IGotMyWings
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Well, I haven't been on in a while, but that just means that I've been busy. I haven't gotten much accomplished, but I'm still plugging away. My tiny herd has now tripled in size. I added two cow/calf pairs this past week. Both cows are about 4 years old, the red cow has a freshly weened heifer calf at her side, the black one has a teat dragging steer with her. The red cow may have been bred as she was in with the bull where we got her that day. They are all in together, and now my questions are piling up!
The cows aren't taking to well to the steer and bull calf I already had. They guard the round bale and shove them out of the way whenever the mood strikes them. I know that they are going to be leery of the new digs and strange pasture pals, but I was wondering if being (for lack of a better term) bullied by the cow(s) now would have any effect on my bull when he's mature and it's time to do his thing? Will he remember being pushed around and have a fear of those cows?!
Given the possibility that the red cow is bred, how long before I should have her checked to see?
Next is my pasture. I posted a potential design for my pasture a long time ago, and with the feedback I got, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to manage it! By the time we got the beans combined, it was getting late to drill grass, so my seed guy recommended drilling wheat and having the cattle graze that over the winter then plant a pasture mix in the spring. Another neighbor says that I should leave them off the wheat, cut it and bale it for hay, plant the grass THEN turn them in on it. Any ideas?
The cows aren't taking to well to the steer and bull calf I already had. They guard the round bale and shove them out of the way whenever the mood strikes them. I know that they are going to be leery of the new digs and strange pasture pals, but I was wondering if being (for lack of a better term) bullied by the cow(s) now would have any effect on my bull when he's mature and it's time to do his thing? Will he remember being pushed around and have a fear of those cows?!
Given the possibility that the red cow is bred, how long before I should have her checked to see?
Next is my pasture. I posted a potential design for my pasture a long time ago, and with the feedback I got, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to manage it! By the time we got the beans combined, it was getting late to drill grass, so my seed guy recommended drilling wheat and having the cattle graze that over the winter then plant a pasture mix in the spring. Another neighbor says that I should leave them off the wheat, cut it and bale it for hay, plant the grass THEN turn them in on it. Any ideas?