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late April pictures

Justin

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picked up another pony about a month ago. she's a 4 year old and is a sweatheart! started in the break-away and heading. i haven't rode her, my wife as not offered her to me yet. :?
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moving the older bulls so they are out of the way when calving starts
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now, on the the joys of late April calving. when i put this heifer calf in the hot box she was stiff as a board, and i was affraid i was just going through the motions. 3 hours later i could hear her kickin the hot box from outside the barn.
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looks like she's going to make it :D
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another calf that needed a quick warm up
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ready to go back to momma
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loaded and ready
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when we got back out to the pasture, the mother to J3 calf had put her claim on another, so we took everyboy involved back to the barn and sorted things out.
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again, loaded and on our way
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daughter feeding a day old twin
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if the kids are nowhere to be found, check the goat pen :)
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found another use for the calf sled
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headed for the house, enough fun for one day. :wink:
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WyomingRancher

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I don't blame the kids for hiding out in the goat shed, it looks like the warmest, driest place to be :D . You must have been a little optimistic about your frozen calf, at least enough to put a tag in her ear :).

Good luck with the rest of your calving, every day is one day closer to green grass and warm days! Thanks for the pics :D .
 

gcreekrch

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Nothing like calving in late Aprli when the weather is nice is there Justin? :roll:

We are on the downhill slope now, passed the halfway mark last night. Treated the first 2 scour calves today. What was bare and dry last year is still snow or mud. Had our 5th set of twins about an hour ago.

Here's to springtime coming. :drink:

Thanks for the photos.









Oh BTW, nice goat shed! Looks like there is room for one more, what are the freight connections from BC to SD? :lol:
 

hillsdown

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I was wondering what that calf was on, now I know it is a sled.

Thanks for taking time to share pics, best of luck with the rest of your calving season Justin.

Btw I calved most of my herd in Feb and the weather was too warm for it. Sometimes you just cannot win when working on Mother Natures schedule. :roll:
 

leanin' H

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Friends don't let friend's children associate with goats! :shock: :lol: :lol: Thats close to child abuse Justin! :wink: Glad the calf got warm and happy. If you'd calved earlier.................Kidding!!!!! :D All looks great except for that one kinda funny looking horned, brindle angus bull you are running. But to each his own. :D
 

loomixguy

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Now just hold up there, H. MAYBE, just maybe, Justin's goats are for renting out, and in that case Justin's kids get a pass.

There's gotta be a difference between just having goats and having them for purposes of rental income.

Isn't there??? :wink:
 

leanin' H

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loomixguy said:
Now just hold up there, H. MAYBE, just maybe, Justin's goats are for renting out, and in that case Justin's kids get a pass.

There's gotta be a difference between just having goats and having them for purposes of rental income.

Isn't there??? :wink:

Take my advice.............Don't try to justify having a goat. As a reformed goater, the first step is to acknowledge that a goat is a goat! That is all the steps! You either are or you arent! If a goat resides at your outfit, you have a problem. How you deal with the problem is up to you. But as long as the goat remains on your property, the line has been crossed. You are a goat owner/breeder/purveyor of fine goats/ect. A lot of folks with goat problems rationalize it by saying the kids love them. I did myself. But everyday you keep a goat, you lose a little part of yourself you may never get back. People talk about you behind your back, sheep people start to avoid you, pretty soon the are less cows to make room for more goats. It's just a trail you don't want to start down. :shock: Ask Dave! :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Big Swede

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I think there is a 12 step program for people with goat problems and the first step is admitting you have a problem. I have the problem about 3 months a year while my teenage daughter practices tying one up and then letting it go again. However in my defense, the goat is gone at the end of the summer. :oops: :lol: Those are the RULES.

Isn't calving in April fun sometimes Justin? I'm glad it's just my heifers. Just a week into it and they're over half done though, thank goodness.
 

Soapweed

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Nice photos, Justin. Your kids are having fun childhoods; you can tell by their happy expressions.

Anyone that has goats shouldn't have to worry about their calves having scours. No self-respecting germ would hang around where there are goats. :wink:
 
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gcreekrch said:
Here's to springtime coming. :drink:

AMEN-- but with the Winter from Hell- and all the flooding caused by all the record snow-- this year is a multi :drink: year...
 

gcreekrch

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Oldtimer said:
gcreekrch said:
Here's to springtime coming. :drink:

AMEN-- but with the Winter from Hell- and all the flooding caused by all the record snow-- this year is a multi :drink: year...

It is another bright spring night OT. Warming some colostrum for a calf born at dark that hasn't sucked, a black one at that.

0 F as I type. Still 18 to 24 inches of hard crusted snow left. I doubt the moose will be too fat when things finally do warm up.
 

Justin

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thanks for your comments everyone :)

Soapweed & H..... :lol2: :lol2:

gcreek-i think it would be more cost effecient if your goat was sent to Utah :wink:
 

Dylan Biggs

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How old is your lead steer, looks like he has quite a rack!

Nice pics!

I like your goat pen too, it looks secure.

My wife and daughter brought two little orphan doelings home last spring against her better judgement.

LH, I have passed your words of wisdom on to my wife, I think she is softening a little. The goats have done a great job of pruning all the pernials to the ground.

:D :D :D
 

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