Cattle
Life with cattle
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Making Silage…..or as we call it….Making Islage.
This year we made islage. What the heck is islage, you may ask. If I was to say we made silage, or even say ensilage, then you may know what I am talking about. I think it’s one of those “farm terms” that some call it this and some call it that and others call it this and that. I think I’ve even heard it called haylage. Whatever the correct terminology is, on our farm, it’s islage. Evidently that’s not a word. According to Google anyways. But, since this is my blog and I am in control, I am calling it islage. It’s easier to spell a word the way…
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Meet Baby Girl
Meet Baby Girl. Or as my son has named her, One Eyed Betty. Here’s her story. One early morning in July, my Farmer was out changing irrigation pipe in the pasture and came across a new born calf. No momma cow around anywhere. My Farmer wondered if maybe it was a twin and the momma had walked away with the other calf, forgetting about this one. Whatever the reason might have been, we needed to make sure this calf had something to eat, so he called me and asked me to bring out a bottle of colostrum. A baby calf has to have colostrum within 24 hours or so of…
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Don’t squat with your spurs on…or without looking around!
Squatting. I guess for some women, this is not something done on a regular basis. Or ever, I suppose for some. Maybe when you’re camping or hiking and not close to a toilet you will squat. When you work on a farm or ranch you may squat a bit more often then the average female. Reasons. Why I squat more often. Some days it’s a long ways back to the house. Some days you can’t stop what you’re doing in order to head to the house. Some days there is just not enough time to get to the house, I’m talking control here. This seems to be more of a…
