No snow but CHILLY.... 26 this morning... winds have been real cold... severe fire danger with the gusty winds here... several small "ish" fires... 10-20 acres... one 80 acres is now 100% contained 30 miles north. Want to burn my brush pile but NOT HAPPENING until we get some real rain...
If you make the bags a little big for small amounts, or use the premade ones, go to the bigger size, and then when you cut off the sealed end, you can usually reuse them at least once more after washing and all.
Another tip I use is to write what they are on the end above the "seal line" so...
The wet mash is a good way to get more eggs in the cold winter... mix it with hot water, don't make too much, and they will clean it up and it helps to get more water into their system and is warm in the crop on top of it... Did it all the time up north with my purebred show birds to get them to...
NOPE..... NOT FOR SALE......:lol::lol::gig:gig:gig:gig....BUT ..... if they want just "room and board" in exchange for a pleasant companionship... might rent him out to others for added value....:hide
I.m not necessarily looking for a romantic relationship... a "house/roommate" type arrangement...
Looking for just this type... doesn't have to be handsome(although he's not bad looking!!!!) .... HANDY..... is essential... a few years younger than me to take care of the "heavy lifting" would be nice...got freezers full of food, good roof overhead, garden space...
Please say some prayers for the people in the panhandle area of Texas and into Oklahoma... the Smokehouse Creek Wildfire has devastated over 1 MILLION acres of land... burnt untold number of buildings... 2 people died and no one has any idea of the number of cattle lost already.
It is maybe 15 %...
Keep going back to that picture of Tank... you can practically see him coking his head from side to side saying.... Okay, I think this is what you want... right?
We had that temp swing.... 61 Wed during the day... woke up to 25 this (Thursday) morning... Had .3 inch rain in the afternoon into evening then the cold swept in on some really bad gusty wind... Took a big dead tree down at the farm across driveway, and a smaller dead one next to the smaller...
Grilled cheese sandwich after getting home from testing a 200 cow herd... Not interested in cooking, wanted something warm... next is a shower and bed.
@CrealCritter ; We try to calve in 2 groups... a spring group and a fall group... avoiding June/July/most of August... the worst of the heat... and Dec/Jan/early Feb....worst winter weather USUALLY.....and we are just too busy with hay making and such in summer...... Plus my garden keeps me...
That's good for them all being steers for this year. No worries for another year.
One suggestion... try to avoid the worst of the summer for calving. There are many more cases of retained placenta in the heat for the cows. No real science behind it, we just see it often in both the beef and...
If Romeo is still running with the cows, then it is a good bet they are getting bred back... you may never see them in heat... Are you wanting the next bunch of calves to be born in colder weather? One of the negative sides to running a bull year round... spread out calvings are fine in some...
I brought home so much of the "behind the scenes" stuff from my parents house... because I knew they would not go bad and they do "cost" to buy... will be using them for a long time too...all those little things that add up in the cost of "grocery shopping"...
Beautiful gorgeous sunny day here today...temps started at 29 but now in the low 50's.... hung 2 loads of clothes after getting back from feeding bottle calves.
Hoses all switched around, and meter brackets all changed and in car for testing on Tuesday, then will put away in carport and plan...