Ky hills
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Check d cattle somewhere between 4-5 yesterday evening, and this cow that I’d been watching for a few days had separated herself, so I figured she’d calve within a few hours, overnight if not sooner. Went back at between 10:30-11 last night and she’d had her calf. It was sitting up seemed to be peert and alert. So we left them, @TCRanch this is one of those times a Polaris Ranger North Star would be very appreciated, our open Ranger does the job but have to dress for occasion 20 degrees is cold down these hollers.
Went back this morning and saw a good sign the calf was up running along behind its mother, but a problem was also seen. Maybell our Jersey milk cow, who is open and should have been sold by now was following and trying to claim the calf. She’s never done anything like that before, and she’s been dry for about 2 months.
The real mother was trying to get her calf away. Maybell was determined to be with the calf, so I tried to get them apart and
while I was running to head her off I fell and actually rolled a few turns down the hill. Finally got Maybell out of the field where the pair were and chased her all over the next field trying to get her to the barn. My knees are both in bad shape and falling on froze ground on them didn’t help anything. I was so out breath from running I didn’t think I’d make it up the next hill to the barn. Wife was trying to make sure the pair would get back together and then she took the Polaris to head the cow and I stayed behind to keep her moving. She is halter broke but there was no catching her this morning, I called the other cows thinking if she saw them going to the barn lot she’d follow but no had to drive her with her trying to zig zag and turn back the whole way,
I got so out breath by the time he got up the first hill I didn’t know how I’d get up the next one. Finally got her up and in another field. Now maybe the pair can bond more without interruption.
The cow that calved is a half Jersey, courtesy of one of our neighbors Jersey bulls and a commercial heterozygous black probably Angus Gelbvieh or Limousin cross cow. I sad at the time it was a good thing the calf was heifer cause we’d a took a big hit selling a Jersey looking steer, We kept the heifer and she’s made a good cow, I think this is her 5th calf. Her new calf is a heifer calf by our Angus bull.
Went back this morning and saw a good sign the calf was up running along behind its mother, but a problem was also seen. Maybell our Jersey milk cow, who is open and should have been sold by now was following and trying to claim the calf. She’s never done anything like that before, and she’s been dry for about 2 months.
The real mother was trying to get her calf away. Maybell was determined to be with the calf, so I tried to get them apart and
while I was running to head her off I fell and actually rolled a few turns down the hill. Finally got Maybell out of the field where the pair were and chased her all over the next field trying to get her to the barn. My knees are both in bad shape and falling on froze ground on them didn’t help anything. I was so out breath from running I didn’t think I’d make it up the next hill to the barn. Wife was trying to make sure the pair would get back together and then she took the Polaris to head the cow and I stayed behind to keep her moving. She is halter broke but there was no catching her this morning, I called the other cows thinking if she saw them going to the barn lot she’d follow but no had to drive her with her trying to zig zag and turn back the whole way,
I got so out breath by the time he got up the first hill I didn’t know how I’d get up the next one. Finally got her up and in another field. Now maybe the pair can bond more without interruption.
The cow that calved is a half Jersey, courtesy of one of our neighbors Jersey bulls and a commercial heterozygous black probably Angus Gelbvieh or Limousin cross cow. I sad at the time it was a good thing the calf was heifer cause we’d a took a big hit selling a Jersey looking steer, We kept the heifer and she’s made a good cow, I think this is her 5th calf. Her new calf is a heifer calf by our Angus bull.
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