Weather: Continued cool and snow quickly disappearing.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. WG9: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Pasque Flowers and Mourning doves arrive via soil and sky. One more day in WG9. Assist (Wade and Carlyle) cow with temporary wire wrapped around hock.
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Weather: Continued cool and snow slowly melting into the ground.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. WG9: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Cows spend day in entire WG9. Easy to see the difference on the ground between the different levels in stock density. No new calves. The longer they hold off the better to avoid premature calves. Weather: Cool and overcast and yes, kind of muddy.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. EG10-WG9: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: In late morning moved cows back to WG6 to clean up grass missed in the storm. Feed day. Tough day calving. Two old cows and one middle-aged cow slipped their calves. Not sure if the stress from the storm may have played a role. Not uncommon at the beginning of calving but disconcerting, nevertheless. Weather: Fresh light snow welcomes a sunny calm morning.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. EG10: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Easter Sunday. No moves today and no feed day. I hope we can return to every other day feeding now that grass is opening back up and temperatures are warming. I heard my first Long-billed Curlew-late arriving like everything else. I did see two early flowers barely up pre-storm-Phlox hoodi and Townsendia hookeri, both ground hugging early perennials. The April Pink Moon is just passing as is in named after a pink phlox. Weather: Very calm and clear in the morning changing to clouds and east winds, then light snow at bedtime.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw (1 bale every other day). EG: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Cows break into EG10 mid-day. We fence off about 50 acres and leave then there and feed in the afternoon. 5 Pairs so far. Weather: Less wind and a slow warming trend in place.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. EG9: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: While this snow won’t break the drought, it seems like a change in the right direction. How quickly the hard crusted snow softens with longer light and warming temps. Meadowlarks keep singing through it all. Continue to feed alfalfa daily until more grass opens up with melting weather. Calf group mixes with cow mob. Weather: Storm passes leaving cold and persistent winds.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. Calves and lame cows Still escaped. WG6: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Cows remain in EG9 with good protection. We continue to feed alfalfa supplement daily to offset some likely condition loss due to the severe cold, as we are so close to calving (3 pairs so far). While not planned, 2 lame cows and 9 light calves join the main mob. We begin early morning check for new calves. Weather: Storm passes leaving cold and persistent winds.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. Calves and lame cows Still escaped. WG6: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Cows float through sagebrush and draws finding grass and avoiding brutal winds. We start new water in east Griffith 9 and feed cows close. Find and heat up new calf and tub with colostrum and return to mother. All good as day ends. Oh, and the baby chicks miraculously arrive safely with Dana picking them up off the last FedX flight at midnight in Billings. Snow and wind overwhelm Baby calf lays warm and full What is birth and death? Weather: Storm with snow and strong north winds arrives during the night and continues all day.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. Calves and lame cows Still escaped. WG6: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: No moves and no fencing. Just let cows make their way among new snow and wind. Weather: Cool with cloud build up to the west.
Corrals: 17 Bulls. Full feed straw. Calves and lame cows Still escaped. WG6: Cows (416 includes some dries) Entry: Prep for coming storm. Made one small move (18 acres) and then opened the rest of the paddock in late afternoon to allow cows to drift and non-selectively graze during the predicated storm. Decided to feed again in case we could not feed on the next day. |
Bill Milton
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