What do you get when you wake up at 4:30 am, get dressed, down some coffee, attempt some breakfast, saddle your horse, drive up the mountain for an hour, sort off calves from their mommas, and wait for the semis to show? You get tired. Even Boomer was exhausted. OK. I lied. Boomer was just…
Tag: weaning
Weaning
After I thought about yesterday’s post… I figured I should set the record straight. Weaning *is* stressful for cows *and* calves… Cows don’t really seem to mind until their full udders remind them they’ve lost something… and the bellowing of other cows just fuel their feeling of loss… If you could hear the calves bawling…
One Last Glimpse
We gathered our pairs yesterday… Mommas and 6 month old calves… well, on the calves’ ages give or take a month or two… The cows are pregnant and to grow that brand new baby nice and healthy… it is best to kick that older kid off of the milk machine! I can work myself up…