Weaned a bunch of calves and pregged about 80 cows from 4:00 PM to 6:30 in the moonlight. The vet was 4 hrs late as the neighbor's new corral fell down and the pregged cows got mixed with the un-pregged cows, as they were not marking them with a crayon (as most of us don't bother to do ), the vet had to re-preg all of them.
I did ask him if he was able to charge double for that.
Anyway, we have about 60 left at the new place and then wean and preg at home tommorow. It will be another long day.
Of note, it was interesting how well those cows worked through the chute in the dark. Old Roy, our eldest dependant,

told me they used to gather his family's cattle in the moonlight as they felt wild cattle handled better then. I have a hunch that maybe the odd party that happened occasionaly at roundup may have had a lot to do with the midnight cowboys. :wink: