Reason you check heifers more than once a day

[coachg]

Calf was through the fence in a stump hole where the tornadoes in 2011 blew a big oak over . Had to climb over the fence and come in behind him to keep him from going down in the woods . Always an adventure when dealing with cattle !

 

[coachg]

Look close at second pic and you can see a black area , that's the calf .

 

[Dsth]

good job of keeping a close eye out for problems. calf and mommy were both pretty happy I'm guessing when they saw you coming to help out.

 

[BFE]

Had an older cow laid down in a similar wet hole and had twins about three year ago. Neither made it. I was so aggravated with her I could've shot her. Maybe she had dementia or something. Picked the worst spot on the whole farm.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Had an older cow laid down in a similar wet hole and had twins about three year ago. Neither made it. I was so aggravated with her I could've shot her. Maybe she had dementia or something. Picked the worst spot on the whole farm.

Young or old some times they "goof"

 

[puzzled in oregon]

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Calf was through the fence in a stump hole where the tornadoes in 2011 blew a big oak over . Had to climb over the fence and come in behind him to keep him from going down in the woods . Always an adventure when dealing with cattle !

I thought at first you had a giant coyote dig.

 

[A.J.]

Nice save! That's a good feeling when you can turn around a potentially bad situation like that.

 

[Warren Allison]

Look close at second pic and you can see a black area , that's the calf .

In the last pic...what kind of grass do you have?

 

[coachg]

In the last pic...what kind of grass do you have?

Mostly fescue, our grass was really jumping till the snow and freeze a couple of weeks ago .

 

[J+ Cattle]

I think it would be worthwhile to fill in the hole so there's no gap under the fence

 

[coachg]

In the last pic...what kind of grass do you have?

Mostly fescue, our grass was really jumping till the snow and freeze a couple of weeks ago .

I think it would be worthwhile to fill in the hole so there's no gap under the fence

Yes , for sure ! We filled in 4-6 and thought we had them all filled up . That one escaped us . It on my to do list .

 

[Brute 23]

I feel like it's the opposite... the more you check the cattle the more problems you find.

 

[TCRanch]

I feel like it's the opposite... the more you check the cattle the more problems you find.

True!! 99% of the time if a calf gets out, it's getting back in. But I'll be damned if I don't always find them while they're still out and go full-on rescue mode.

 

[coachg]

Here's 2 we pushed into the woods and filled the holes .