a generator and a gas fireplace is a great investment if you have power failure anywhereI've gotten soft…when we built this house a couple of years ago, we included a good Cummins generator and I'm almost ashamed to say it…a gas fireplace
a generator and a gas fireplace is a great investment if you have power failure anywhereI've gotten soft…when we built this house a couple of years ago, we included a good Cummins generator and I'm almost ashamed to say it…a gas fireplace
Yes, sir…I do love a wood burning fireplace but I'm not getting any younger. I can still go out and cut, split, and stack firewood like a wild man so this was more of a preemptive strike…as it were.a generator and a gas fireplace is a great investment if you have power failure anywhere
I always fed late afternoon or at night because it seemed like cattle fed in the morning would calve at night.Back to blistering winds and blizzard conditions - should only get couple inches of snow - but the wind is brutal on the cattle. Our "ladies in waiting" (pregnants close to calving - right outside my window) do not have any real wind block. So, to say the least, when we go out about NOW - and "sort" which ones looks ready to calve tonight to go in the barn, it's a mad rush for the gate trying to get in the barn. Heifers just follow the crowd, but the cows KNOW the program. If one of our older cows starts going into labor outside, they stand by the gate kinda with their legs crossed holding baby in waiting to get into a pen! LOL The old girls sure know the program. I have 8 that need to go in barn tonight. We need some to start popping - we have a full house!
Nah, stick with the program. A good spaghetti western fits well with this weather. Always a wind in the background noise, and someone whistling like they're sitting on the pot.Put out some more cubes today and turned off the water to the troughs today…now to find a movie set in the tropics or maybe desert to try and forget that wind outside
Lots of research shows if you feed in evening, cows will calve during daytime.I always fed late afternoon or at night because it seemed like cattle fed in the morning would calve at night.
Well, I spoke too soon. 2 heifer twins!Got 1 born in barn. Blaze face black heifer.
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Oh wowWell, I spoke too soon. 2 heifer twins!
... some...Got 1 born in barn. Blaze face black heifer.
Sorry, we're taking over this newbies thread. You will learn, some of the threads get sidetracked.
That's the reason I have a feeder that will hold a ton of range meal. Just so I don't have to go out in such events.Put out some more cubes today and turned off the water to the troughs today…now to find a movie set in the tropics or maybe desert to try and forget that wind outside
Ditto! Dad always used it on horses and I've always used it. Just sounds normal to meDomino? I thought I was the last one still using that. It was in common usage here 40ish years ago. When I use it nowadays, people look at me like I have two heads.
Domino is still in fairly common usage down here…been hearing it all of my lifeDomino? I thought I was the last one still using that. It was in common usage here 40ish years ago. When I use it nowadays, people look at me like I have two heads.
Domino is when you're walking out there and you know you need to bring that cow to the barn. She's fixing to domino! Drop that calfOk. Explain what you are talking about. Domino?
giving birth = dominoOk. Explain what you are talking about. Domino?