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Open the Gate

Ever heard the saying, “like a cow staring at a gate?” Around here, cows stare and stand at gates and fences all the time and for all kinds of reasons. Most often, they just want someone to OPEN THE GATE!

They either want someone to open the gate and come in or open the gate so they can go out. We open gates to go in and feed or put out hay. But the cows especially like to go out of gates! They really like to go out of gates when you don’t want them to! When husband goes in to put out hay or do something really quick, he likes to leave the gate open…. and that’s when the cows choose to go out the gate!

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Sometimes…Life Just Happens

Sometimes we do all we can do and even then, the worst happens. Sometimes…life just happens!

We had a cow go into labor. After a few hours we knew something wasn’t right. We tried everything we could, but the calf was coming out butt first. The vet was called. The calf didn’t make it. The calf was removed and the cow wasn’t given good odds, but she made it overnight. She ate and drank and after a few days, it looked promising.

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Carry Water

We recently needed to make a pretty long drive hauling cattle. We had cattle headed to the North Dakota/Canada border and cattle headed back to MS from Canada, North Dakota and Arkansas! It was a long drive to make in under 72 hours!

We tried to be prepared. We had a water tank in the trailer, and after a certain number of hours, we gave all of us a break from driving! We stopped and gave the animals food and water and we had dinner as well. We had hay bags tied in the trailer for road snacking but feed and water had to wait for a lengthier stop. Husband filled buckets with water and allowed the cattle to drink what they wanted before we headed back out on the road.

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