Category: cows
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Intestinal Fortitude
So far I've been real happy with the new hired man. He works hard and pitches in whenever necessary. I like that. I have come across one thing since we started calving heifers that I don't like. If a cow turns and faces him he runs off.<br />n<br />nNow understand, when you are dealing with…
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Before and After
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>New momma laying with her baby on the nice warm day before the cold and snowy weather hit.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006.thumb.jpg'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/snow02142006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The fresh snow, cold and cloudy weather will make things very interesting for the next week…
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Waiting Around
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/waiting02112006?full=1'><img width='250' height='216' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/waiting02112006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the heifers that have yet to calve lounging around in the evening with the moon coming up behind them. The colors were interesting to me.</center><br />n<br />n<b>Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow…
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Maternity Ward
The only bunch of cattle I bring home and watch close to calve is the first calf, two-year old heifers. Today was the day that we trailed them home. We got a light skiff of snow on the ground and it was windy and cloudy and cool but it worked out really well and we…
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Testing The Hired Hand
When I hired my new hired hand he was real upfront that he wasn't a cowboy and that his skills on a horse were not very good. Hell, he doesn't even have a saddle which is almost a sin in my book if you want to do this kind of work but what the heck,…
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Critters
Hey, I've noticed that it has been a while since I posted any pictures of the critters around here so I guess it's time for some critter pictures.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/chickens/chickens01252005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/chickens/chickens01252005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A couple of My Darling Wife's chickens out enjoying the sunshine yesterday. We are getting all…
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Omens
It was just one of those miserable days yesterday. Why you may ask? Lost my first calf for the season all ready. The two-year olds should start calving in almost 4 weeks but yesterday morning guess what? One was just starting to try to calve when we got over there to feed. This is not…
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Breakfast
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/breakfast01142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/breakfast01142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<b>Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness. W. Eugene Smith </b>
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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…