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I know the reaction is the alpha gal, but aftr the coughing spell when chest feels so tight can you use an inhaler to help you breathe?
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I have used the inhaler some... sometimes it seems to help, sometimes it doesn't help much. So, if it is hindering me, I try the inhaler... 
Home from testing,,, need to go to bed... will catch up more tomorrow...
Home from testing,,, need to go to bed... will catch up more tomorrow...
You might need a different inhaler. Albuterol didn't work for my asthma, I had to use Combivent. I don't know what you're using, but you might ask for something elseI have used the inhaler some... sometimes it seems to help, sometimes it doesn't help much. So, if it is hindering me, I try the inhaler...
Home from testing,,, need to go to bed... will catch up more tomorrow...
Long day for you. Sleep well!
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Thanks @drstratton ... I've got the Albuterol... didn't know any different... Of course, that was prescribed by the one I will not go back to.
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Wed morning... Chilly out.. 50 overnight but strong breeze.
Bunch of chicks in incubator... going out to see if the langshan hatched any but nothing yesterday. She cannot cover all the chicks in incubator... but will give her some. She has been very faithful sitting. I will stick her eggs in the inc for a couple days, see if there are any late ones... All old eggs will come out by the end of the week if nothing more. Looks like mostly all NH chicks.
Got to pack all the samples... 540 +/-.... Testing went okay... vet was coming to do the preg check on the bigger heifers from VT... only 1 was 5-7 months... there were several that were 45 days... not what DS expected. So I am not sure of what he is going to do with them... I know that one very small one was about 35 days, she will get a shots of lute and dex to make sure she aborts... way too small and young to be preg..
Not a day to be working outside right now.
He was going to haul the open cow that lost her calf a week ago, plus 2 of Caleb's that he had planned to take, plus another one or 2 from a couple other guys... he made some calls last night so that he did not go with a mostly empty trailer since he had planned to take the bigger ones that were supposedly bred, from VT., to the bred cow sale for tonight. They also sell cull cows and baby calves on Wed. The bred cow sale is once a month and attracts alot of people... These heifers that are 45 days will not bring a very good price at the bred cow sale... they want them to be 4 months and more to be considered "bred"... because the closer to calving, the more they are usually worth. Short breds like these would mostly go for feedlots and they will pay less if they are short bred because they have to abort them... lost time for gain, so lost money in feed and drugs .... They will sell them if short bred, just they will not bring as much that way.
Supposed to give the small heifer shots today, and cut the sack off the steer we banded a week or so ago... there is a group of heifers that is going to the "graded sale" this Sat... and then because there are no sales on Memorial day weekend, the couple of stags the vet cut, and the other odd balls will go to the sale the following Sat... May 30th. Then hopefully all the VT cattle will be gone. We will be cutting hay by then anyway.
DS said we might move some cattle out to pasture tomorrow... I have to leave by noon to go test and I told him that... One of the farms I have to set up meters...
Have another farm want to test on Friday.
But DS had other plans for today, which would have been a good time to move some since he was going to have the truck and trailer out.
All the cow calf pairs need to come in the barn, calves worked and black leg shots... before they can go out... Guess we will get to them... Will get the whole group in from the calving pasture on the hill.... they are all going to the same place so not as critical to match each load of calves and cows... they will all get together there and there are not alot of places for them to get "lost" / separated from their calves.... so if we do not get them all matched ahead, it won't be but 1/2 hour before the next group gets out there.
Got to get out there and get the samples in so I can pack them.
Bunch of chicks in incubator... going out to see if the langshan hatched any but nothing yesterday. She cannot cover all the chicks in incubator... but will give her some. She has been very faithful sitting. I will stick her eggs in the inc for a couple days, see if there are any late ones... All old eggs will come out by the end of the week if nothing more. Looks like mostly all NH chicks.
Got to pack all the samples... 540 +/-.... Testing went okay... vet was coming to do the preg check on the bigger heifers from VT... only 1 was 5-7 months... there were several that were 45 days... not what DS expected. So I am not sure of what he is going to do with them... I know that one very small one was about 35 days, she will get a shots of lute and dex to make sure she aborts... way too small and young to be preg..
