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burnt
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:22 am    Post subject: What do you get when you Reply with quote
mix a weather forecast like this with almost a foot of heavy wet snow?


http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-110_metric_e.html



Can you say MUD?

Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

Of course, calving starts in a couple of weeks . . . almost not looking forward to it this year.
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hillsdown
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look on the bright side Burnt, they are usually wrong. Laughing

We were supposed to get 10 cm's of snow last night and got zero. Maybe this afternoon we might get a few flakes.
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Big Muddy rancher
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You will get to try out that new barn. Confused Very Happy
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Pertnear
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like mud!!! Bedded Dan dust.
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Big Swede
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Last weekend I traveled through eastern South Dakota and western Iowa. All the calving lots I saw were half mud and half snow and ice. Now there is 4 days of rain in the forecast. What a nightmare that is going to be for those who are calving. I'm sure there are a many who are in the same situation. Good luck.
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highlonesome
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess some of those "corral calvers" will have to maybe try a different method. My family has always calved out cows and heifers in 1600 acres, a good horse makes all the difference! We sure don't have any scour problems! Wink
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movin' on
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Man, that would be a real drag to be dreading calving season. Crying or Very sad Confused
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Cedarcreek
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
highlonesome wrote:
I guess some of those "corral calvers" will have to maybe try a different method. My family has always calved out cows and heifers in 1600 acres, a good horse makes all the difference! We sure don't have any scour problems! Wink


I'm the same way, I've had my cows scattered over 10 sections at calving some years.
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gcreekrch
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cedarcreek wrote:
highlonesome wrote:
I guess some of those "corral calvers" will have to maybe try a different method. My family has always calved out cows and heifers in 1600 acres, a good horse makes all the difference! We sure don't have any scour problems! Wink


I'm the same way, I've had my cows scattered over 10 sections at calving some years.


I've never been on a place that needed that much ground to have enough grass. Very Happy

Calving is a lot nicer when they are scattered some.
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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="gcreekrch"]
Cedarcreek wrote:
highlonesome wrote:
I guess some of those "corral calvers" will have to maybe try a different method. My family has always calved out cows and heifers in 1600 acres, a good horse makes all the difference! We sure don't have any scour problems! Wink


I'm the same way, I've had my cows scattered over 10 sections at calving some years.


I've never been on a place that needed that much ground to have enough grass. Very Happy

Calving is a lot nicer when they are scattered some.[/quote]

So are neighbors!
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gcreekrch
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's why misfits like me live where we do. Wink
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highlonesome
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="leanin' H"]
gcreekrch wrote:
Cedarcreek wrote:
highlonesome wrote:
I guess some of those "corral calvers" will have to maybe try a different method. My family has always calved out cows and heifers in 1600 acres, a good horse makes all the difference! We sure don't have any scour problems! Wink


I'm the same way, I've had my cows scattered over 10 sections at calving some years.


I've never been on a place that needed that much ground to have enough grass. Very Happy

Calving is a lot nicer when they are scattered some.[/quote]

So are neighbors!



Well, I dunno about the neighbors Wink

But it sure is nice not to worry about the scours and heifer calves don't get mixed up as easily either, they just have more room to spread out. As far as the grass situation, most of the time they are belly deep in south central SD, but like anywhere else, sometimes their not!! Laughing
Here is some pics of where I grew up...

Been a few years, but you get the general idea!


Obviously fall, grass gets pretty burnt, but the creek stays green!


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