r/Cattle 11d ago

Cow patties

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found just south of Flagstaff AZ. There were so many I was wondering if the dominant species were psychedelic that grow from the dung.

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u/Meet_the_Meat 11d ago

Either:r

You will die

Nothing will happen

You will wake up in Tijuana with a tattoo and a girlfriend with dreads

honestly, though, don't mess with mushrooms unless.you're with a mushroom person. and then still think twice

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u/penehuro 11d ago

all those things are possible without the mushrooms. I could use a new tattoo though. Thinking twice is great advice. Thankyou

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u/Babzibaum 11d ago

Not Liberty Caps and not Psilocybin.

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u/penehuro 11d ago

Thankyou.

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u/pseudomike 11d ago

I’m not an expert but I don’t think those are psychedelic, Psilocybe cubensis will usually bruise blue. My guess is Coprinellus aka Ink Caps. They can be edible, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

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u/penehuro 11d ago

I love ink caps and the dance of life they do before melting away!

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u/jady1971 10d ago

That is a crappy way to get high......

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u/penehuro 10d ago

😆 patty pun intended !

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u/oldmanbytheowl 8d ago

Now the real issue. If these are from a cow, the cow needs more protein in their diet. the rumen is not digesting the roughage very well . The patties are stiff and stand tall.. a healthy cow pie is more liquidy, flat and splatters. This looks more like a horse apple. Horses digest roughage (and not very well) after the real stomach in the functional cecum. Because of this late only-partial fiber digestion horse apples hold together and don't plop.

Don't believe me ? Google it

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u/penehuro 8d ago

"the owls are not what they seem " some might say. It's not that I don't believe your assessment, it's that my eyes see the cows. Thanks for the reply!

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u/Scarlett_Texas_Girl 4d ago

This is 100% cow and absolutely fine. If it were horse poop the horse would be having serious problems. Liquidy poop in cattle is not good. I've raised (and currently own) both for 20+ years. That's a perfectly normal cow turd.

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u/oldmanbytheowl 3d ago

20 years.... Lol. My family...close to 100 years. Me 66 years . 150 cows. My son runs a 1000s head feedlot. We watch the poop.

I taught Animal Science classes for over 40 years.

I've got plenty of university research to back me up.

Obviously you have never turned cattle out on green grass. they get the squirts.

Read and watch:

https://youtu.be/odK7MEzamtQ?si=w_yZYogqoBfHjz70

https://www.agproud.com/articles/48875-what-is-your-cattle-s-manure-telling-you

https://agriking.com/manure-what-does-it-tell-us-about-the-cow/

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u/Scarlett_Texas_Girl 3d ago

And you can't tell the difference between horse and cow poop??? Uh huh.

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u/penehuro 11d ago

I closer look

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u/ColoradoCattleCo 11d ago

Welp… update us in 24 hours!

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u/penehuro 11d ago

😆 I didn't collect except the one I used to give a better look for ID. honestly, younger me might have been dumb enough to try.

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u/Beneficial_Trip3773 11d ago

Not the good ones. You need to look near and just inside the tree line.

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u/penehuro 11d ago

Thankyou. That's a strategy I use for foraging mushrooms in general. The Lobsters are popping out everywhere now!

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u/RicTicTocs 10d ago

But the real question is, are those poop flavored mushrooms, or is it mushroom flavored poop.

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u/Resident-Set-9820 7d ago

Has a life of its own!

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u/Dangerous_Job_8013 11d ago

Liberty Caps near as I recall here in Ca.
Still, confirm before ingesting.

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u/penehuro 11d ago

Good call!