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Post by tcranch on Sept 9, 2019 6:34:21 GMT -6
Congrats and give us an update. Is your son going to teach you? Thanks. I'll probably just work in the back and try to stay out of the way. lol. BTW my best friend is going to the Graham school in Oct. Little jealous!
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Post by angusrancher on Sept 9, 2019 19:17:36 GMT -6
Thanks. I'll probably just work in the back and try to stay out of the way. lol. BTW my best friend is going to the Graham school in Oct. Little jealous! Great! Hope he finds it fun and worthwhile. Maybe he'll come home with a machine.
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Post by tcranch on Sept 10, 2019 6:26:10 GMT -6
BTW my best friend is going to the Graham school in Oct. Little jealous! Great! Hope he finds it fun and worthwhile. Maybe he'll come home with a machine. Actually he's a she (so am I) and they already have one but never use it, vet comes out to preg check - hence the class.
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Post by angusrancher on Sept 10, 2019 17:49:31 GMT -6
Great! Hope he finds it fun and worthwhile. Maybe he'll come home with a machine. Actually he's a she (so am I) and they already have one but never use it, vet comes out to preg check - hence the class. Very cool. Sorry for making assumptions.
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Post by angusrancher on Sept 24, 2019 16:40:40 GMT -6
Planned on doing the first bunch yesterday. River was flooded and some were on the other side, among other things, took a while to get them to corrals. Had turned cattle into a wheat stubble field adjoining the pasture they were in. The wheat had only recently been harvested because of mud and the poor condition of the road. A lot had lodged, and the cattle had a lot of wheat in their manure, which proved to make the ultrasound process difficult, especially for a novice. Decided to let them stand overnight with only access to water, and it went a lot better today. Now my son has nearly 300 under his belt on his new machine. Mostly our replacement heifers, which were easier for him to do than the older cows. I'm sure the whole process will continue to streamline with practice. Was a little worried at first. Yesterday was just one of those days when things to go well. Will recheck the opens in maybe 3 weeks because the bulls were still running with them. It just seems to work okay to leave the bulls in until weaning, and the late calves make good enough yearlings.
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