Cattle
Life with cattle
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You can read a cow by how much snot they’re blowing
Today I was reminded of why I do not like doing the doctoring (and most of the time do not) when it comes to vaccinating the new baby calves. One of the cows that had a baby today was not very nice. The cow has to be very, very mellow before I will doctor it’s calf. This is my reason. My Farmer walked up to the momma cow to check to see if the new baby had eaten. He gets pretty close to her and she charges at him. Just real short and quick but it was a charge. My Farmer steps back in a bit of a shock then…
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Early Morning Check
For the past 6 years or so I have been doing the midnight check during calving season. I had chosen this check because it was easier for me to stay up late then to get up early. This year, the schedule is different. Our son has taken the night check, my Farmer does the 2am check, which leaves me with the 5am check. In the past, this shift would NOT have worked for me. Remember I am not a morning person. However, with all the snow we had been plowing in February, which meant getting up at 3am to start, this 5am shift isn’t a problem this year. I seem…
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A Lesson from my Farmer… How to Really get a Tractor stuck
This happened yesterday evening. I didn’t completely get my Farmers permission to blog about this and post these pictures, so this is a “Do Not Tell my Farmer!” post. Since its Silent Sunday, I will just post pictures and not write (much). You’ll see why my Farmer would not be pleased. The best part about this (in my opinion) is, if you are following me on Facebook, you seen that I got the tractor stuck the day before. This one was my Farmer’s doing. He got the tractor stuck. Really stuck. And I took a couple of awesome pictures to remember it by. Hehe. It is a beautiful day out…
