Category: twins

  • 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…

  • Two More Gathered

    Well, quite a day yesterday. Both Sunday and Monday I found a dead calf out on the cows in the morning, so yesterday I was pretty leery about going over to feed because I was afraid I would find another dead calf. Both the calves that died were so picked apart by the Bald Eagles…

  • 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…

  • Train of Thought

    I came over a little hill this morning and spotted something that started a whole train of thoughts running through my head and I thought I would share how it went.<br />n<br />n<br />nwhat's this? two calves following one cow…is one of them lost….no…look at them, they are very small and look real similar…look at…

  • Twins

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/twins03082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/twins03082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Momma and the twins that were born a couple of days ago. they are cute little devils. Taken 3/9/2006.</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?…