Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: heifers

  • Happenings

    I wish I could say something exciting was going on around here but that is not the case. Same old stuff. We are about a third done calving the heifers all ready. Quite a difference from last year where we didn't have very many calves the first cycle. This year they are coming fast and…

  • Worrying

    It's official. I'm worrying to much. I went out to check heifers about an hour ago and one was calving. I looked at her and thought to myself, "this is going to be trouble, I know it." I did decide to give her a half an hour to see if she would have it but…

  • Calving Away

    The heifers finally started picking up on their calving this last week. They were definitely not cycling when the bulls were turned out last spring. Nothing I can do about that, it's just the breaks. We have been busy though keeping up on things. It has really been tiring.<br />n<br />nThe weather has been nice…

  • Different

    Every year seems to be a little different and bring something new. This year I might not have many calves yet, three, but the cattle are reacting different.<br />n<br />nI always like to leave the heifer in the pen she has been in while she is calving. She is comfortable there and more willing to…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Replacements

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/heifers10022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/heifers10022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The replacement heifers peacefully grazing on the volunteer barley coming up. It sure is nice to have them out of the corral and grazing green grass. Taken 10/02/2006.</center>

  • 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?…

  • 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…

  • 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…