Liz, doctoring on one of our very best cows, Mandy
The boss, clean up time
Becky, making buckets for baby's breakfasts
Bama Breeze's new little red one, Rio
Rose Magnolia, nom, nomMonday, March 29, 2010
Some Extras From Sunday Stills
Liz, doctoring on one of our very best cows, MandyThe boss, clean up timeBecky, making buckets for baby's breakfastsBama Breeze's new little red one, RioRose Magnolia, nom, nom
I'm glad you shared them....the story continues :)
ReplyDeleteI hope Mandy is well soon -
Little Rio is a beauty - I'm a sucker for red calves although most of mine are black.
Have a great day....hope the rain isn't too bad - they are calling for 6 inches for us...YUCK
Woah! That is one seriously-blue udder! I hope that's some kind of people-applied stuff, and not a result of an illness!
ReplyDeleteFour pics just didn't seem like enough to cram your day into - thanks for add-ons.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Deb, those red and white calves are beauties!
That's what I'd call a smurf bag!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love Rio, by the way if you have another golden let me know and I will by him! If I can get another like my golden, I am seriously thinking oxen!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Liz, it is such a pity when you get problems with any cow but one of the best ones just stinks. We have a cow we have been battling with now for some time and we don't seem to be winning. We have tried everything from the udder comfort to pursue, she seems to get better then bam back again. Hope Liz improves.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I am just not with it lately tired I guess. I thought Liz was the cows name also but whoops I looked back ad nope. I feel silly sorry for that but still good luck with the cow.
ReplyDeleteDeb, we are hoping she will come around. She has had a tough time, poor old lady. Guess we are going to get the rain too..hope it isn't too bad either here or there.
ReplyDeleteakagaga, it is a Ben-Gay-for-bovines-like liniment-type stuff, which is amazingly healing for a cow with udder problems. Mandy stepped on a teat and got an infection so we are treating her..her milk is being discarded for now as we struggle to keep her career going.
Nita, thanks, we really like them too! We were so incredibly lucky to have had the chance to buy Promise, their sire.
Linda, lol, that is just what we have been calling her, our Smurf cow. Normally the udder stuff is plain white, but for some reason the boss got blue this time. You should see our hands after we apply it!
Lisa, glad he is working out for you. We have several heifers still due to Promise, so who knows...
TMM, it can be very frustrating. Mandy is an old lady, who in her younger days was quite a girl. She won junior champion at one of our fairs two years running. We are hoping to keep her around for at least a little while longer.
I enjoyed your day in the life series! I'm sorry about the sick cow having sick animals is never fun.
ReplyDeleteLinda
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I look at these photos and I marvel at what it requires to get wholesome milk to the dairy case in the local grocery store.
ReplyDeleteWe open that glass door with the neatly assembled cartons and have no awareness of the people who are up at dawn, braving the elements, tending animals, dealing with volatile market pressures and government regulations - all the while raising their families and contributing to their community.
And, may I add - find the time to observe the beauty around them and share a bit of their life and observations with others.
Thank you. It's the best of America.
Linda, thank you. I am thinking that Liz's diligence in taking care of her, valuable advice from our favorite veterinarian and just plain luck may save Mandy and she may even return to production. We truly thought she was finished and she is a huge favorite, a huge, gentle, silly creature, not the sharpest tool in the shed, but very sweet and gentle.
ReplyDeleteCathy, thanks for your kind words. They really made my morning. Things are pretty awful right now. We are up against a deadline that we may not make. Trying to get a loan that is not happening and we may really be finished this time. It may even be time to give up in terms of how much can you give and how much money can you lose before you stop, but this job is what we ARE. I don't know who we will be when the cows are gone....thanks for caring.