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<blockquote data-quote="sidney411" data-source="post: 42725" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>I wish we lived where our cattle are - but alas, I must live closer to civilization so I can go work in a office building during the week so we can afford to mess with the few cows we have. My dream is to one day own a large ranch with enough cows to get by without having to work an 8-5 job. The ranch is an hour from our house. We are running 2 seperate herds there. I call them up and count them each weekend, look for new calves, injuries, ect. We look at the road fence at least once a month and all other perimeter fences when we move the cattle around. I have one place that is 20 mins from our house that we use to keep heifers on. When heifers are due to calve I try to look at them every day. When I see them springing I make it a point to go there every day and try to get someone else to look at them once a day also. </p><p></p><p>I think we wouldn't have lost a few calves that we have lost if we were there to look at the cows every day. A calf can be alive and well one weekend and dead the next. It is tough, and I don't think it is the best way to do things but for right now it is the only way we can do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sidney411, post: 42725, member: 430"] I wish we lived where our cattle are - but alas, I must live closer to civilization so I can go work in a office building during the week so we can afford to mess with the few cows we have. My dream is to one day own a large ranch with enough cows to get by without having to work an 8-5 job. The ranch is an hour from our house. We are running 2 seperate herds there. I call them up and count them each weekend, look for new calves, injuries, ect. We look at the road fence at least once a month and all other perimeter fences when we move the cattle around. I have one place that is 20 mins from our house that we use to keep heifers on. When heifers are due to calve I try to look at them every day. When I see them springing I make it a point to go there every day and try to get someone else to look at them once a day also. I think we wouldn't have lost a few calves that we have lost if we were there to look at the cows every day. A calf can be alive and well one weekend and dead the next. It is tough, and I don't think it is the best way to do things but for right now it is the only way we can do it. [/QUOTE]
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