Not a day to be working outside right now.
He was going to haul the open cow that lost her calf a week ago, plus 2 of Caleb's that he had planned to take, plus another one or 2 from a couple other guys... he made some calls last night so that he did not go with a mostly empty trailer since he had planned to take the bigger ones that were supposedly bred, from VT., to the bred cow sale for tonight. They also sell cull cows and baby calves on Wed. The bred cow sale is once a month and attracts alot of people... These heifers that are 45 days will not bring a very good price at the bred cow sale... they want them to be 4 months and more to be considered "bred"... because the closer to calving, the more they are usually worth. Short breds like these would mostly go for feedlots and they will pay less if they are short bred because they have to abort them... lost time for gain, so lost money in feed and drugs .... They will sell them if short bred, just they will not bring as much that way.
Supposed to give the small heifer shots today, and cut the sack off the steer we banded a week or so ago... there is a group of heifers that is going to the "graded sale" this Sat... and then because there are no sales on Memorial day weekend, the couple of stags the vet cut, and the other odd balls will go to the sale the following Sat... May 30th. Then hopefully all the VT cattle will be gone. We will be cutting hay by then anyway.
DS said we might move some cattle out to pasture tomorrow... I have to leave by noon to go test and I told him that... One of the farms I have to set up meters...
Have another farm want to test on Friday.
But DS had other plans for today, which would have been a good time to move some since he was going to have the truck and trailer out.
All the cow calf pairs need to come in the barn, calves worked and black leg shots... before they can go out... Guess we will get to them... Will get the whole group in from the calving pasture on the hill.... they are all going to the same place so not as critical to match each load of calves and cows... they will all get together there and there are not alot of places for them to get "lost" / separated from their calves.... so if we do not get them all matched ahead, it won't be but 1/2 hour before the next group gets out there.
Got to get out there and get the samples in so I can pack them.
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I've slid live chicks under a broody hen several times. I love the attitude a broody displays once there are chicks under her. It's a LOOK AT THIS! happiness on display.
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Wed eve... some change of plans... We did not go back to the sale this evening... DS got one of his real bad headaches after getting the couple of cows picked up and everyone loaded and got to the sale... Decided he needed to stop and eat and then it came on him... he had blurry vision and all, so he sat in the truck for an hour or more and then his vision cleared and he was able to drive home. On top of that GF sister asked him to take Colt to his practice since her daughter was also playing at the same time... so he decided not to go back to the sale. I could have gone, but wasn't going to buy anything if I didn't have the truck/trailer... and it was just a hassle at that point... so I just said that it was fine if he didn't feel up to going back up there... Would have liked to see prices, DS said there were alot of cattle for the bred sale... Be interesting to see if prices are holding.
He called a little bit ago, sounded a lot better... had taken Colt to his practice/game... and they got to see part of the other game too... GEE WIZ.....
So, I left and went down to the farm when he first called me at 3, and Buck had already gone home... he has been taking DS's 2 wd pickup so DS doesn't have to go get him and take him home all the time... It started to sprinkle/had a shower... and looked like it might really rain a bit so I am sure that is when he quit... Which is fine..
I went from there to UPS to drop off the samples that I had packed earlier...
Then I went to Lowe's and got the hot water heater element... so he can put it in when "he gets a chance".... it is the bottom element, which is usually the one that goes bad due to the settlement and build up of the limestone/hard water...for now, I can get an okay shower if I do it quick before it gets lukewarm...
Plus I walked through their plants... Last day of the "Mother's Day sale"... the vegetables were 4 and 5 for $10 instead of the $3.98 and $4.98 for a single plant. I found the yellow pear tomatoes... the nursery I usually get them at were out a week ago... and not going to have any more... They were not in the 4/10 or 5/10 small sized pots... BUT.... were in pots that were $3.98... and I picked through them and found a couple of pots that had multiple plants... so got more than my money's worth....
