amysflock
Loving the herd life
I feel for my neighbors right now...I started weaning T-Bone and Annabel last night using the fenceline method, and this morning they are LOUD!!!!! Annabel has twice jumped the 4' field fence into our backyard and been led back - thank God I decided to halter break her first!!
How long does it take for mamas' milk to dry up? How long for calves to get over the separation?
(Next year I really want to try weaning rings, but this year it didn't work out.)
Gads, she just jumped again, I heard her feet hit! I'll be back!
(I'm back. She found the one spot between the pumphouse and the fence with no hotwire...about 3 feet and, I thought, blocked by dense shrubs. Ha. I have a kennel panel wired in to block her access now. I shouldn't be doing this stuff in my pjs!)
How long does it take for mamas' milk to dry up? How long for calves to get over the separation?
(Next year I really want to try weaning rings, but this year it didn't work out.)
Gads, she just jumped again, I heard her feet hit! I'll be back!
(I'm back. She found the one spot between the pumphouse and the fence with no hotwire...about 3 feet and, I thought, blocked by dense shrubs. Ha. I have a kennel panel wired in to block her access now. I shouldn't be doing this stuff in my pjs!)