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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 892363" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>That sounds awful about your step-father Suzi. We've had family who've suffered fatal consequences in hospital from treatment, or mainly lack of, so nothing would surprise me about what happened to him. Hopefully an explanation will come to light which will put your minds at ease. How is your mother doing?</p><p></p><p>The heifers have good grass so they're not interested in any feed we might place anywhere to encourage them to move. I was out there early this morning thinking I'd do a run around them and try and head some of them down the creek towards the dam, but they were scattered far and wide, clumps of calves sitting here and there over a big area, all too hard.</p><p>Also, most often when its hot the 3-dayers can't even get up, let alone shuffle or hop with their sore legs to get to shade.</p><p>Shade may be a mile away. I've known people out here to shoot cows they think have a broken leg when its a bad case of 3 day!</p><p></p><p>Also, our heifers mainly calve during the day. Very few calve at night. You'd think it'd be the other way around. There's a couple calving now. It's 37 degs celsius on the verandah and its just after 9am.</p><p></p><p>The caste heifer is totally blind now with her bad eye and blue blight in the other. The calf is still charging me mightily, she comes at the gallop, puts her head down and ploughs right into me and then bounces up and down bellowing, giving my shins a good bumping. Then she drinks her milk.... It's wearing a bit thin I tell you, especially as she gets stronger! Thought about poddying her onto Tulip but she's pinged off somewhere with her calf.</p><p></p><p>Going to get some painting done today, after some officework. Visitors coming tomorrow, the sort you feel obliged to have a big clean-up for and cook something impressive. Which I don't feel like doing - hope I can find some energy somewhere.</p><p>Oh well, at least its tomorrow, not today!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 892363, member: 8192"] That sounds awful about your step-father Suzi. We've had family who've suffered fatal consequences in hospital from treatment, or mainly lack of, so nothing would surprise me about what happened to him. Hopefully an explanation will come to light which will put your minds at ease. How is your mother doing? The heifers have good grass so they're not interested in any feed we might place anywhere to encourage them to move. I was out there early this morning thinking I'd do a run around them and try and head some of them down the creek towards the dam, but they were scattered far and wide, clumps of calves sitting here and there over a big area, all too hard. Also, most often when its hot the 3-dayers can't even get up, let alone shuffle or hop with their sore legs to get to shade. Shade may be a mile away. I've known people out here to shoot cows they think have a broken leg when its a bad case of 3 day! Also, our heifers mainly calve during the day. Very few calve at night. You'd think it'd be the other way around. There's a couple calving now. It's 37 degs celsius on the verandah and its just after 9am. The caste heifer is totally blind now with her bad eye and blue blight in the other. The calf is still charging me mightily, she comes at the gallop, puts her head down and ploughs right into me and then bounces up and down bellowing, giving my shins a good bumping. Then she drinks her milk.... It's wearing a bit thin I tell you, especially as she gets stronger! Thought about poddying her onto Tulip but she's pinged off somewhere with her calf. Going to get some painting done today, after some officework. Visitors coming tomorrow, the sort you feel obliged to have a big clean-up for and cook something impressive. Which I don't feel like doing - hope I can find some energy somewhere. Oh well, at least its tomorrow, not today! [/QUOTE]
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