farmerjan
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I did some reading threads but it has been a tough week. A good friend lost her husband and it has been tough. 59... he was a welder, got leukemia, was doing better, had surgery and then just went all to he// 2 days after. Funeral was Friday.
Worked a couple of days then had another farm with a big problem... screen on their laptop went black,,, and they had the vet coming and blood work to do and paperwork to ship out 40+ cows on Monday as they are cutting back after the help gave them a 2 week notice. Spent 2 trips to that farm to work with our computer support to get the stuff into the new computer she got, because with the rain the wi-fi wouldn't work right and could not get things downloaded...and you don't have cell service in the office in the barn.... grrr.... it was a nightmare.
Have had a couple of calves getting out through the barbed wire to graze along the road... fixed it and they managed to get out another spot... son had to run temporary woven wire on the inside... rented pasture, fences are not the greatest, owner won't re-fence which it desperately needs so you don't put alot into it.... then my longhorn seemingly had twins... son tagged one a couple days ago then saw her with a different untagged one so he surmised it was twins... but now she doesn't want the first one... so I had to catch it up today and get a bottle into it... he has seen it stealing off other just fresh heifers in there.... just been one thing after another... and got to get caught back up on a couple of farms I cancelled to be able to go spend time with the family and the service....
Got a nice fresh 2nd calf cow... jersey/hol that is an absolute JERK in the barn and I am trying to figure out how to get her to take this twin as she has enough milk for 3.... but she goes over gates in the barn... not mean just one of those... don't fence me in types.....and HATES to be alone in the barn but with another cow you can't work with her at all....GRRRRR.... would like to take her calf and lock it in the pen at the barn with the twin and maybe get her to come in for her baby and some grain???? Get the twin to go on her since it knows how to go around stealing???? Tomorrow is another day...
Worked a couple of days then had another farm with a big problem... screen on their laptop went black,,, and they had the vet coming and blood work to do and paperwork to ship out 40+ cows on Monday as they are cutting back after the help gave them a 2 week notice. Spent 2 trips to that farm to work with our computer support to get the stuff into the new computer she got, because with the rain the wi-fi wouldn't work right and could not get things downloaded...and you don't have cell service in the office in the barn.... grrr.... it was a nightmare.
Have had a couple of calves getting out through the barbed wire to graze along the road... fixed it and they managed to get out another spot... son had to run temporary woven wire on the inside... rented pasture, fences are not the greatest, owner won't re-fence which it desperately needs so you don't put alot into it.... then my longhorn seemingly had twins... son tagged one a couple days ago then saw her with a different untagged one so he surmised it was twins... but now she doesn't want the first one... so I had to catch it up today and get a bottle into it... he has seen it stealing off other just fresh heifers in there.... just been one thing after another... and got to get caught back up on a couple of farms I cancelled to be able to go spend time with the family and the service....
Got a nice fresh 2nd calf cow... jersey/hol that is an absolute JERK in the barn and I am trying to figure out how to get her to take this twin as she has enough milk for 3.... but she goes over gates in the barn... not mean just one of those... don't fence me in types.....and HATES to be alone in the barn but with another cow you can't work with her at all....GRRRRR.... would like to take her calf and lock it in the pen at the barn with the twin and maybe get her to come in for her baby and some grain???? Get the twin to go on her since it knows how to go around stealing???? Tomorrow is another day...
