Friday, February 5, 2010

First calf of the year

Wednesday morning i went out to check cows, when i got there i seen that 4T had her water bag hanging there. So I called my boss to tell him that i was going to be a little late while i stayed to make sure she had the calf alright. My boss didnt answer so i called a lady i work with to tell her what was going on and she said it would be alright so she came and got some supplies that I had for work. When i got back from taking the supplies to her the feet were starting to droop a little so i decided it was time that i go ahead and pull the calf. I got her into the catchpen and got all of the stuff ready to pull it. I got the feet chained and went in and the nose of the head was caught on the top of her opening so i had to pull that down and get the head out. After that it was a pretty easy pull. It ended up being a heifer calf. She ended up weighing about 78 lbs. So we are started calving one down 5 more of ours to go. Amanda's dad has about 17 to calve and we will have to take care of them too, and my sister and her husband are bringing over either 3 or 5 for us to calve out. So i/we will be busy til may.