E was a big help Tuesday when we got the cattle here up to wean the calves.
We had moved 18 pairs here from our rented pasture last week but the had still not integrated into the larger herd.
So it was a lot of walking to get everyone together then into a new field then to the barn.
Putting groups together inevitably leads to some disagreements.
Making what had previously been just a temporary movable fence into a permanent fence has been a life saver. We no longer have to station someone on the other side to try to keep the calves from running through.
Once they were all corralled we sorted the cows from the calves. E looks like she may have been busy with other things however.
Then the bred heifers were moved to their field.
The cows and calves dewormed/deloused.
Then moved out to their respective fields. We are doing the fence line weaning with this group. So far so good. Once cull cow got back with the calves but J was selling her today anyway so no harm done. I have done my own sorting, moving and rearranging in the house. Christmas is almost put away. Well, it is upstairs anyway. Still a ways to go before it all makes it back into the closet.
2 comments:
Busy.
E checking her phone in a crowd of cows made me smile.
Looks like a lot of walking. How do you like the fenceline weaning? We did it here once and was so loud and the calves seemed to take longer to get eating cause they were all stuck to the fence where the cows were
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