Category: calves
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Early Morning
The follwing picture was taken over a month ago. That accounts for the snow in the picture, bare and dry now after all the wind.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/comingin12302005?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/comingin12302005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves coming into feed early in the morning.</center><br />n<br />n<b>Keep it simple. Alfred Eisenstaedt </b>
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Viewpoint
Here on the ranch I classify all my female Bovine critters by age. There are the:<br />n<br />nCows – three years old and up<br />nTwo- year olds- self explanatory<br />nYearlings- In their first year, self explanatory too<br />nCalves- first year of life<br />n<br />nThe reason I bring this up is it's funny how my viewpoint…
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Disappear
I found <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/10/hunters_find_calf_buried_up_to_its_nose/">this story</a> over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2006/01/this-is-quite-story-from-wheeling-west.html">Northview Diary</a> and it reminded me of a similar story of my own.<br />n<br />nOne day many moons ago I was moving a cow with a 4-5 day old calf from one pasture to another. The pair was running along in front of me and disappeared over…
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Looking For Better
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calve11282005?full=1'><img width='250' height='159' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calve11282005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Looking for a better flake of hay. This picture was taken a while ago but it reflects how the cattle are now. I don't ever remember seeing all of the cattle so ho-hum about thier feed. They eat it but they just don't charge the…