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Here's some pics I took today. FEELING GOOD! YEEHAAA! In this picture the cows are heading to the feed bunk for pellets. Gets them out of the way while I put bales in the rings. Here's a picture of my son Zach with a Lego Bulldozer he got a while back. The instruction book...

Yup. This fall she should get to meet Buddy Bergner(auctioneer at the local sales barn). Cold weather calving like we do up here means a high likelihood of having to handle the cow and calf. No tolerance for a proven troublemaker. John

No. It was in the middle of calving season and I let it go. If there had been another deformed calf I would have had either or both posted. Rotten deal because I lost the cow too. The cow must have been trying to calve for a while before I discovered her. She was laying down and anther newborn...

Here's one I had last spring. Never saw anything like it before and hope to never see anything like it ever again. John

When you are calving in this cold weather you don't have much choice. I like to have the pair inside the pole barn until they are mothered up. Its a lot easier for her to carry that calf in the barn than me :lol: Inside that barn is always significantly warmer and there is a better chance that a...

Once every 2 hours once calving starts. If there is a storm on, then maybe every hour. If it is late in the season and the weather is nice I MIGHT extend to 3 hour intervals. I keep the close cows in a pen right beside the barn so anyone can be put in right away with a minimum of fuss. For the...