Had our favorite veterinarian in yesterday to preg check most of the cows. Did better than expected, mostly because I guess my expectations have gotten pretty low this year.
Anyhow, Bayberry and Lemonade, both show cows, are pregnant. So are a couple I need to dry off now so they can rest before calving. It will be great not to have to milk number 203, Cider, a Straight-Pine Elevation Pete daughter on my side of the barn. She loves to lean on me...and she is a LOT bigger than me. Liz was pretty proud because she put some of the calves in there so to speak.
Other than that the guys got the trailer fixed so we can ship some stock today. Alas for Magma, aka Red, and Dixon, and the heifer Crispie, they will be leaving to pay some of the school tax. I hope the powers that be enjoy spending good cows on some of the nonsense and extravagance they find up there.
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6 comments:
good news on the preg checks...but sorry for the departing members, they must've not faired as well to get on the list!
i hope your check's a big one!
enjoy this fall day!
Palpate, palpate, next, palpate!
Glad it went well.
My son is heading your way. Thrumansburg to be exact. To live.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/
So glad it went well. Been on the other end one to many times. :)
Ah, 3C, what's more important? Your cows ... or the Participation in Government (PIG) class? We wouldn't want the little buggers going out into the world without knowing how to fill out welfare papers.
Even without PIG, I get infuriated at the things that are "required" at public schools. The dictionary up there apparently no longer differentiates between "want" and "need."
End of rant.
Anon, we were pleased....although sorry for poor Red. She was pregnant and lost her calf about a month ago...we were hoping we were wrong about that, but alas, it was not to be.
Teri, exactly! And we talked about llamas and alpacas too, while our vet was washing off her boots.
Linda, that is such an amazing story! I am sure you will miss him but WW seems like such a sweetheart.
Sara, well, there were a couple of disappointments, but it went better than I thought it would.
Aka, thanks for the rant! That is just how I feel. That course is obscene but I expect we will be seeing more of that kind of garbage in the future.
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