It's that time of the year again
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Topic: It's that time of the year again
Posted By: darrel in ND
Subject: It's that time of the year again
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 5:47pm
    
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 6:27pm
MMMM, looks like future good eatins.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 7:19pm
| Got neighbor who farms a good bit but says his cows are what he loves. He does well with them. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 7:30pm
| Good healthy looking calves! We had 1/2 Angus holstein cross born one year and it was cold. Calves lost the tips of their ears but remained healthy! |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 9:33pm
| they look good, i think they are better off in the frosten cold than in the rain and mud |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:01pm
| Looking good guys. The only darn thing around her, young cat lay'd down and had 8 baby cats. It's the one the old gal claims as her personal pal. Dam things gonna get fixed fast. |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:10pm
| Hey Darrel, where's the TV? Leon |
Posted By: ihc pickups
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 7:46am
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Darrel nice looking livestock. ------------- Mike |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:23am
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Looking good Darrel. Nice little shelter you have there, is that like a 3 sided shelter they can go into "free choice" so to speak? Suppose a cow isn't smart enough to go in there to calve. I should be starting here in a couple weeks.
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:45am
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Ok, I have to ask, is there a reason for the different coloured ear tags ? ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:48am
| Nice looking cows and calves. It always amazes me how they can give birth in cold weather and do so well. One would think the calves would freeze to death being dumped out all wet into the cold. Quite a shock to them I'll bet. Thanks for sharing those pictures. Always like pictures. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:16am
I do Yellow for females, Blue for males. There's other ways to tell that, but my way you don't have to get so close!
 Looks like Darrel has more options than that on his farm. |
jaybmiller wrote:Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:38am
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Yup, mine dropping calves as well. Get a kick out of cows that get pushed off feed due to pecking order all year but when they start calving, seems all get along as their calves are running together. About two weeks of age, start taking turns returning to graze with the rest of the herd and they leave the calves with one or two of the most easy going cows to baby sit. Get the biggest kick out of watching the goobers chase each other like they are playing tag, run off to mamma to eat when hungry, take a nap, then repeat. Personalities, and attitude show up quickly as they form their own pecking order.
Fortunate to have met some folks this winter that want everything out of my current Brangus bull, every calf is spoken for via private treaty.
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Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 11:40am
| The guy I help we have had 9 in the last couple of weeks All are doing good. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 2:04pm
| Nice looking calves, how many more do you have to calf |
Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:05pm
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Sold cows 10 years ago, the only part I miss is seeing those babies laying around. ------------- 1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner) |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:54pm
What's a TV supposed to be for....? Darrel |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:54pm
| Dad never had a nice place to get the old girls in to calve. The last 1 I pulled out of a snow bank, little bull calf. I set him across my shoulders. Front legs on 1 side of my head, back legs on the other side. Dang little guy peed down my back. But got him home, warmed up, and back to momma that afternoon. He survived. Good looking calves guys. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:55pm
| Dad never had a nice place to get the old girls in to calve. The last 1 I pulled out of a snow bank, little bull calf. I set him across my shoulders. Front legs on 1 side of my head, back legs on the other side. Dang little guy peed down my back. But got him home, warmed up, and back to momma that afternoon. He survived. Good looking calves guys. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:56pm
I would have to say that I am probably the opposite of your neighbor. I'd rather farm. But that doesn't seem to be in the cards for me. Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:58pm
Couldn't agree more. If it would stay between 20 and 30 degrees for calving season, that would be ideal. Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:00pm
Thanks, Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:02pm
Yes the calf shelter is three sided. Calves can come and go as they please. They get pretty used to going in there when it gets cold or windy. It's not high enough for a cow to go in there. Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:05pm
Initially, each of the kids had cows, and so each kid had a different color tag to signify whose was whose. The kids do technically still own their own cows, but they don't collect much $$$. But only one of them is around to do the work, so I guess it's fair. Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:05pm
About 85 to go yet. Darrel |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 11:08pm
| great looking babies Darrel! i'll be sure to show the old lady....ooooops...I mean the loving wife! nice shed and bedding too, she'll be proud of you! I love the one pic where the calf is sticking it's tongue out at you! thanks for posting the pics, I was wondering how things were going up there! |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 7:34am
actually, my son took the picture with the calf sticking it's tongue out. It was his favorite picture, too. Darrel |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2020 at 7:41pm
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Maybe it is the old movies of Jimmy Stewart in the Rare Breed or John Wayne in the Cowboys or Red River, I don't know, but raising cattle has got to be the most romantic occupation on the face of the earth. Low waged, hardest work, and highest reward. I don't know how I missed your post Darrel. Thank you for the P. M. And may I ask how Dakota Snow is doing?
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:09pm
| showed the old lady....oooops….I mean the loving wife your pics...she loved them and are waiting for more! |