They also had hanging plants that were pretty decent even though picked over... $12.98.... Mother's day sale 2/ $15... so got 2 of pretty dark purple petunias, and 2 lighter purple with the darker purple veins in the flowers. Didn't need them... shopping therapy....And a couple more bags of potting soil for the planters. Would have liked to get them done before the rain... but oh well... maybe in the next couple days...
I am testing Thurs and Fri afternoons... and a whole bunch of VT cattle going Sat.... 2 trailers worth since so many of the bigger heifers were either open or very short bred...because if they were further along bred, they would have gone to the "bred cow sale" this evening...... they will get sold and go out west to feed lots... Feed lots give every receiving group a shot to get any of them to abort, when they put them on feed so we aren't going to bother... Might still do the small one since she looks "gutty" to me... and I don't think she is good enough to go in the graded pen...doesn't match anything else.... so she will go with the 2 stags and a couple odd ones in a couple weeks...the final bunch to sell... and we may bring in our cows with older calves and pull some off too... Will watch the prices for the next couple weeks and see what things are doing.
So, after Lowe's. I went to Walmart... managed to get another "chilled " rotisserie chicken for 3.97.... that is cheap eating really.... couple odds and ends... and came on home.
I went out, no chicks under the langshan, pretty sure the eggs are not going to hatch... but they were questionable fertile when I candled them at 10 days...
Moved the chicks out of the incubator, into the brooder. One was dead in the incubator, 2 did not get out of the shells... 13 live... But 2 looked really weak... Not a very good hatch... say 14 hatched out of 23 confirmed eggs..... and 2 that did not make it out so 16 out of 23...that should have been..... not great. I think I might lose another one or 2.... that are weak... and 1 has a crooked leg... goes out to the side... but he might straighten up as he gets some strength.
About equal NH and Leghorns... I am thinking that maybe the 2 roosters together was more detrimental as the 2 roosters were going after each other when one treaded a hen... we will see when I candle this next bunch... they have been in 4 days, so won't bother them until after the weekend... mostly Vorwerk and some NH and leghorns... There are the 18 Vorwerk that I set a week ago... just Vorwerk eggs. I will take them out and candle them and clean the bottom of the incubator out real quick, maybe tomorrow... I can keep them warm for a little bit covered on the heating pad so they don't get chilled.
But remember, a hen will get off and eat and drink and they get cooled down a bit in real life too...
So we got a quick shower this afternoon, they said we might... and then supposed to get another this evening... It poured 10 miles south this afternoon... then when DS called a bit ago, said it was raining real hard there... they had just gotten done at the ball field, and got things picked up, and it thundered a couple times, then came down and was still raining pretty good when he called. We only got a very quick shower earlier, and it looks like we are not going to get much if any of this evening's rain.
At least it is raining at his farm down near her house, today and this evening...
I did not move the hen because of the dark clouds, blowing wind, and possible rain. I will move her tomorrow evening.. with the eggs, and then put chicks under her...at night.... see how many I have... may keep the couple of weaker ones inside, and give her the ones getting around good. she can handle 6-8 I guess... she is not a tiny bantam, but still a bantam. We'll see tomorrow. Got the crate where the leghorn was setting/recuperating all ready for the langshan. Too bad she can't cover all of them...a big hen, I would slip them all under but she can't keep that many warm...
So, I ate some chicken, and going to go to bed early... something was acting up, had some gut issues today, don't know what I ate but maybe the chicken salad from CSC...or the bread? Not real diarrhea but needed to make a few trips to the bathroom. Nose running and coughing still...
. Been very out of breath all day....
So, looks like the rain passed us by...
Thankful for the inch we got .... glad that at least the farm down south near GF got some of this...
Got my bottles already in the racks for tomorrow's herd, and meters and hoses are in the car... I need to go get feed from the bin in the morning, as the cornish are eating alot and they need feed in the feeder... I can't give them too much, or they get it all over the ground and waste it... But I finished the bucket up mixing feed.... so need to get more... Plus will have to carry water in the morning too...
Cows have not given me any problem at Snyder's with the new electric up... Don't think they are happy, but they have plenty to eat without that section. Thinking about maybe running another strand on another section to keep them out of for a bit... they are not keeping up with the grass as it is... insurance for possible continued dry conditions. Got plenty of short electric posts... need some more T-posts... and another spool of wire. But at least it can be rolled back up if we need to. Something to think on...
