Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
checking cattle
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 486366" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Like the Canadians - it gets REAL cold here.</p><p>I have calving pens in the barn with cameras. Heifers are brought up close about 2 weeks prior to due date (100% AI) and cows about 1 week - kept in about 2 acre lot that I can observe from house. Anyone looking "imminant" gets put in barn during night & out early am. Whenever I wake up during night, I check TV to see if anything going on (from bed!), if not I roll over & go back to sleep. If someone is in labor, I sleep lightly & check often (hubby doesn't have a clue when something is going on).</p><p>Cow/calf pairs get to stay in barn about 24 hours - depending on the weather & space needed for next calvers.</p><p>It is RARE that we need to assist - mainly abnormal presentations - but it can mean a live calf or a dead one - I much prefer a live one. Costing $450/year (average around here) to keep a cow, that's the only thing she gives me to pay that bill.</p><p>Calving starts 1-30 this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 486366, member: 968"] Like the Canadians - it gets REAL cold here. I have calving pens in the barn with cameras. Heifers are brought up close about 2 weeks prior to due date (100% AI) and cows about 1 week - kept in about 2 acre lot that I can observe from house. Anyone looking "imminant" gets put in barn during night & out early am. Whenever I wake up during night, I check TV to see if anything going on (from bed!), if not I roll over & go back to sleep. If someone is in labor, I sleep lightly & check often (hubby doesn't have a clue when something is going on). Cow/calf pairs get to stay in barn about 24 hours - depending on the weather & space needed for next calvers. It is RARE that we need to assist - mainly abnormal presentations - but it can mean a live calf or a dead one - I much prefer a live one. Costing $450/year (average around here) to keep a cow, that's the only thing she gives me to pay that bill. Calving starts 1-30 this year. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeding / Calving Issues
checking cattle
Top