Tag: calves
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At Last
An ordinary day. But a long one. This is the first time in a long time that I have been working all alone all day and I did not get the chores done until 8pm. However I WAS taking my time and everyone was fed and watered, even Our John, eventually. I have ten more…
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Summer like cotton sheets
Yesterday I was feeding the chickens and suddenly looked up as I felt a Lull descend like a floating white cotton sheet upon the Farmy. A summer lull. Long before the times of fitted sheets, (which I hate by the way – they are useless when the elastic gives up), my mother would make the…
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Scours in Calves
By late morning yesterday four of the five calves were scouring. Diarrhea. Bad. All except Difficult. Here is what I know. Any loss of fluids needs to be replaced very fast or a small newly born animal like these calves will die. The scouring needs to be attended to immediately. If caught early and I…
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In for coffee
When you add another code to your day. (I added five calves and 50 meat chickens). One needs to add more time! The time is added at the beginning and ending of each day. So we are in the flux stage, the reshuffle. Then yesterday we had to add a trip to the vet for…
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Babies in The Barn
The little calves are here and they are a lively group. Mostly. A few are quieter but all are drinking well. I fed them their electrolyte when they arrived last night then later milk with electrolyte mixed in. I have a little bull calf and a wee heifer. The heifers were very cheap. Much cheaper…
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