I'm quitting and going in to do the dishes, the hot water heater element will kick on... give it 1/2 hr or so, and it will be hotter than just going in there now... Got a plan !!!!!!
He called a little bit ago, sounded a lot better... had taken Colt to his practice/game... and they got to see part of the other game too... GEE WIZ.....
So, I left and went down to the farm when he first called me at 3, and Buck had already gone home... he has been taking DS's 2 wd pickup so DS doesn't have to go get him and take him home all the time... It started to sprinkle/had a shower... and looked like it might really rain a bit so I am sure that is when he quit... Which is fine..
I went from there to UPS to drop off the samples that I had packed earlier...
Then I went to Lowe's and got the hot water heater element... so he can put it in when "he gets a chance".... it is the bottom element, which is usually the one that goes bad due to the settlement and build up of the limestone/hard water...for now, I can get an okay shower if I do it quick before it gets lukewarm...
Plus I walked through their plants... Last day of the "Mother's Day sale"... the vegetables were 4 and 5 for $10 instead of the $3.98 and $4.98 for a single plant. I found the yellow pear tomatoes... the nursery I usually get them at were out a week ago... and not going to have any more... They were not in the 4/10 or 5/10 small sized pots... BUT.... were in pots that were $3.98... and I picked through them and found a couple of pots that had multiple plants... so got more than my money's worth....
They also had hanging plants that were pretty decent even though picked over... $12.98.... Mother's day sale 2/ $15... so got 2 of pretty dark purple petunias, and 2 lighter purple with the darker purple veins in the flowers. Didn't need them... shopping therapy....And a couple more bags of potting soil for the planters. Would have liked to get them done before the rain... but oh well... maybe in the next couple days...
I am testing Thurs and Fri afternoons... and a whole bunch of VT cattle going Sat.... 2 trailers worth since so many of the bigger heifers were either open or very short bred...because if they were further along bred, they would have gone to the "bred cow sale" this evening...... they will get sold and go out west to feed lots... Feed lots give every receiving group a shot to get any of them to abort, when they put them on feed so we aren't going to bother... Might still do the small one since she looks "gutty" to me... and I don't think she is good enough to go in the graded pen...doesn't match anything else.... so she will go with the 2 stags and a couple odd ones in a couple weeks...the final bunch to sell... and we may bring in our cows with older calves and pull some off too... Will watch the prices for the next couple weeks and see what things are doing.
So, after Lowe's. I went to Walmart... managed to get another "chilled " rotisserie chicken for 3.97.... that is cheap eating really.... couple odds and ends... and came on home.
I went out, no chicks under the langshan, pretty sure the eggs are not going to hatch... but they were questionable fertile when I candled them at 10 days...
Moved the chicks out of the incubator, into the brooder. One was dead in the incubator, 2 did not get out of the shells... 13 live... But 2 looked really weak... Not a very good hatch... say 14 hatched out of 23 confirmed eggs..... and 2 that did not make it out so 16 out of 23...that should have been..... not great. I think I might lose another one or 2.... that are weak... and 1 has a crooked leg... goes out to the side... but he might straighten up as he gets some strength.
About equal NH and Leghorns... I am thinking that maybe the 2 roosters together was more detrimental as the 2 roosters were going after each other when one treaded a hen... we will see when I candle this next bunch... they have been in 4 days, so won't bother them until after the weekend... mostly Vorwerk and some NH and leghorns... There are the 18 Vorwerk that I set a week ago... just Vorwerk eggs. I will take them out and candle them and clean the bottom of the incubator out real quick, maybe tomorrow... I can keep them warm for a little bit covered on the heating pad so they don't get chilled.
But remember, a hen will get off and eat and drink and they get cooled down a bit in real life too...
So we got a quick shower this afternoon, they said we might... and then supposed to get another this evening... It poured 10 miles south this afternoon... then when DS called a bit ago, said it was raining real hard there... they had just gotten done at the ball field, and got things picked up, and it thundered a couple times, then came down and was still raining pretty good when he called. We only got a very quick shower earlier, and it looks like we are not going to get much if any of this evening's rain.
