Time To Feed

Yesterday I got the replacement heifers in so that the young person who got the <a href="http://www.meritheifer.com/prog.html">Merit Heifer that we donated</a> could pick her up. While getting the heifers in I noticed quite a few were coughing and one was acting a little sick. The sick one was not coughing but had a snotty nose, glassy eyes and had no energy.<br />n<br />nWith the sick ones and the ones that are coughing I think the biggest thing I could do to help them is to start giving them a little bit of feed. They have been out on native pasture since weaning with no supplement and it's just getting to be too much for them. Not enough green feed with it freezing every night so I will start feeding them. Hopefully that will get them over their little problem and gaining weight again, or so I hope.<br />n<br />nI always seem to do this. I stretch the calves out long enough on native pasture that I get a sick one or two before I start to feed them. A little hay usually fixes thing right up and I save feed costs until then. It will be nice in a way to start feeding a few. It will feel more like winter is coming.<br />n<br />n<strong>To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. Pearl S. Buck</strong><br />n<br />nBTW, I notice on the main page for the <a href="http://www.meritheifer.com/">Merit Heifer program</a> is a picture from a couple of years ago of the young lady with the heifer we donated to her. Pretty good looking heifer if you ask me.