Calving Season is Starting!
Last week Brian and Nick were getting the calving pens and barns ready to bring the cows closer to home to be able to check them every 4 hours round the clock for the calving process.
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| Pen behind house |
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| Heifer pen |
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| First calf born Feb 12th!! |
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| Mother of the First calf of the season #70 |
The next phase is to bring all the cows home from the adjacent pastures to the Calving pens. On Friday,Valentines Day! Feb 14th, Nick and Sarah rode horses while Brian led the Large group of 435 cows with the Tractor and a bale of hay to the main corral to give them their Scourguard shot prior to calving.
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Nick Riding Rose, Sarah on Frank
It was a very windy, snowy and cold morning that day. |
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| Brian leading cows with Tractor across the Road |
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| Sarah behind herd on Frank |
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| Made it across the Road |
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| On the way to the Main Corral!! All 435 of them! |
The weather finally got nice and sunny, Brian and Tyler pushing cows to the chute where Sarah and Nick will give them their shots.
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| Sarah is the "Pole Girl" |
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| Nick giving the shots |
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| All done, ready to Calve in the next 2 Months!! |
Yesterday the weather was wet and cold in the am and the next calf born was brought in by the house fire to "Warm up"!
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| Feeling much better! |
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| Nice and Warm by the fire! |
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| Back with "MOM" |
Calving season is now officially here. We have about 435 cows and 154 heifers to calve out in the Next 2 months. 5 calves are already born and many more to come! The cows and heifers are checked every 4 hours round the clock for the next 2 months for any problems. The calves are usually tagged with the mother's number and given thier first shots. Will update process in the next 2 months!! Already wishing for Spring and warmer weather to Arrive !
Cynthia Nelson, Nelson Ranch
