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<blockquote data-quote="ny_grass" data-source="post: 605655" data-attributes="member: 8237"><p>Hi KMacGinley,</p><p></p><p>I'm not so much trying for an organic certification. They'll be natural grass-fed (raising the question, can I call them grassfed anymore after supplementing them with grain for a couple of months?).</p><p></p><p>Yup, weaning and worming.</p><p></p><p>I have a barn but I think I'm just going, with the help of a friend, to push the calves off to one side and run a couple of strands of electric between them. I've got a great energizer which puts out about 6,500 volts (10 joules, I think it is). They all respect it without a question.</p><p></p><p>What looks like corn is actually just overgrown weeds, golden rod, wild parsnip, burdock, etc... Another thing that I've been conflicted about is letting them back on the pasture. Since my first storm sometime around the 25th of October, I've had them in the pen that you see in the pictures. There were some days, especially in early Nov. when I probably should have let them back out there; the ground was pretty wet though and I didn't want to pug it up - there wasn't much grass on it anyway. So, they're going to just have to get a supplement(s) and hay. Don't know if it shown in any of those pictures but I've got a 20x20 wood structure almost built off behind and to the side of them. I'll move them there when it's done. Hopefully, I'll have found a supply of saw dust by then so that they can have mostly dry, eventually composting (and therefor somewhat warm) bedding.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, since I'm keeping them I'm back to needing a bull. The couple of contacts I have here couldn't help with a rental. There are probably some other people to talk to; just need to get a weekend day to do some driving (I dream of the day when my infrastructure is in place ...).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thanks a lot for your feedback. </p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ny_grass, post: 605655, member: 8237"] Hi KMacGinley, I'm not so much trying for an organic certification. They'll be natural grass-fed (raising the question, can I call them grassfed anymore after supplementing them with grain for a couple of months?). Yup, weaning and worming. I have a barn but I think I'm just going, with the help of a friend, to push the calves off to one side and run a couple of strands of electric between them. I've got a great energizer which puts out about 6,500 volts (10 joules, I think it is). They all respect it without a question. What looks like corn is actually just overgrown weeds, golden rod, wild parsnip, burdock, etc... Another thing that I've been conflicted about is letting them back on the pasture. Since my first storm sometime around the 25th of October, I've had them in the pen that you see in the pictures. There were some days, especially in early Nov. when I probably should have let them back out there; the ground was pretty wet though and I didn't want to pug it up - there wasn't much grass on it anyway. So, they're going to just have to get a supplement(s) and hay. Don't know if it shown in any of those pictures but I've got a 20x20 wood structure almost built off behind and to the side of them. I'll move them there when it's done. Hopefully, I'll have found a supply of saw dust by then so that they can have mostly dry, eventually composting (and therefor somewhat warm) bedding. Yeah, since I'm keeping them I'm back to needing a bull. The couple of contacts I have here couldn't help with a rental. There are probably some other people to talk to; just need to get a weekend day to do some driving (I dream of the day when my infrastructure is in place ...). Anyway, thanks a lot for your feedback. JR [/QUOTE]
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