thanks for the update! can't wait to start calving here - but we need to warm up in a hurry. i want to move cows to a half section calving pasture on the 15th but its still over half knee deep snow with a heavy layer of ice under it - not a bare spot out there yet. everyone i talk to says its flooding all around except to the east, but it just won't break here. drove to valier the other weekend and it was 25 degrees warmer than at home, to big sandy the day after and same story. if it doesn't change quick i think i might just start calving on stubble right close to the corrals and move them as it breaks. i'm starting to wonder if i shouldn't just calve the heifers in the corrals this year instead of out with the cows... don't want to do it very bad but it might be worth the work if i just would save one darn calf from freezing... a guy thinks he has it figured out and then! not going to complain - winters with snow make the difference between a year and a good grass year here.
good luck on your calving - let me know if the start of April will still work to bring down your new bull - no biggie if you'd like him out of your hair for awhile longer. by the way - might have to try and persuade you to maybe let me use that bull down the road.