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Soapweed

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Must be an important call
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Newbie in the drizzle
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He can't 'ear for sh1t
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Pair of pairs
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"Prolapse," a word to send shivers down your spine, even on a sunny Sunday morning
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We all have our areas of expertise
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Pulling a heifer calf later in the day
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Good music in a little country church, photo taken a week ago. Rancher's Net's very own E.T. Doc is the musician on the far right.
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A rowdy crew, photo on Peach Blossom's camera from a couple weeks ago
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Silhouette of a Saddletramp at sundown
 
great pic's as usual soapweed
your pic's always remind of something i tell my uncle who is superintendent for a big const. company
i'm always telling him "it should be against the law for someone to enjoy their work as much as i do"
i tell him this when he is complaining about dealing with people

ya'll are always smiling "even when working on a prolapse?" and it looks to me like ya'll really enjoy life
until later
jerry
 
I love your pictures Sopaweed! Its is a very fine Family you have there. they all seem to love what they are doing! Im sorry but if i was doin something round blood i would surely take my hat off! But thats just me!! Great Pictures as always!


Katy
 
Red Robin, I happen to be the same way.. I swear there is something magnetic between me and dirt, manure, blood, whatever.. I can be doing the same work as someone else and I walk away caked in the stuff and the other guy looks like he was just sitting there watching me from 10 feet away... Wait... Maybe that IS why he is so clean?

Oh well, I always make it a point on days like tha to go to the local gas station that is on the highway before cleaning up... The looks you get can often correspond with liscense plates on the cars :lol: :lol:
 
Great pictures! I don't think we've had a prolaspe this season YET!...(knock on wood)....course we aint done either with calving...I do like how ya'll smile when ya've got a mess to deal with..lol When do ya suppose we're gonna get some more rain???maybe tomorrow???? Thanks for posting.
 
Great Pics, as usual, Soapweed! Might the calf that "Can't ear for shirt" be the 569th calf born? Just assuming according to your photo of the 17th calf born that you posted a few days ago! Looks like you all are holding up pretty well this far into the season. All the best to you! You have some pretty special partners there. 8)
 
Shorthornguy said:
Gee, ya'll get to have all the fun.Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Here is some more of that fun, as recently as within the past thirty minutes, on our second prolapse of the year. These folks are working hard, but I did take pictures and do the sewing, so I'd like to think they needed me. :wink: :-)

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More fun
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Red blood, red eyes, and a red cap
 
Sundancer said:
Might the calf that "Can't ear for s***" be the 569th calf born? Just assuming according to your photo of the 17th calf born that you posted a few days ago! Looks like you all are holding up pretty well this far into the season.
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Yep, you've got it figured out. :wink:
 
Good pics! But man oh man....you know you probably just jinxed everybody who even looked at those prolapses! :wink: The other day we were commenting on how we'd been pretty lucky as to not have many backwards calves....and then we get hit with a bunch of backwards calves. Did those cows have real big calves, or was it just one of those things?
 
Cal said:
Good pics! But man oh man....you know you probably just jinxed everybody who even looked at those prolapses! :wink: The other day we were commenting on how we'd been pretty lucky as to not have many backwards calves....and then we get hit with a bunch of backwards calves. Did those cows have real big calves, or was it just one of those things?
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These prolapses were both out of first calf heifers. Don't know why. We've had a very hectic hard calving season due to backwards calves, big calves, heads coming with front feet back, feet coming with head back, etc. On open range conditions it would have been a terrible mess. About the only thing we've done different is to feed DDG cake. It almost has me scared to feed it another year. We thought we had bred up a fairly trouble-free herd, but they are anything but trouble-free this year. Our red cows were bred to the same bulls they were the year before, but what a difference a year makes. Many of their calves this year have been huge. They are real good calves after they hit the ground, but some of them have sure been earned the hard way.
 
Soap, sorry to hear that you've had some problems with calving, been hearing about quite a few bigger calves this year. With our heifers, it sort of followed their pelvic measurements whether a bigger calf was going to be a tough pull or not, or even would need assistance. Didn't hardly pull any out of Morgans Direction. Image Maker was a different story.

We're not as far into calving the cows as you are, since it was my brilliant idea to move the calving date back a little....and then we've had such nice weather. It seems like things have been about average, though. This afternoon we pulled a pretty big backwards calf from an old cow. The calf was dead and the cow still can't stand up....like I said, average. :wink: We've fed pretty much the same as the last few years; DDG with a ground hay carrier, and then meadow hay and quite a bit of other carryover hay that needed to be gotten rid of.
 
Hubby and I went to a bull sale yesterday and it was alot of fun....With talking to everyone, sounds like there has been alot of backwards and big calves in our country... I thought alot of the girls and guys looked tired... Talked to my friend who works at the vet clinic and she said it's been real hectic and she didn't get home the night before last till 9:30 that night.. She said it was a very long day... We got six this morning, so guess we will see very shortly.......

Good pics Soap......
 
Soapweed, glad you posted all of these pics. Great stuff. Also good for all of the non-ranching folks that take a look at this board so that they can see that it's not all sunsets and wildflowers when you're ranching. Don't get me wrong, you can sure keep those prettier photos coming too! I do admire the looks of that paint horse that your son was riding in the "three amigos" horesemen photo. Wish I could of been there to make it a foursome.

I was browsing your photos last night with my little boy on my lap. Bear in mind that we live in town right now and he hasn't been able to see all of the things that happen on a ranch. I have to admit that I quickly scrolled down past the prolapse! Not that I don't want him to understand it, just didn't really want to explain it right before bedtime! We'll cross that bridge another day. :wink:

I drove through quite a bit of your country yesterday, Soapweed. Nice drizzling rain accompanied me for many miles of my travels. Nope, I didn't have time to stop and see any Ranchers.net pals and I would imagine that everyone was fairly busy. I'll be up that way again...

HP
 
Yeah, prolase scenry is a bit too different. Your right on that one. What I meant was the cows and calves, and the hills.


Catch ya later,
MN Farm Girl
 
Soapweed,

I thought some of those calves you've posted that last week or so looked DANG big.

What is the protein % on the cake?

Too much protein can put some size into the calves. It is also the reason that just about every horse book you read nowadays tells you to have the Vet present when foaling. They feed those horses too much alfalfa hay. Then they give them more protein on top of it. If you let them graze and no protein, then they are fine.

It also makes the placenta really tough. It will make it tough enough on mares that they have trouble foaling, or the foals can't break out of it. For cows, it will make it tough enough that the calf will pull the uterus right out when they come.

I don't know what your protein is, but if you are getting up to or over 18%, it can get you. Under some circumstances, even 16% can get you in trouble.

Badlands
 

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