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Post by chuckie on Feb 10, 2020 16:50:04 GMT -6
It has been so long since I have taken a picture of a cow. So, here goes. It is so dark and overcast with low clouds and rain, that I had to lighten the pictures a little as it turned it a bit orange, like our favorite President Ha-ha!! . Black cows just don't always show up well when it is overcast. Where these cattle are photographed, it is a nice sized rise, way above the pasture. Of course, the clay is much closer to the surface here. The cows that are pictured here are out of the same dam. She is no longer with me. But, I do have these two daughters. I would have photographed more, but it started to rain. The first cow is a 12 year old cow (2008) with her 7 month old bull standing behind her to the left. He has stopped nursing. This cow throws my best calves, and has yet to give me a heifer. I am going to keep my fingers crossed. The second cow is a half sister to the 12 year old cow. She is a 2013 cow. The last picture is my boot in the mud at one of the troughs. I am so ready for things to dry up.    |
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Post by brightraven on Feb 10, 2020 16:57:43 GMT -6
It is muddy like that here too.
Nice cows. Thanks
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Post by angusrancher on Feb 10, 2020 17:50:41 GMT -6
Nice full bodied, good uddered cows. That's some serious mud.
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Post by tcranch on Feb 10, 2020 18:04:32 GMT -6
That's what it's been like off/on here for over a year and finally drying up so I feel your pain. Look at it this way: hauling buckets while trying to walk in ankle deep mud is great for the glutes! Also feel your pain with your 12 year old. I have a 13 year old that is short, solid mouth, still one of the first to calve, still raises a whopper, perfect udder, have never doctored her for anything (except spraying Blue Kote on a cut from a honey locust thorn) - would it kill her to give me a heifer?!?! I'll keep my fingers crossed on your behalf if you return the favor  . |
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Post by chuckie on Feb 10, 2020 18:24:54 GMT -6
Thanks angusrancher, tcranch and Ron!! I often think the same way you do tcranch. There is actually good exercise in this muddy process. We do tote a lot of buckets, and I have to think about the weight training they speak of to stay strong as we get older. I really do appreciate you crossing your fingers for me, and definitely will cross mine for you. Let's hope things turn around for 2020!!!  |
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Post by bulltrader on Feb 10, 2020 18:28:56 GMT -6
My 6x6 Polaris saves my butt in the mud. I just feed around 460# a day but I fill the sacks and pull up beside the feed troughs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 19:03:58 GMT -6
Those cows look great, and very clean considering the conditions. I have a whole new appreciation for my snow and ice after seeing that mud.
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Post by chuckie on Feb 10, 2020 20:31:59 GMT -6
Silver, I agree that I had rather have snow than mud. I do worry about the cows when I see snow and freezing rain on their backs. But I suppose lower temps just above freezing with wind and rain is probably worse. When a freezing rain comes, I have seen them literally shiver. I hate that.
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Post by kentuckyguy on Feb 10, 2020 21:40:59 GMT -6
I can feel your pain. This is a picture I took of one of my favorites this morning. I have them on the side of a hill and it’s still a mess.  |
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Post by bulltrader on Feb 10, 2020 21:43:23 GMT -6
I'm unrolling still but keep moving every day. But grass is getting green and growing here.
We actually have not had a really hard freeze all winter. Haven't busted ice on the tire troughs.
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Post by chuckie on Feb 11, 2020 8:41:27 GMT -6
Bulltrader, sounds like you have almost ideal conditions for winter with cattle. There are some days that are warm, but those that dip down so deep are the ones that kill me. Then I have to think about those that live in the North West.
Here, the frostline is 2 feet. I have heard of people getting by with 1.5 feet, but when we have a crazy winter like we did last year where the entire month of December never got above freezing, then I heard of busting pipes.
I am waiting for the Robins to show up as all other signs are here. Sort of like a kid seeing Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving. You know it's right around the corner.
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Post by chuckie on Feb 11, 2020 9:11:28 GMT -6
Nice full bodied, good uddered cows. That's some serious mud. Angusrancher, I have one cow that has a horrible udder. It hangs really low, but the rest of her, I do like. I just had to keep her and see if I could breed that udder out of her babies. She has not had a cow yet that inherited her udder. She reminds me of those women that make it a practice not to wear a bra. They hang long and low. Ha-ha!! It is not a pretty site at all. She gives me a good heavy calf. |
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Post by angusrancher on Feb 11, 2020 14:57:35 GMT -6
Nice full bodied, good uddered cows. That's some serious mud. Angusrancher, I have one cow that has a horrible udder. It hangs really low, but the rest of her, I do like. I just had to keep her and see if I could breed that udder out of her babies. She has not had a cow yet that inherited her udder. She reminds me of those women that make it a practice not to wear a bra. They hang long and low. Ha-ha!! It is not a pretty site at all. She gives me a good heavy calf. That's the main thing. I remember a boughten bull some years ago that most of his daughters turned out to have almost non-existent front teats, and then back teats that hung way low. Got them culled, and didn't buy from that outfit again. |
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Post by chuckie on Feb 11, 2020 14:57:41 GMT -6
Kentuckyguy, that is a really good looking cow. She is in great condition too.
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Post by kentuckyguy on Feb 11, 2020 16:32:44 GMT -6
Kentuckyguy, that is a really good looking cow. She is in great condition too. She is a first calf heifer that still has her calf on her. That’s why I like smaller cows. She stuck AI in the first try 80 days after having her first calf. Hasn’t had any grain all winter. |
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