Now back to real life. This weekend we started calving at the home ranch. It 6 days earlier than what the boss was expecting but such is life.
We are surrounded by 150 heifers ready to pop. The rest of the bosses herd (older cows) have been moved. He was able to find several places that would take them on and custom graze and calve out. So all we have to do is babysit the heifers.
Gus thinks he a big bad cowdog...lol the rest of the story is he turned tail and ran!
Several of heifers look miserable - poor things. Counting the heifer calf we found today (see below) that brings the total to 4.
One is in the special "nursery." The new mama cow wasn't sure she wanted her new calf and needed some special attention. They are doing much better now - she is letting him nurse which is a relief - no bottle feeding to speak of - knock on wood.
Today Wade and I walked the pasture and found this fresh little heifer calf. So he went ahead tagged it, and recorded it in his book.
Tagging the new chick...
The welcoming committee...
Sometimes if feels like we live a thousand miles from no where...
This is Beau, Wade's horse. He has now been here for a couple of weeks.
I got a new car - well new to me. Its a charcoal colored Dodge Nitro...its a nice ride and has way more room and giddy-up than the little Pontiac. No more getting bogged down in the mud and snow for me!
What an exciting post, Elizabeth! Glad to hear about all your good news.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck with calving. Our heifers are due March 1st. We sorted one girl off today; she is springing pretty heavy. There are several starting to bag.
Ours are supposed to start calving in March, but we'll see what they really decide to do. I'm afraid we won't have many this time as they got pretty skinny this summer with the drought and I'm sure a few of them didn't get bred or lost their pregnancies. I hope your's keep calving good and you don't have to pull to many, or lose any calves!
ReplyDeleteYou have some pretty laid-back cows for Wade to walk right up and be able to tag those calves! Our cows are much more protective than that, they would at least have to be distracted by feed and even then somebody better watch your back!
Love the new car - and the color! We had a charcoal colored rental car on our trip last October and now I'm obsessed with dark grey cars!
Happy day to the new laptop! What kind did you get? I thought my computer was fixed but it's still freezing up all the time so I'm in denial but I need to look into getting a different one. And amen to pictures that look like you live a thousand miles from nowhere, those are my favorite kind! :)
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