and other idle chatter. LOL.
Some days I really dislike that nurse cow. Not the new one, I mean 'ol 311. Sunday morning I'm just getting ready to head to church - have my Sunday best on - and the phone rings. Boss on the other end; he lives just down the road, "Just thought you'd like to know 311 is out on my hay field. I don't really care, but it is the third cutting and it's really rich - you probably don't want her out there."
No, I don't.
So I get a bucket of grain, catch her, pen her up, late for church. Later I walk the fence line to see where she went through. My strand of wire across the canal is down, so I swim the canal and put it back. Brrrrr that's cold. I was muttering about how much I disliked her the whole time. LOL.
So...turned her back out to pasture and not 10 minutes later she's back out on the field. Ugh. Guess that fix didn't work. Right now she's penned up getting hay and I'm not real happy. It's only September - I didn't want to have to feed hay for another month. She's still paying her way in milk, but it's not as cheap to keep her as it was over the summer.
Her four foster calves are about 4 months old - they were born ~the first of May. I'd estimate they're around 325-350lbs right now and I could wean them. I could have weaned them two months ago. However, I really wanted to leave them on until December when she's ready to dry off.
I don't know...maybe I will wean the calves and see if my boss will take her back until December when she's ready to dry, and I'll bring her home then. There'll be snow on the ground in December and all my critters will be close up in the pens; she won't be getting out then. She'll pay her way over at the dairy - easily - and I can sell the calves; didn't want to winter the steers anyway.
How well do you folks suppose three angus/holstein steer calves would sell right now? Approx 325-350lbs, easy to work around, vacc, polled, healthy and FAT. Well, as fat as a holstein cross steer can get. LOL. I'd prefer to sell them straight off the cow rather then mess with weaning 'em. That in itself is a pain.
Just wish that cow would quit swimming the canal and stay where she's told. Would make everything soooo much simpler.
Some days I really dislike that nurse cow. Not the new one, I mean 'ol 311. Sunday morning I'm just getting ready to head to church - have my Sunday best on - and the phone rings. Boss on the other end; he lives just down the road, "Just thought you'd like to know 311 is out on my hay field. I don't really care, but it is the third cutting and it's really rich - you probably don't want her out there."
No, I don't.
So I get a bucket of grain, catch her, pen her up, late for church. Later I walk the fence line to see where she went through. My strand of wire across the canal is down, so I swim the canal and put it back. Brrrrr that's cold. I was muttering about how much I disliked her the whole time. LOL.
So...turned her back out to pasture and not 10 minutes later she's back out on the field. Ugh. Guess that fix didn't work. Right now she's penned up getting hay and I'm not real happy. It's only September - I didn't want to have to feed hay for another month. She's still paying her way in milk, but it's not as cheap to keep her as it was over the summer.
Her four foster calves are about 4 months old - they were born ~the first of May. I'd estimate they're around 325-350lbs right now and I could wean them. I could have weaned them two months ago. However, I really wanted to leave them on until December when she's ready to dry off.
I don't know...maybe I will wean the calves and see if my boss will take her back until December when she's ready to dry, and I'll bring her home then. There'll be snow on the ground in December and all my critters will be close up in the pens; she won't be getting out then. She'll pay her way over at the dairy - easily - and I can sell the calves; didn't want to winter the steers anyway.
How well do you folks suppose three angus/holstein steer calves would sell right now? Approx 325-350lbs, easy to work around, vacc, polled, healthy and FAT. Well, as fat as a holstein cross steer can get. LOL. I'd prefer to sell them straight off the cow rather then mess with weaning 'em. That in itself is a pain.
Just wish that cow would quit swimming the canal and stay where she's told. Would make everything soooo much simpler.