We weaned our calves this past Tuesday. About 100 calves, and let the cows stay in the adjacent pen for the 1st 2 days; pretty loud, but at day 3, I locked the cows out a little further, with 2 pens separating them. Some of the cows still bawled, but the calves hushed right up. By yesterday morning everyone was good, so we trailed the cows back out to pasture, where our best corrals are, and preg-tested. With our commercials, purebreds and Rkaiser's purebreds, we ran 149 head through in about 1.5 hours. Had to replace some faded tags along the way, otherwise would have went quicker, but we had a good day.
Rkaiser and his Mrs. came to help, and she did a great job of picking up his slack.lol
All 5 of my little bargain Highland cows are in calf, just as I thought. They couldn't test them at the auction where I bought them, so it was good to hear the vet say they were all bred for about mid-April. A little early for me, but I doubt we'll see them born anyway.
Rkaiser and his Mrs. came to help, and she did a great job of picking up his slack.lol
All 5 of my little bargain Highland cows are in calf, just as I thought. They couldn't test them at the auction where I bought them, so it was good to hear the vet say they were all bred for about mid-April. A little early for me, but I doubt we'll see them born anyway.