Category: calving
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Going Home
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/home01292007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/home01292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Walking the two-year old heifers home to calve them. They should be starting by the 10th of February but there is always a few early ones so I brought them home now. It also lets them get used to the…
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Time
Time has this really funny habit. It keeps ticking on no matter what. You go on with your daily life and routines and all of a sudden you look up and notice that the month is about over, time has marched on and you almost didn't notice.<br />n<br />nMarching forward on,<br />n Slick ice cleaned…
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She Fooled Me
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/horses03172006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/horses03172006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>Yesterday morning when we got out to feed the cows I noticed one cow wandering around the feed ground, tail in the air, smelling all the calves laying around and bawling like mad. Quite the unusual behavior for a cow so i went over to check…
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What Snow?
I see by the paper that Billings had a nice little <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/20/news/local/25-snow.txt">snow storm</a>. I had been watching the weather and knew the storm was coming and was hopeful and dreading it both at the same time. A nasty storm while calving is always difficult but the moisture sure would have been nice. As it…
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Bums Update
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bums03162006?full=1'><img width='250' height='187' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bums03162006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>Like I said I was going to do I got the twin calf pulled off the <a href="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/twins03082006?full=1">heifer</a> and have the two different bum twin calves shown in the picture to feed. The one that has been on the heifer I expected to give me trouble…
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Twins
I just got in from checking a heifer I had been watching since 4:00pm just waiting for her to decide to calve. Guess what? She had twins. It is in a way exciting. It doesn't happen on my place very often. It's also a pain in the ass too. Where do I put the cow?…
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The Cows Have Started
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/firstcalf03042006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/firstcalf03042006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cowcalf03042006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' align='right' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cowcalf03042006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>I have been expecting to see a new baby calf on the cows any day now and it finally happened. Two baby calves in the herd yesterday morning when we fed. I am sure glad to see…
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First Cycle
Today is the last day of the first cycle for the heifers and we made the 75% mark. Three-quarters of them calved out in the first cycle. <br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/mom02132006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/mom02132006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nPretty damn good if you ask me. I am happy. Most of the last 25 are…
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Calves Everywhere
I don't know that I have ever had heifers calve out so fast. It's only 14 days into the first cycle and we are all ready over 60% done. At this rate we will easily make 75% of the heifers calved out in the first cycle. I throw that magical number out because all the…
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Do Over Day
Today was one of those once ever 3 months, do over days. Days you really wish that you could do over again. <br />n<br />nCalving went pretty good overnight but the problems started once the sun came up. I went to start the tractor so i could feed and guess what? A flat tire on…