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Few New Babies...pics

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Today wasn't exactly the best day for pictures...it's cloudy and misty, but ya know me...I've just got to take a picture of the new heifer babies...they're adorable...

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This baby is a few hours old

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Hey Man..I need some shades... 8)

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What's this white stuff :???: :???:

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Brrrr...this isn't very warm :(

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Grouse
 
nice pic's jassy
i'm glad i'm not calving i that cold snowy weather
i thought of somthing yesterday that a friend of mine tought me when we calving i wyoming in those blizzards
when he found a calf that was freezing he would take a industrial strength trash bag and bag the calf up with it's head sticky out of a small hole in the closed end and tie the other end in a knot then come back by in an hour or two and turn him loose
it worked great but be shure to use heavy bags if they get there feet thru the bag it takes a pretty broke horse to get close to a calf with a bag flying aroud to rope him and get it back
have any of ya'll done this or was just those folks in that area that do it ?
i have never seen any one else do this
until later
jerry
 
Jerry H said:
nice pic's jassy
i'm glad i'm not calving i that cold snowy weather
i thought of somthing yesterday that a friend of mine tought me when we calving i wyoming in those blizzards
when he found a calf that was freezing he would take a industrial strength trash bag and bag the calf up with it's head sticky out of a small hole in the closed end and tie the other end in a knot then come back by in an hour or two and turn him loose
it worked great but be shure to use heavy bags if they get there feet thru the bag it takes a pretty broke horse to get close to a calf with a bag flying aroud to rope him and get it back
have any of ya'll done this or was just those folks in that area that do it ?
i have never seen any one else do this
until later
jerry
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I personally have never heard of the "trash bag" technique...but I don't see why it wouldn't help. We have a heat room, hot boxes, and a nice barn to put babies in to dry off...then they have to tuffin up and brave the real world after that..lol Interesting concept though.
I'm visualizing that for a photo op!

Thanks all..glad you enjoy em. As the season progresses hopefully I can get some more cute shots of the babies...keep warm everyone!
 
I have a friend on a big calving string (registered herd in MT) where they use the trash bags. He says it works pretty well, especially on the heifers they calve in January. They also go through alot of socks and tape.

Do you guys get Drovers Journal. A guy at the IX ranch near Big Sandy, MThas the cadillac of calf warmers. A warm box built on a boat trailer. Propane heater with a good vent. Says he can put 10 calves in at a time, and moves it around as needed. Looks handy!
 
Have used a similar method to thaw hyrdants Jerry.. I would bet it would work on a calf,especially on a remotitely sunny day.. You try a lot during a calving season when you have the cold to deal with.. IF I was to calf again this time of year I would have to build a calving barn like my neighbors.. Man is that nice but too rich for my blood.
 
Good pictures Jassy!

This might be a goofy idea....but theoretically wouldn't the exhaust from a clothes dryer provide sufficient heat and air flow to dry and warm a calf if you had a box or something that you could set up next to the house, or maybe had an extra dryer in a shed? Just a thought.
 
I have used the trash bags for several years now when we get a chilled calf.

I had one last night I was sure I was gonna have to bag. Went out at midnight, nobody doing anything. (snowing and blowing with 20mph winds) went back out at 2 am, cow and calf at farthest point from barn in the open with no cover. That calf was pure white with a inch of snow covering him but he was walking and followed her all the way back to the barn and when I penned them up and he went right back to looking for lunch and was dancing around so I knew he had already eaten and wasn't a bit cold.

I get the hefty type with the draw strings and slide the calf in and cinch it closed with just the nose sticking out and then tear a small hole in one of the bottom corners and poke a hair dryer in on the low heat setting (high melts bag) the bag will blow up like a hot air balloon. With his nose sticking out he will still get good air and I can tube him with mom's milk if i can get her milked.
 
i'm glad to that works for other folks and not just crazy cowboys from texas and wyoming
we were calning about 4000 head up there in cow heard and the boys calving the hef's had about a 1k so we did all we could out in the pasture as we did it all ahorseback we trotted out from the barn and hardly ever cranked a pickup
had lots of trouble with sick calves during calving and then grass teatny when the grass started so we stayed busy
those calving barns and fancy calf dryer's make things easyer i guess but i have not had the chance to use them much
until later
jerry
 

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