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today's happenings

Justin

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I was on my way out the door this morning to take my daughter to school when I took a quick glance at the cows and seen something that didn't quite look right...long story short, I jumped on my handy horse named Polaris, loaded up the calves and threw them in the hotbox and got my daughter to school a little late. got the cow in when I got back home. calves were ready to get out of the hotbox and everyone is doing fine.
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don't ask me how this happened, because I don't know. probably the neighbor's bull. :? :wink:
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I wish I could have gotten the camera ready sooner, when I got to where the bulls are wintering, these mulies were eating hay side by side with the bulls.
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then an hour later, the same bunch made it to the hay yard at home for dessert. :mad:
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some bred heifers
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close up....these girls will start calving around the 20th of March.
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loading a load of wheat to go to Platteville, CO. two trucks were supposed to load today, but one broke down in Miles City. Maybe he'll show up tomorrow.
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Colorado bound with about a half hour of daylight to spare.
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John SD

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Nice pics Justin! Glad you saved them.

The gals here were catching up on water today so I was standing out of the wind by the shed waiting for the tank to finish filling. A single whitetail doe appeared and sauntered her way around the cows. About 100 yards back here comes a coyote on her trail. They go out of sight behind the windbreak.

Before I know it they are coming back and pass right in front of me about 100 yards from where I'm standing by the shed. The doe stops and turns on the coyote and stomps her foot at him. He backs off a couple feet and lays down and watches her. This standoff continues for a while. Then the doe heads back to the stackyard and the coyote goes off over the edge of the draw out of the wind.

I was wishing I had a camera, or better yet my .270 :wink: I figured if I went to the house to get it the coyote would be long gone, but in this case maybe not. :???:
 

Soapweed

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Good pictures of your two little dears and then your herd of deers. Glad you had your camera so you could show us. :wink:
 

leanin' H

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Twins. Deer. Grain check. You have it pretty good pal! :D Will ya end up grafting one onto another cow or have her raise them both?
 

Justin

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leanin' H said:
Twins. Deer. Grain check. You have it pretty good pal! :D Will ya end up grafting one onto another cow or have her raise them both?

shes gonna have to do the job for now, because i don't have anything to graft to, other than a bottle. i'm not suppose to start calving until April 20. :shock: if this keeps up, i'll be done by then. :? :wink: after feeding today i took a good look at the cows and didn't see anything that looked close. i'm just lucky this ol' gal had them where she did so i could see them from the yard. they were pretty cold when i found them, but the hotbox came through again.
 

gcreekrch

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Live twins and ya weren't even doing night check. Can't beat that Justin.

Pour the feed to her and she will feed them. We had five cows that had to raise their own twins two years ago. They were all a little shy of milk for the first few days but then got over the shock of having two calves inside and the milk kicked in. Ten lbs of pellets until grass time and the calves weighed up with the rest at weaning.
 

Big Swede

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What are the odds of that Justin, 50 to 1? Live twins in January without checking. You're living a charmed life. Shoulda bought a lottery ticket while you were in town. :wink:
 
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