We are about half done calving I think we have 12 now.
There is a hill in the middle of the corral and it is a favorite place. They play king of the hill, race around and over the hill and I think they hide from their moms on the back side.
Spunky, the little one that I had to help eat for a week, came up to the fence where I was standing. He was very open to a scratch on the head and just being friendly. His Mom, T-Bone, didn't think that was good calf behavior. She came and made him move back. After she went back to eating he came back lol. She came and got him again and took him clear across the corral. Basically he had to stand in the corner.
We lost one of the cows. Don't really know what happened. I think she was a few days off calving and had been eating like normal. She was a younger cow and it hurts to loose both her and her calf. We will probably keep a few of the heifers from last year, we are down 4 cows now sold 2 for meat last fall, and had to put down another really old one, no 182. She was really old for a cow and had lots of calves. We will keep the heifer she had last year to replace her in the herd.
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Could you bring Berkley one of your calfies the next time you come to Utah?
I think we will be up there around the 14th/15th. Not sure I want a calfie HERE, but she can have fun with them while we are there. I've been blogging challenged lately....too much work.
Yes, we come and go quickly these days. The kids said they enjoyed going out to your house and no mention of how far away it seemed.
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