Calving Cameras and the New Barn

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Randi

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Someone asked me to post pictures of how we were going to set up our new barn, but since we were also setting up a new PTZ camera, I thought I'd go one step further and post a video.
https://www.facebook.com/Randi.DeBruyne ... 030312486/

The 2 newest babies, both off of heifers got to spend the day and tonight in the barn. These little 60 lb calves just don't handle cold weather that well. The youngest has already lost the tips of it's ears and it was born yesterday afternoon when it was super nice out!
https://www.facebook.com/Randi.DeBruyne ... 185516366/

And finally, the calving pasture. We moved the camera closer to the middle of the pasture to make it easier to see what was going on at the far side.
https://www.facebook.com/Randi.DeBruyne ... 037952677/
 
My initial thought was that, gee you were keen to climb the wall to get that panoramic video inside the barn. I can imagine how handy those cameras are watching things in the warmth of your control room.

Ken
 
LOL, I prefer to keep my feet firmly on the ground.

When it is 3 AM and cold outside they are extremely appreciated, also when we have cows in the barn calving, it is nice because we don't interrupt them, and they calve quicker...
 
Randi":dtr9dyms said:
LOL, I prefer to keep my feet firmly on the ground.

When it is 3 AM and cold outside they are extremely appreciated, also when we have cows in the barn calving, it is nice because we don't interrupt them, and they calve quicker...
That's a good point, we go to check on them and disturb them they will usually move off then to a different location as we sprung them on that last location and they no longer think it is secure.
Ken
 
When they are outside, I don't find that to be as much of a problem. Usually they stay where their water bag broke. Even the most nervous cattle settle a lot quicker when they are outside with the herd. But when they are inside or penned separately even the quietest cattle take a lot longer to settle.
 

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