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"spring" calving off to a rough start!
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<blockquote data-quote="Cucumber35" data-source="post: 1392052" data-attributes="member: 25728"><p>My "spring" calving season is off to a rough start as well. Due to fencing issues as well as other factors the bull got left in with the herd last year. Our first calves were in early March last year and apparently he didn't waste any time rebreeding. We have one pasture that works best for calving but I hadn't moved them there yet and have been feeding in another that I plan in doing some renovation this year anyway so I've been using it as a sacrifice area. Put out hay this evening and drove down to find a cow that had gotten down into the creek and stuck in the mud. Had a feeling as soon as I saw her I was too late, she must have started calving last night and got hung up in the mud. Not the kind of "sacrifice" I had intended, needless to say the whole herd was promptly moved to the other pasture with no creek or wet areas. On the plus side my "birthday" cow had a nice lively bull calf at her side nursing. Hopefully my "sacrifice" will earn smooth sailing from here on out but I know that's not always how it goes. I should have trusted my gut because I knew some were getting close but I guess I was wishful thinking that calving wouldn't begin in the middle of January.... Hope everyone else's luck improves also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumber35, post: 1392052, member: 25728"] My "spring" calving season is off to a rough start as well. Due to fencing issues as well as other factors the bull got left in with the herd last year. Our first calves were in early March last year and apparently he didn't waste any time rebreeding. We have one pasture that works best for calving but I hadn't moved them there yet and have been feeding in another that I plan in doing some renovation this year anyway so I've been using it as a sacrifice area. Put out hay this evening and drove down to find a cow that had gotten down into the creek and stuck in the mud. Had a feeling as soon as I saw her I was too late, she must have started calving last night and got hung up in the mud. Not the kind of "sacrifice" I had intended, needless to say the whole herd was promptly moved to the other pasture with no creek or wet areas. On the plus side my "birthday" cow had a nice lively bull calf at her side nursing. Hopefully my "sacrifice" will earn smooth sailing from here on out but I know that's not always how it goes. I should have trusted my gut because I knew some were getting close but I guess I was wishful thinking that calving wouldn't begin in the middle of January.... Hope everyone else's luck improves also. [/QUOTE]
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