At least it is raining at his farm down near her house, today and this evening...
I did not move the hen because of the dark clouds, blowing wind, and possible rain. I will move her tomorrow evening.. with the eggs, and then put chicks under her...at night.... see how many I have... may keep the couple of weaker ones inside, and give her the ones getting around good. she can handle 6-8 I guess... she is not a tiny bantam, but still a bantam. We'll see tomorrow. Got the crate where the leghorn was setting/recuperating all ready for the langshan. Too bad she can't cover all of them...a big hen, I would slip them all under but she can't keep that many warm...
So, I ate some chicken, and going to go to bed early... something was acting up, had some gut issues today, don't know what I ate but maybe the chicken salad from CSC...or the bread? Not real diarrhea but needed to make a few trips to the bathroom. Nose running and coughing still...
. Been very out of breath all day....So, looks like the rain passed us by...
Thankful for the inch we got .... glad that at least the farm down south near GF got some of this...
Got my bottles already in the racks for tomorrow's herd, and meters and hoses are in the car... I need to go get feed from the bin in the morning, as the cornish are eating alot and they need feed in the feeder... I can't give them too much, or they get it all over the ground and waste it... But I finished the bucket up mixing feed.... so need to get more... Plus will have to carry water in the morning too...
Cows have not given me any problem at Snyder's with the new electric up... Don't think they are happy, but they have plenty to eat without that section. Thinking about maybe running another strand on another section to keep them out of for a bit... they are not keeping up with the grass as it is... insurance for possible continued dry conditions. Got plenty of short electric posts... need some more T-posts... and another spool of wire. But at least it can be rolled back up if we need to. Something to think on...
I'm quitting and going in to do the dishes, the hot water heater element will kick on... give it 1/2 hr or so, and it will be hotter than just going in there now... Got a plan !!!!!!
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Thursday... Got up and DS had said he wanted to get the cows and calves moved to pasture... so we had to work the calves... He got them across the driveway and I got there a bit after 9. Sorted off the cows from the calves... kept the 2 smallest calves and their momma's back... Want them to be a little bigger before they go out to this pasture... they need to be getting around good so have a chance in case there are any coyotes again this year... Just bigger and stronger. We worked them through the chute... GF came when we are about 3/4 done.. don't think he was planning on her being there... so she helped get the last few in the chute and then open and shut some gates...
I think he moved 24 pairs out to grass... Kept the 2 pairs there for a couple more weeks. Next will be the group in the "peterbilt field" to get in and work calves and all. There are several cows in there that are still not fresh. One I am questioning... and if she has aborted it, or it was born dead or something, she will go... She got a 2nd chance to get bred... and now is very late???? One cow in there was way behind the rest ... like 2 months when the rest were 4-5-6 months... she might go to snyder's and calve there, out of synch, so we can watch her... and maybe get bred back to the bull that will go in there to breed the heifers, and Jess the longhorn, and the 2 jersey nurse cows... going to breed them angus this year, then maybe next year I will be able to breed them AI to a jersey... Not feeling up to it and we are behind on stuff......
DS still has to go around the fences at the pasture down near GF house... he has done the rest. We need to take 5-6 more pairs to one place so there are 12-14 pairs there... he just wanted to keep all the ones together that all calved in the one field... plus it can handle another 10 pairs... even with the lesser grass growth... We had nearly 40 pair there last year.
So, we will split the ones from the peterbilt field and take to a couple of places... they came from 3 different places when we brought them home for the winter... weaned calves off and sold them so the cows could calve again this spring.
So, after getting them all worked, they were going to take them to the pasture in Augusta Co.... and I said I had to come home and get chickens fed and go to work.
I did get the one open young cow, that raise a real nice calf, and we decided to give her a 2nd chance... she will be 6 months "behind" the rest of the ones she had been with... but she will get a 2nd chance to get bred.. Anyway, got her out of the back and in with the cows he moved.. so there is actually 24 pairs and a single cow there...
