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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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It Was an Inside Job

We have this steer that has become quite the escape artist. He and a heifer were in the catch pen together being fed for slaughter. The heifer had her date with the freezer, but this guy still has a bit more time. Now that he is alone, he gets bored. He has learned how to open all the gates in the catch pen.

Husband would turn handles certain ways to prevent cows from opening gates. That doesn’t work with this steer. He opens gates and undoes chains! Husband has had to tie gates shut and still we have issues. Now the steer is letting other cattle out and not just himself!

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On The Good Days & On The Bad Days Too

Recently, life dealt us a bit of a blow. We have waited with great expectation for our “Jersey Girl” to calve. It didn’t turn out anything like we would have planned. We are struggling with this one. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of a few things, on the good days and on the bad days too.

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Our Jersey was due to calve around Christmas. We watched and waited and checked on her several times a day. She was even moved to a special place in the barn for the Christmas cold, just in case. Christmas came and went with no calf. Due dates are just dates and calves can come early or late, so we waited.

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