanted to let you know as someone who graduated more than 5 years ago - undergrad was one of the worst, most stressful times of my life. Not only because I felt a world of expectations upon me, but also because I was so deeply depressed that the only thing I could feel was my own crippling anxiety. A lot if the time ppl underestimate the stress that students are placed under. Don't be afraid to reach out to ppl who care abt you, I promise you're not bothering them. Ask your professors for advice or extensions, they've almost definitely been in a similar place. Remember that you mean so much to ppl you've never even met and that they're wishing you well. Lastly, remember that no matter the expectations placed on you or what others feel, it's important to listen to yourself and what your body is telling you. I can't say I really know you but I care abt you, Internet Stranger. I'm sorry things are tough and that they've been tough for a while. Please remember to love yourself and take care of yourself. Even the most tumultuous of storms eventually pass <3 <3 <3

Hello kind friend :') <3 I know you sent this some time ago, but I've since come back to read it a few times. So this time I decided to properly respond to it.

I am an undergrad student [crying face] and a student teacher. I think, truly, I just have too much on my plate and it all decided to suck really bad at that one particular moment. I only have one more exam this semester, so I feel a little calmer knowing that lmao. I think, too, that it wasn't really optimal that I was forced into school right when my whole world was falling apart, but it's been 3 years since then and I'm still alive, so hurray! I don't think anything has been really great since then, as I had to grow up overnight, but maybe once I graduate I will feel a bit more put together. Possibly. Only one way to find out.

Either way, thank you for sending this when you did. It was really, really nice to read. I feel so discredited when I complain about school as an undergrad student because I feel like some people have more reason to feel wrung dry by schoolwork than me. But I guess being handed a cattle operation with no notice will do that to you, too.

#ahhh kind stranger you are heaven sent #i sincerely hope you have been well and I appreciate this more than you know #asks #anon #not art #i had a really nice prof this term that accommodated me to do my final group project on my own #since obviously people were going to want to get together to do school work over reading week #and how do i explain to a prof that i cannot do a group project because i have to vaccinate 400 head of cattle that week so they are ready #for winter and to be shipped #AND i had to sort them #got kicked #that was cool #anyway she was soooo understanding i was really surprised #genuinely cried over it

[wrecxks]

some heelers

#when i did the bear it reminded me of the art style that people on etsy put on all sorts of pet gear #so i thought i could try it #cattledog #cattle dog #heeler

[fayeandknight]

After yesterday's panic please enjoy my very nuanced impression of Faye's view on any activity.

#dogblr #corgi #australian cattle dog #faye day dawning #she's the boss #of everybody #no exceptions #I'm kidding #sort of #lol

[ieo-pio]

I really like your equestrian AU and I can’t wait to see more of it! I have a question, though. How come you opted to give England a western saddle over an English saddle? I’m intrigued by your choice.

Awwww im glad you like it!!!

Art is 100% an english rider, no doubt about that! But he visits often visits Alfred in America and was eventually peer pressured into riding inna western saddle </33

He may have failed raising Alfred but he loves him enough to sit in a western saddle(but dammit theres stirrups are way too long! Says the blond english rider)

#Artie grew up in an english saddle lololol #Art’s a tack collecter at this point #its funny bc he has no money #fun fact Al has a sister in this au named Amelia(obviously) #Art in western disciplines is funny imagine him tryinnto sort cattle & team roping #itd be a ​disaster #ask #anon