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Over 20 years ago we had a heifer get spooked by it and wheeled around until 'it' tore loose and flew out. She bled to death pretty quick.
Today the NRA called wanting money. I'm walking toward a new mother and calf listening to the lady give the big spiel.
Get about 10' from the calf and suddenly the heifer lowers her head and comes straight at me, gets within a few feet and veers away....towards the fricken heeler who is running off.
That dog is a major pain in the ass lately.
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Speaking of bum calves, they are in the $500 range this spring. They'll bring that here if they're breathing. Unreal...
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I wish I had some of that easy living.. 
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Not to change the subject but a guy at work said he won't renew his membership because the nra hounds you to death about money constantly. I let my membership go because the same thing aggravated the the Bejesus out of me too.
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So what did you say to the nice lady on the phone when the heifer took you?
Always drink upstream from the herd...cowdoc...
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It got my adrenaline up for a second and I hollered into the phone, I gotta go, bye!
Just glad the dog ran off and didn't try to hide behind.
Pretty sure my dad thought it was pretty funny.
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I wish I had some of that easy living.. Sitting at home drinking a beer. Just ate an uber good burger.
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Sam
What's your weather like over there now? We never had much winter over here this year so most of the calving was in fairly good weather.
Most folks are pretty much done calving over here and our friends are talking of branding in a couple-three weeks or so.
Hope your calving goes better here on in. I can't say that I miss what you are going through right now. Some of those memories still haunt me.
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Over 20 years ago we had a heifer get spooked by it and wheeled around until 'it' tore loose and flew out. She bled to death pretty quick.
Today the NRA called wanting money. I'm walking toward a new mother and calf listening to the lady give the big spiel.
Get about 10' from the calf and suddenly the heifer lowers her head and comes straight at me, gets within a few feet and veers away....towards the fricken heeler who is running off.
That dog is a major pain in the ass lately. Yea I got a free ride top a cows head/neck a week ago thanks to old red dog while tagging a new born.
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Larry, it's been the best weather I can remember since I moved back 5 years ago.
20-30's at night, 40-60's during the day.
Only been stuck once or twice, the top is drying out pretty nice lately. Might try to start farming in a couple weeks(need another person...).
Great sub moisture.
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I wish I had some of that easy living.. Sitting at home drinking a beer. Just ate an uber good burger. Oh yeah, living the dream..
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Maygan won't help with the cattle. She is afraid of them.
Said we need to sell the cows and get some sheep and then she'd help.
I don't think it's a very good idea.....grin
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Cool pics, looks like a nice day to be outside.
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LOl Sam my dad ( he would be 108 if he was alive) use to say behind every successful cowman is a band of sheep lol. I had about 2500 ewes at one time ( before my first divorce), never worked so hard in my life lol. Friggen sheep are born with one thought and that is to die lol. ED
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Maygan sounds like my wife..
Our friends are making lambs right now, and they are the cutest damn things.. I do like the idea of sheep eating the grass instead of mowing.
Getting ready for a wet spring down in the park, here. Murdochs had a 25% off sale today and loaded up on carhartt rain gear and arctic mucks. The jobsite is already under a foot of mud and water..
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Ben, I shouldn't jinx it but it's ben really fricken nice lately.
Ed, I've heard that sheep are indeed good at dying.....grin
When we were 'kids' my brother and I helped a sheep rancher dock the lambs. Now that is nasty.
Hotter than hell, blood everywhere, the smell of the disinfectant. Like you, he had a big bunch of them, took a couple days.
Johnny, the cows aren't mean at all, just a little protective.
Ask Holton about that.....grin
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Sitting at home drinking a beer.
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Veal?
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Just got in from pulling 100 pound bull calf out of a heifer. Not a good thing. Calf is alive and cow did stand up didn't think she would. I don't know if the calf going to get up though really pulled on those front legs getting him out. Hopefully it was a fluke and the other 40
Heifers have reasonable sized calves.
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Might try to start farming in a couple weeks(need another person...).
Great sub moisture. Field work has been in high gear here for a few weeks. Most all of the Timothy hay ground has been fertilized, corrugated and rolled. A lot of the small grain has been planted now also. Many ranchers are also setting up the gated pipe for irrigation in anticipation of the water coming down from the reservoirs in the mountains. Snowpack in the mountains is way down this year and it is quite possible that there won't be enough water for the second crop of hay. Time will tell.
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Sitting at home drinking a beer.
Just ate an uber good burger.
Veal? Mean-ass cow......revenge is a dish best served Med-Rare.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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