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...You've lost four cows to Larkspur poisoning in the past 48 hours :( :( :( . I've been patrolling to see if more drop. If you can catch them, you can give them an antidote, but the four I've lost have died after dark. Makes a person sick!

Today I'm really reconsidering why I'm trying to raise cattle. I know this wreck shall pass, but it sure is upsetting. Since we've had great rain, I knew better than to move them onto fresh pasture, with fresh weed exposure, and so I kept them where they'd been. As I understand, Larkspur roots are the most toxic, and after good moisture, they are easily pulled up and eaten. The cattle still had a lot of feed, and most of the pasture had been sprayed. In hindsight, I guess moving them wouldn't have been any worse of a choice :? .

Thanks for listening to me complain :? . Now what does a person do with four bum heifer calves? Three of the heifers are nice, and would've been replacements, and so I may consider just keeping them anyhow. They are around 90 days old. I need to see what they'd bring at the sale barn before deciding what to do.

I almost had a really good year going :D . Hope nobody else is going through this wreck :shock: . Better go back out on patrol!
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