We had 3 new calves recently. I had hoped to have the calves born in March by keeping the bulls off until June, but my neighbor’s bull jumped the fence in mid April and so here we are. The sires are all my neighbor’s Beefmaster, who was 3 years old at the time. The weather… Continue reading 3 New Calves
Author: Jonathan
A diagram of grazing practices
https://usaregenalliance.org/regenerative-grazing They have a picture at the bottom of the page that shows what happens to the roots when you graze the grass. From this, we learn this principle: My principles (as of November of 2023) are the following:
Wednesday Evening, April 5th, 2023
68 F with a breeze from the north that is cold and dry. I’m told that yearling ewes typically only have 1 lamb, while older ewes will have 2. The dogs chase a chicken back to the coop but they are too aggressive so I have to stop them. I bring them back to the… Continue reading Wednesday Evening, April 5th, 2023
Wednesday Morning April 5th, 2023
We had a thunderstorm blow through in the morning that gave us around 1/2″ of rain. The cows are jumping and dancing and pushing each other. The grass here looks pretty much like it looks 850′ down, 2 rows from here. The goal is to keep the cows from grazing it down to the ground… Continue reading Wednesday Morning April 5th, 2023
Tuesday Evening, April 4th, 2023
Rotation: 2023-03-30 Row 2 Cell 4 The cows and sheep were laying down chewing their cud. The cows and bulls like to crowd together at the wire. I though I saw a young calf cross the wire but she is back. There’s a bunch of blue flowers that suddenly appeared. The dog tackles me while… Continue reading Tuesday Evening, April 4th, 2023
Tuesday Morning, April 4th, 2023
The bulls are still separated from the cows. I wanted to move them but it was too much work to do by myself, maybe impossible. The grass is looking really good. The cows left a lot of tall grass behind, just nibbling at some of the tips and leaving the rest behind. There is something… Continue reading Tuesday Morning, April 4th, 2023
Monday Evening, April 3rd, 2023
Today was hot but we got the move done. Rotation: 2023-03-03 Row 2 Cell 2
Monday Morning, April 3rd, 2023
We had a storm last night that brought 1.5 inches of rain and knocked down a tree. I moved the cows to the next row. The cows and bull calves are next to each other. It might be a problem. I don’t know. Rotation: 2023-03-30 Row 1 Cell 1
Sunday Morning, April 2nd, 2023
I gave the cows the rest of the row. That was a good move, since there was a big storm in the evening that prevented me from getting out to the cows. Rotation: 2023-03-03 Row 1 Cell 6-7
Saturday Evening, April 1st, 2023
Rotation: Rotation 2023-03-30 Row: 1 Cell: 5 I should be getting lambs any day now!