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Weird Deal

Northern Rancher

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We moved cows yesterday and found a calf with no mother-he was trying to steal off other cows. Ty trailed him along with the rst while I walked some cutlines but no luck. After dinner Ty rode back out and found the cow in some thick willows and brought her home. Only thing I can think of she stashed him and something spooked him off and she couldn't find him again-you'd think if the yotes would of done it he'd be dead but maybe it was a bear-I se they've been grazing in the meadows.
 

Shortgrass

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Glad you got your pair back together. Speaking of Coyotes, I was running the pasture at daylight, and found 4 of them surrounding a cow with a newborn. She was keeping them at bay, but after I ran them off, she was plenty ready to get her baby out of there! I was right on time, as the calf was fine, and the cow wasn't too weary yet. I had the grandkids with me a couple of days ago, and had taken my .22-250 out of the pick up, so they all got off scott free :x :x . I put it back in the pickup first thing when I pulled in the yard :oops: :oops: .
 

Northern Rancher

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The calf was missing at dark last night and wasn't there this A'M. He must of gone back to bsh while we were bringing the cow home. Ty rode today and couldn't find him but I dioscovered him tonight and got a loop[ on him and reunited them. It's been awhile since we've had pen calved cows around here they sure are dumb compared to the rest. They were pretty happy to see each other that's for sure.
 

Faster horses

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Some cows don't have as much sense as chickens when it comes to taking care of their young. :shock: :p

Glad you got them together. Sure makes one rest easier.
 

Big Swede

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My cousin told me a story the other day, went like this. Pulled a calf out of a heifer and was trying to be nice to the pair so left them around the barn a couple days because the calf was a little slow. Two days later he kicked them out and for whatever reason the calf bolted out of the barn, went through a barbed wire fence and was headed across country. The heifer, seeing what happened jumped the fence too and was trying to keep up. The calf kept going through fences and my cousin was on foot trying to keep up because he thought he would never find him again if he went back for a horse or 4 wheeler. Finally after a 5 mile hike the calf decided to lay down. So if you have a calf disappear once in a while you can see why. I know I've searched for days a times and usually the calf shows back up but I don't know if this calf would have ever shown back up.
 

Northern Rancher

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One of the hardest things about intensive grazing during calving is learning how to move the fresh calved pairs-it's definately not a rush job-I'll either drift calve them-open gates a couple days early and let the cattle drift onto new grass and leave the back gate open so they can leave their calves and go back to them. If we have to move a pasture in one day-we usually hold the cows till they pair up for sure. Not a big fan of hurry up cowboys.
 
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