Category: calves
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Calves
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/calves02202009?full=1'><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/calves02202009.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Darling Wife finally managed to get some pictures of some of the babies. It's going slow with them but we are making progress, if only the weather would cooperate. Taken 02/20/2009.</center>
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Marketing
I got a call from one of my northern neighbors yesterday telling me I was marketing calves awful late. I was very confused since I haven't been selling anything, what was he talking about. Well he informed me that I had sold a calf this week at the auction yard. I told him that I…
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Blue Sky
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/blue02192008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/blue02192008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Blue sky, warm temperatures, baby calves running around, it don't get much better than this. I hope it doesn't mean it is going to turn nasty come March. I don't need that. Taken 2/19/2008.</center>
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Weather
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/snow02182008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/snow02182008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The newborn calves not liking the wind and snow bothering them. We sure have been getting a lot of wind lately. Taken 2/18/2008.</center>
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Over
The calves are finally really starting to look good. I don't know what the bug was that was holding them back but they are finally over it and going strong. All told I probably doctored about 25 of them for coccidiosis. Just under 20% of them. I think a few more had it but got…
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Silhouette
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/sun01142008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/sun01142008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The sun coming up right behind a calf standing on the ridge line. I know she is hard to see, but she is there. Taken 1/14/2008. </center>
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Has To Get Better
Without getting into to many details, 2008 has to get better. Five flat tires in five days feeding taxes anybodies sanity. <br />n<br />nThen I have had a small out break of <a href="http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/21202.htm" title="damn">coccidiosis</a> in my calves for some reason. Usually there has to be a stressor for this to happen and I have…
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Snow
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/snow12312006?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/snow12312006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We got a little snow the other day. it didn't amount to much but it's nice to see it white around here. It makes you think it is winter at least. The calves are eating their hay in the background.…
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Eating
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves12252007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves12252007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the calves eating their cake. Not all of them have learned to eat it yet. now that we have started feeding hay the rest should learn no problem. Taken 12/25/2007.</center>
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Peaceful
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves12122007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves12122007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The replacement heifer calves peacefully grazing on a hillside. They've been on a protein tub type supplement since weaning and have been doing great. It's about time to start feeding them though. Nutrition levels are getting pretty low in the…