Faith from the Farm, Sharing as He leads!
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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It’s calving season again! It’s the point in time where we wait! Watching and waiting is fun and hard!
We check the cows several times a day during this time of year. One of the cows had her baby 10 days early and one had twins! Both were a bit unexpected! During calving season, you really don’t know what to expect.
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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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