CHIMACUM — Dairy farmer Gerald Bishop is happy about being able to lead half of a herd of heifers to a grassy pasture.
A month ago, Bishop expected a 28-heifer herd and his favorite breeding bull to die after ingesting a toxic weed found in hay he purchased from Eastern Washington.
He ended up losing 14 of the bred heifers — dairy cows pregnant for the first time.
His white-faced bull survived.
This past week he led the 14 surviving heifers and bull to the pasture.
“I let him out in the field and he was as frisky as ever,” Bishop said Thursday of his favorite bull.
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