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Starting to Calve

WyomingRancher

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Calving is just starting, and I've had 20 so far. My heifers are over half done, and tomorrow I'm sorting and scourguarding more heavy cows.

One of the first-calf heifers. So far, they've been easy calving, good, quiet mothers :D .
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The calves have been a nice size for heifers. Now, if they'll start growing into something, I'll be set :wink: .
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Another heifer pair hiding out in the tornado debris :? . At least the dead trees are making wind breaks :lol: .
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Hiding out in the rocks :D .
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Life's good for the dogs :lol: .
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Blkbuckaroo

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WR,those are some nice,healthy looking calves,glad things are going good there.That little calf looks like it's about to climb up the rock.
 

Hay Feeder

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Yes those sure are nice calves and cows. I only have two more heifers one was bred late and will be late.
Cows started everything is early. Calves are pretty small this year.
 

gcreekrch

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Looks like you've got a good start. Don't suppose you would rent me some of that bare ground when calving starts here. If you can deliver 3-400 acres I promise to send them back when I'm done. :D
 

WyomingRancher

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gcreekrch said:
Looks like you've got a good start. Don't suppose you would rent me some of that bare ground when calving starts here. If you can deliver 3-400 acres I promise to send them back when I'm done. :D

Just send your girls down here to the tropics for calving. They wouldn't know how to act without wolves and bears (not yet anyway), and bare ground. They would need to acclimate to the winds though :lol: .
 

per

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WyomingRancher said:
gcreekrch said:
Looks like you've got a good start. Don't suppose you would rent me some of that bare ground when calving starts here. If you can deliver 3-400 acres I promise to send them back when I'm done. :D

Just send your girls down here to the tropics for calving. They wouldn't know how to act without wolves and bears (not yet anyway), and bare ground. They would need to acclimate to the winds though :lol: .

They would overheat and you would end up helping them. :wink:
 

Blkbuckaroo

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per said:
WyomingRancher said:
gcreekrch said:
Looks like you've got a good start. Don't suppose you would rent me some of that bare ground when calving starts here. If you can deliver 3-400 acres I promise to send them back when I'm done. :D

Just send your girls down here to the tropics for calving. They wouldn't know how to act without wolves and bears (not yet anyway), and bare ground. They would need to acclimate to the winds though :lol: .

They would overheat and you would end up helping them. :wink:
They might continue south,out of that wind.
 

gcreekrch

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WyomingRancher said:
gcreekrch said:
Looks like you've got a good start. Don't suppose you would rent me some of that bare ground when calving starts here. If you can deliver 3-400 acres I promise to send them back when I'm done. :D

Just send your girls down here to the tropics for calving. They wouldn't know how to act without wolves and bears (not yet anyway), and bare ground. They would need to acclimate to the winds though :lol: .

You're probably right, a 2 month holiday and it would take them a year or so to re acclimate them back to here.. And, they would miss the mosquitos. :D
 

Jassy

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So are ya calves all born with that Mt. Goat ability??? lol Good looking critters, but I was wondering with all the trees and rocks around, is it tuff to find them little critters in all that camoflauge?? lol
 

Blkbuckaroo

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Jassy said:
So are ya calves all born with that Mt. Goat ability??? lol Good looking critters, but I was wondering with all the trees and rocks around, is it tuff to find them little critters in all that camoflauge?? lol
Those are some tough,agile little buggers,raised up in the rocks and wind.
 

WyomingRancher

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Jassy said:
So are ya calves all born with that Mt. Goat ability??? lol Good looking critters, but I was wondering with all the trees and rocks around, is it tuff to find them little critters in all that camoflauge?? lol

Yes, they like to hide in the rocks which is fine with me. I figure once they've nursed and are tagged, I don't care to see them again until branding in a perfect world :lol: . The cow better keep them alive and well. If a cow comes to feed with a tight bag, I will try to find them. Actually, once they get a few days of age on them, they usually come to feed with their moms.

We've had a few over the years fall in between boulder crevaces, or get crammed underneath boulder gaps :shock: . I'll try to find and scan pictures of some of our various rescues... before digital cameras :D . All I can say is that the calf hook has been used for a lot more than catching calves to tag :lol: .
 

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