All About Oxen

On weekends in October and November 2020, Ox-Cart Man programming at Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, RI brings a long-time favorite children’s book to life through our skilled interpreters and story walk! Visit www.coggeshallfarm.org/ for details.
In this video, hear from a couple of the farmers at Old Sturbridge Village, as they share about what is involved in training and working with a team of oxen.
Ox-Cart Man Programming is sponsored by the Friends of Rogers Free Library in partnership with Rogers Free Library.
About the Partnership Between Coggeshall Farm Museum and Old Sturbridge Village:
In January 2020, Old Sturbridge Village and Coggeshall Farm Museum began an innovative new partnership. Old Sturbridge Village now manages the daily operations of Coggeshall Farm through a management contract. Read more here: www.coggeshallfarm.org/about/...

[@luckylokomotiongarcias6152]

Ox 🐂 has helped mankind with his work throughout history 👏 some respect for that great Animal 👍

[@chopsandarchie7015]

I live in Suffolk in England. Coggeshall is a really charming and well preserved large village in Essex. A very informative and well made video, thanks.

[@tysongibson6941]

Respect to you and your animals good sir. Well done.

[@nistaffsubs6787]

Beautiful Tradition... Congrats from Venezuela 🇻🇪...

[@Fummy007]

This is very cool. Always wondered about Oxen

[@justynesanchez458]

Thank you for sharing.

[@emmydream5802]

They can also pull your wagon on the Oregon Trail. 🐃

[@texasviking1]

Actually the oxen was the worst possible animal for that journey, and folks found that out the hard way

[@seanminder5583]

When he said they do alittle bit of work everyday becomes part of their life I felt that

[@rickyhayes8206]

Do you bottle feed them or leave on cow??

[@christophergabriel6940]

Insightful

[@susanc536]

What breed of cattle are the older ones?

[@Whammytap]

Someday when I win the Lottery, I'm going to train up a team of oxen, and when there's a snowstorm, we'll just go around pulling out cars that slid into ditches for free.

[@JoaoVitor-px3dj]

tudo sobre meus amigos:

[@gustavoodysseytrance4ever706]

Are oxen the same as cows?

[@coggeshallfarmmuseum]

While the definition can vary from context to context, the word "cow" typically refers to female cattle who have reached adulthood and/or had a calf. In other words, all cows are cattle, but not all cattle are cows.

[@Whammytap]

How I understand it: A cow is a female bovine. A bull is an intact male bovine. A steer is a castrated male bovine. An ox is any bovine with a job, a draft animal/beast of burden. Usually oxen are steers, because bulls are harder to control, and cows are more valuable for their milk and ability to produce offspring. But I've seen cows and bulls with jobs, too -- it's just less common.

[@jonhawthorne9710]

The Devons are. "Cows" are commercial bred for a specific reason...

[@jobiden6518]

Are oxen castrated?

[@Whammytap]

An ox is just a bovine with a job. Could be a cow, bull, or steer (castrated bull). Steers are most common, castration makes them more docile than bulls, and cows are more valued for their milk and mothering skills. :) So as a general rule -- yes, but strictly speaking -- not necessarily.

[@kingthuggatv9066]

Those are regular bulls not oxen SMH