Sometimes life happens and work gets put on hold. We usually have the calves weaned by now but bad weather and difficult family matters delayed the process.
But today’s weather was better, Joe had everything lined up and Mike was able to help.
We thought it would be easy for the cows to just follow the tractor and hay to the barn lot.
But the cows had another idea. They wanted to make an extra lap around the field before doing what they were supposed to.
We put groups of cows and calves in the barn. Joe dewormed the cows and Mike helped sort them out of the barn. Then they went into a different lot. Next, the calves were dewormed and sent in a different direction.
My job was to monitor the gate holding the cows back.
There was lots of bawling as expected. After finishing up the forth group, it was time to move the cows out to a different field where they would have fence line contact with the calves. This is supposed to make weaning less stressful.
My next job was to babysit Jessica to keep her from getting in the way. At 25 she has mellowed a lot and didn’t cause any trouble.
Job done a few days late.
1 comment:
Looks like everything went well! Love the close up of the bawling cow. Can darn near hear her from here!
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