Wednesday and Thursday we got over 4″ of rain, most of it coming on Thursday early AM. The field was soaked with standing water everywhere. EWE 0015 got swelling on her jaw, a sign of parasite overload. She also had stiff legs. She was weak but survived through Sunday. I was positive she was going… Continue reading 2025 1/27-2/2 Week in Review
Tag: january
2025 1/20-1/26 Week in Review
Monday 1/20 I sold the calves and #24. Tuesday 1/21 Wednesday 1/22 I am going to keep the sheep in a row ahead of the cows. I’ll roll out hay for the sheep and the cows will eat the remnants. There’s no grass left anywhere for the sheep so I have to get them to… Continue reading 2025 1/20-1/26 Week in Review
2025 1/13-1/19 Week in Review
Monday 1/13 Training calves on cattle cubes. Tuesday 1/14 I cut my left hand butchering the dead ram. Wednesday 1/15 Thursday 1/16 Friday 1/17 Saturday 1/18 Sunday 1/19 Next week is going to be cold again.
2025 1/6-1/12 Week in Review
Monday 1/6 Tuesday 1/7 Wednesday 1/8 Thursday 1/9 It’s snowing! The Amos Miller case is important for me because I might do a PMA. Friday 1/10 Saturday 1/11 Sunday 1/12 I was planning on selling my cows on Monday but the field is too wet to drive on.
2024 12/30-20251/5 Week in Review
Monday 12/30 Tuesday 12/31 Wednesday 1/1 Thursday 1/2 Friday 1/3 Saturday 1/4 Leader-follower has been on my mind lately Sunday 1/5 We’re getting a real winter here soon.
So I sold some calves
On Monday January 20th, 2025 I took my family and some friends to the field at 7:30 AM, just as the sun rose. The temperatures were well below freezing. Within a few hours, we had the calves sorted off the cows. I kept back two of the steer, #40 and #44 as they looked the… Continue reading So I sold some calves
2024 January Month in Review
January 2024 was wet. We got a few cold days, below freezing, but mostly it was mild temperatures. I learned that using my side-by-side to unroll bales of hay is a bad idea and determined to get a Greg Judy Bale Unroller from Green Pastures Farm. Monday 1/1 – Sunday 1/7 Road trip to Idaho… Continue reading 2024 January Month in Review