I stopped and got the bucket of chicken feed from the bin, and fed the birds and watered them, and got the bottles in the car, and headed for work.
DS texts me, they were going to move the cows with fall calves, that we haven't sold yet... mostly heifers, and these are cows that are checked preg... keeping them there to pull the calves off in another month or so... many had calved in late Nov/Dec so the calves are not real big and the cows were in the 4-5 month range... so can keep the calves for another 4-6 weeks easily. They needed to know how many there were in that group as we put 2 bunches together of just the ones with calves still on them...All the ones that were with thiese 2 groups, that we sold calves off of, were kept at the barn for a week to stop them bawling... and moved out to pastures to be brought back in Aug... wanted to get them off the "hay bill" . So, I had to do some digging and counting, and figure there are 41 pairs... they were going to move them to the back "autumn olive field" to graze it down and clean it up some... and they are handy there on the farm so will only have to bring them through a couple gates and can get them across the driveway and into the barn to pull the calves off. Some will get sold, some possibly kept for replacements. There are a couple small steer calves in that bunch too that will get sold. That will happen sometime in June I guess. After all the VT cattle are gone, and all the odd ball stuff in the barn lots gone. They should start calving in early Sept....so will get a couple months off...
It is a never ending "merry-go-round " of moving and working and all that, with a fall and a spring calving season. But it also spreads out the income and possibilities of when we can best market them.
So, I went to work... stopped and dropped off the bottles for the owner sampler farm since I was near there. He said he was wanting to test here soon, so it worked out. He will call me when he has done the test, and I will pick them up, get the records to do the paperwork, and drop reports off when I am going to be in that direction again. Several farms up that way in the next week or so...
Testing went good, my back is hurting a bunch. Got done, did the computer stuff, pulled the meters off the milk line after the wash cycles were done... Got home about 7 so still light...
It is CHILLY... was quite windy all day so cold feeling... I wore a sweatshirt all day... Forecast for tonight is down to LOW 40's,,, a little warmer tomorrow, then 90 degrees on Sunday for the high... TOTALLY NUTS the temp swings here.
In the morning I will pack tonight's samples, get bottles ready for the herd tomorrow eve... 75+/- cows... then Sat will be taking the VT heifers to the sale... he will have to have 2 trailers. He wants to go early, then come back for a ball game... then go back late afternoon for the sale.
We got 10 sprinkles out of the forecast rain for yesterday evening... It did rain good north of here,,, some thundershowers.. Some off and on chance here a couple days next week.. BUT 90's?????
Maybe tomorrow I can get some more of the weed eating done and the electric netting out from the weeds along the garden... NEED to get it planted and hope we do not get any late frosts...
And get the planters I want to do here with the few flowers and dahlia's I have to plant. Going to try to get them in some water to soak and get ready to plant over the weekend....
Did not move the hen to take the chicks with the temps already down to 44 now... It is going to warm up and plan to move her tomorrow ... it was just too cold to move the chicks out under her tonight. No more hatched so will get that all cleaned out tomorrow... Should not be too late getting home tomorrow evening either...
I think he moved 24 pairs out to grass... Kept the 2 pairs there for a couple more weeks. Next will be the group in the "peterbilt field" to get in and work calves and all. There are several cows in there that are still not fresh. One I am questioning... and if she has aborted it, or it was born dead or something, she will go... She got a 2nd chance to get bred... and now is very late???? One cow in there was way behind the rest ... like 2 months when the rest were 4-5-6 months... she might go to snyder's and calve there, out of synch, so we can watch her... and maybe get bred back to the bull that will go in there to breed the heifers, and Jess the longhorn, and the 2 jersey nurse cows... going to breed them angus this year, then maybe next year I will be able to breed them AI to a jersey... Not feeling up to it and we are behind on stuff......
DS still has to go around the fences at the pasture down near GF house... he has done the rest. We need to take 5-6 more pairs to one place so there are 12-14 pairs there... he just wanted to keep all the ones together that all calved in the one field... plus it can handle another 10 pairs... even with the lesser grass growth... We had nearly 40 pair there last year.
