This great weather is a catch 22. So nice to calve in but bad for drought conditions without the moisture. We've had 12 inches or less of snow this winter and today it is at least 70. I was out checking cows in shorts and sandals.
Our heifers have started calving for the year and we've had some really nice weather for it. The cows should start the last week of February. Also another winter project crossed off yesterday. Fall cows were preg checked and calves were weaned. Had a good breeding season - no broken tools and only 9% open!
The cows are in full swing. Chris keeps counting how many are written down in the calving book and saying there is so many left to go. With this weather we've been having it seems like April and we should only have 50 cows left to calve out instead of March 13th and 200 left.
Went out to get the mail earlier today and the thermometer on the pickup said 82! 82 in March is unheard of and makes a person nervous about what this summer could look like. The wind has also been incredible this 'winter' and has made a return today. I'm sitting here watching the dust blow across the yard. It hasn't been this bad since '06 or '07. Enough typing and on to pictures which is the only thing some people came here to see. ;) The Ai'ed cows we winter for a friend have started calving February 1st and our heifers are to start February 19th. I took some pictures tonight of one of our SAV Bismarck heifers that is due with a Connealy Right Answer calf. Her due date is the 19th but I don't think she'll make it, do you?
Also it's Superbowl Sunday (Go Eli) and we were outside in long sleeve t-shirts putting up fence today. Can we always have nice winters like this with just rain in the spring? How wonderful it's been. Now onto the heifer pictures. :) |
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