You are right about the calving 'education'. But isn't being able to take the phone to the barn handy? I got a call after the 'oldest cowboy on the ranch' went to the barn this morning suggesting I put breakfast on hold as one of our last two heifers was calving and needed help. Not sure if there was a midnight check or not, but the calf was huge and was not saved.
Isn't it pretty exciting to be making progress in your move? Are you making much of a change in altitude? In my imagination, it seems you surely would be, but really have no idea of the difference between nw WY and ne WY, tho my imagination tells me it is much higher 'out west'. I should know, as we went through the area from Riverton WY to Dillon, MT enroute to Lewiston/Clarkson area a few years ago. But all I could focus on was not losing my mind due to fear of heights! Will the cows be affected? Are sheep affected by altitude differences? I've had no experience with either, but have read that cows can be harmed by high altitudes when moving from low A. But have no understanding of how that works or how serious it is.
Most of our crew is working today (we try to take Sunday off, more or less). We are hauling some cows bred for fall calving to the sale barn for the Tuesday sale. One is going with a friend to look at, maybe buy, some roping stock for the summer practices.
mrj