Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Happy Easter. Started out at 23F, but warmed right up to 40's.
They are coming.....
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Easter Sunday, about 35 calves, one hard pull, a couple dummies to help suck, lots hands off. At 7 pm I got a call that roast chicken dinner was ready. I had just finished feeding a dummy and said I was going to check heifers before I came in.
Our smallest heifer had a waterbag out so took her to the barn...….. backwards...……… hard pull that resulted in uterus coming with calf. Freeze her, clean up, replace and sew. Cold dinner after a bath at 9:30
Just Ranchin' ………..
Wonderful beds for the little guys. Not....
250 black cows had 2 Charolais, 3 Herefords and 10 black bulls with them last year. Herefords 4, Charolais 25 at present. Only one Hereford bull left here.
Interesting colour considering Angus daddy. Maybe Mom has more Hereford than she shows.
Second calvers.
Our smallest heifer had a waterbag out so took her to the barn...….. backwards...……… hard pull that resulted in uterus coming with calf. Freeze her, clean up, replace and sew. Cold dinner after a bath at 9:30
Just Ranchin' ………..
Wonderful beds for the little guys. Not....
250 black cows had 2 Charolais, 3 Herefords and 10 black bulls with them last year. Herefords 4, Charolais 25 at present. Only one Hereford bull left here.
Interesting colour considering Angus daddy. Maybe Mom has more Hereford than she shows.
Second calvers.
Josher
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Wow you are busy lol. We are also fighting with cold temps. Not sure we've had a calving season like this before. And also just wondering about your black cow with a black whiteface calf. Is it at all possible she was with a Hereford bull. Someone may have to explain how it works but I understood that if your black cow had any white face in her genes it would have to show on her. So I really think it must've been bred by a Hereford bull... I sure could be wrong.
Josher
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gcreekrch said:
I was just commenting on the calf that you said "interesting colour considering ANGUS daddy" . Debating whether it was actually angus or if it was a Hereford sire.
Josher
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Okay I didn't know it could come out as more white face breeding to black angus but it must be a genetic through back. And our snow is not leaving yet sadly but it did quit snowing finally haha. We still have snow we'll above the knee. Cows won't be on pasture anytime soon so it's a good thing we got more feed than usual last year. How many cows do you run?
Katpau
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Hereford gestation is 289 days and Angus are just 281 days, so your percentage of baldy calves could improve with more time.
wbvs58
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Have you surfaced for air Dave?gcreekrch said:
Ken
wbvs58 said:
Considering the conditions we've had this year it could have been a lot worse. Warm days have nearly removed our snow so should be getting some drier areas soon.
We are also blessed with a good crew.
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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I cannot imagine!!! Get some sleep.
Nesikep
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It's been gorgeous weather the last bit.. hopefully it keeps up a while, but I wouldn't mind rain.. it's getting dry around here (I know that's not what you want to hear though!)
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Your herds are on vast areas and I see the cows churn up the ground like mine do. I have LOTS smaller numbers of cows and LOTS smaller paddocks. We have been fighting MUD all winter. Ground never froze under the snow, so cows & tractor was ALWAYS able to churn up mud.
Your pictures are exciting to see. Thanks for taking the time. I think we ALL enjoy seeing how different areas cope with our weather.
Your pictures are exciting to see. Thanks for taking the time. I think we ALL enjoy seeing how different areas cope with our weather.
wbvs58
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How quickly do you expect the grass to start growing Dave?
Ken
Ken
