I’ve about given up on downloading my Live Facebook videos… so I made you a quick video today to make up for them! Enjoy Feeding Valentino!
Tag: calving
Hanging In There
Brandon stopped in to weigh Valentino today. He’s a 45 pounder! Woohoo. He’s still around… each day gives him more of a chance. I visited with my vet, The Good Doctor, who enlightened me about some things about preemie calves. His recommendations were to try some steroids, which help with the development of his GI…
Still Here
Valentino is still here. He’s a tiny little fighter. He is far from being out of the woods, though, and he gives me a roller coaster ride… is he breathing? oh, look, he wants to stand… I don’t like the sound of his breathing. Look at how bright his eyes are! I never know what…
Valentino
2:30 am, a series of “mehs” woke me up. Vernon has checked the heifers and found #91’s calf had made an appearance. Although it was born inside, -22° is still cold and at only 40 pounds or so, the little thing was premature. Hence, the visit to my mud room. I rotated warm towels on…
#TBT: Heifer Story, v.2.0
This post was first published March 6, 2009. Sooner or later, you do a job long enough, something unusual will occur that makes the entire process glow with a new light… So it is with checking heifers… I mentioned before how I check the heifers sometime between 10 and 11 pm. There…
Scenes from the Calving Shed Video
Our calving shed is *THE* place to be right now. I took various little shots of activities there and compiled them into this video. Cleaning the “slime”… weighing the calves… learning to eat and run and drink from a bottle for those that need an extra boost. Plus, there’s tagging and feeding and a board…
Baby Calf Walk
We’re doing something a bit different this year. Usually, when we’ve had a heifer calve down at the calving shed… she and her baby get put out on the other side of the shed and left there. So one side is “TO CALVE” and the other is “HAS CALVED”. This year, the majority of heifers…
Baby Calf Video
I think this is self explanatory… but ask away if it isn’t! I decided not to put music to it, as it’s a very quiet process!
Calves!
I went down to get a couple of photos of our first calves… and we happened to have another calving. I stuck around, sitting in the sunshine, trying to stay warm, and reading a book. Yes, I’ve been around calving enough to come prepared for waiting. The heifer may present with a bubble from the…
Red Rock Nursery
The cows are taking the move to this calving area seriously…
Their Turn
The cows have been moved up from the field to our normal calving area… They’re used to being fed earlier, but now that they’re farther away… they are last on Daniel’s loop. My Durango gave them false hope… and they didn’t mind coming up close and personal on the slim chance I might have three…
No Knuckles
An update on our “knuckling under” calf from the other day… Number 12 was born with the physical problem that made it impossible for this little twin heifer to stand up straight on her front hooves. Two days later, I found her bedded down in the warm sunshine. I had to wake her up. Nudging…