2/B or not 2/B
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CT friends ~ We only had 6 calves this spring, but we're still proud and I wanted to thank you for helping us along the way :cboy: There were 3 bulls and 3 heifers all born within exactly 30 days. No, our big, fat, lumpy shorthorn heifer didn't have twins, she had a 90 lb. bull calf, which we had to pull in the field at 3am on a very cold night. Those OB straps and handles sure came in handy and all that pulling was some exercise! After that between the two of them we had contracted tendons, scours, a sprained ankle, nerve paralysis and udder edema but hey they are both fine now! The other calves had more reasonable BW's and were born on their own. We have tons of green grass and all are fat and happy enjoying the spring weather. Just thought I'd share some pics.
The day before she had her calf this girl pulled out most of her switch while rubbing her butt on a manure spreader :?
This salebarn heifer was an impulse buy last year and not the smartest thing I have done so far...
Right now we have a lot of filaree, which is great to eat now and turns into awful stickers later.
We also have two kinds of clover and a lot of vetch. As the weather warms, we'll have oats and rye, plus tons of things I don't know and by summer it will all be dried up again.
California poppies on the hillsides look like lava and the snowdrops look like, well snowdrops.
I'd like to show you a picture of our puppy, Rey, but he hardly holds still. He's a 5 mo. old german shepherd mix and quite the handful.
Thanks for looking, I hope we do even better next year!
The day before she had her calf this girl pulled out most of her switch while rubbing her butt on a manure spreader :?
This salebarn heifer was an impulse buy last year and not the smartest thing I have done so far...
Right now we have a lot of filaree, which is great to eat now and turns into awful stickers later.
We also have two kinds of clover and a lot of vetch. As the weather warms, we'll have oats and rye, plus tons of things I don't know and by summer it will all be dried up again.
California poppies on the hillsides look like lava and the snowdrops look like, well snowdrops.
I'd like to show you a picture of our puppy, Rey, but he hardly holds still. He's a 5 mo. old german shepherd mix and quite the handful.
Thanks for looking, I hope we do even better next year!