So, we will split the ones from the peterbilt field and take to a couple of places... they came from 3 different places when we brought them home for the winter... weaned calves off and sold them so the cows could calve again this spring.
So, after getting them all worked, they were going to take them to the pasture in Augusta Co.... and I said I had to come home and get chickens fed and go to work.
I did get the one open young cow, that raise a real nice calf, and we decided to give her a 2nd chance... she will be 6 months "behind" the rest of the ones she had been with... but she will get a 2nd chance to get bred.. Anyway, got her out of the back and in with the cows he moved.. so there is actually 24 pairs and a single cow there...
I stopped and got the bucket of chicken feed from the bin, and fed the birds and watered them, and got the bottles in the car, and headed for work.
DS texts me, they were going to move the cows with fall calves, that we haven't sold yet... mostly heifers, and these are cows that are checked preg... keeping them there to pull the calves off in another month or so... many had calved in late Nov/Dec so the calves are not real big and the cows were in the 4-5 month range... so can keep the calves for another 4-6 weeks easily. They needed to know how many there were in that group as we put 2 bunches together of just the ones with calves still on them...All the ones that were with thiese 2 groups, that we sold calves off of, were kept at the barn for a week to stop them bawling... and moved out to pastures to be brought back in Aug... wanted to get them off the "hay bill" . So, I had to do some digging and counting, and figure there are 41 pairs... they were going to move them to the back "autumn olive field" to graze it down and clean it up some... and they are handy there on the farm so will only have to bring them through a couple gates and can get them across the driveway and into the barn to pull the calves off. Some will get sold, some possibly kept for replacements. There are a couple small steer calves in that bunch too that will get sold. That will happen sometime in June I guess. After all the VT cattle are gone, and all the odd ball stuff in the barn lots gone. They should start calving in early Sept....so will get a couple months off...
It is a never ending "merry-go-round " of moving and working and all that, with a fall and a spring calving season. But it also spreads out the income and possibilities of when we can best market them.
So, I went to work... stopped and dropped off the bottles for the owner sampler farm since I was near there. He said he was wanting to test here soon, so it worked out. He will call me when he has done the test, and I will pick them up, get the records to do the paperwork, and drop reports off when I am going to be in that direction again. Several farms up that way in the next week or so...
Testing went good, my back is hurting a bunch. Got done, did the computer stuff, pulled the meters off the milk line after the wash cycles were done... Got home about 7 so still light...
It is CHILLY... was quite windy all day so cold feeling... I wore a sweatshirt all day... Forecast for tonight is down to LOW 40's,,, a little warmer tomorrow, then 90 degrees on Sunday for the high... TOTALLY NUTS the temp swings here.
In the morning I will pack tonight's samples, get bottles ready for the herd tomorrow eve... 75+/- cows... then Sat will be taking the VT heifers to the sale... he will have to have 2 trailers. He wants to go early, then come back for a ball game... then go back late afternoon for the sale.
We got 10 sprinkles out of the forecast rain for yesterday evening... It did rain good north of here,,, some thundershowers.. Some off and on chance here a couple days next week.. BUT 90's?????
Maybe tomorrow I can get some more of the weed eating done and the electric netting out from the weeds along the garden... NEED to get it planted and hope we do not get any late frosts...
And get the planters I want to do here with the few flowers and dahlia's I have to plant. Going to try to get them in some water to soak and get ready to plant over the weekend....
Did not move the hen to take the chicks with the temps already down to 44 now... It is going to warm up and plan to move her tomorrow ... it was just too cold to move the chicks out under her tonight. No more hatched so will get that all cleaned out tomorrow... Should not be too late getting home tomorrow evening either...
Ridgetop
Herd Master
DH uses an inhaler for lng damage from Covid. He was on Alburerol but it wan't working so the pulmonologist changed him to a dry powder inhaler. You inhale it through the mouth once every morning. it works much better but may not be appropriate for your problems. It is Breo Elipta (fluticasone furoate and vilanterol inhalation powder). Like I say it may not be good for your problem since it works differently fro a standard asthma inhaler.
Too bad about the VT cows being so short bred. I thought the owner said they had been with the bull for the past 6 months.
