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Weather: Colder and mostly calm with snow melting sunshine in the afternoon.
Where: Cows (199) in L-10. 5th split. S: 3 + 1 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. New split for 2 days. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 17th split. Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: All groups move to new splits. Two lovely RL Hawkes playfully hovering around headquarters midday.
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Weather: Reasonably cold with a skiff of snow.
Where: Cows (199) in L-10. 4th split. S: 3 + 1 + 1 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: No moves today. Quiet and a light workload as 2024 is coming to its end. Some last-minute work in town for our local Foundations Endowment Campaign. Weather: Turning colder with light rain at end of day. Maybe some snow later.
Where: Cows (199) in L-10. 4th split. S: 3 + 1 + 1 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Cows move to 4th split. This whole north sandy area of L (8,9,19, and 11) harboring a troublesome presence of Japanese Brome. With more help and time, I would do multiple daily splits to knock more feed down. Chickadees, starlings, rock doves, and Huns with occasional RL Hawkes seems to be our stripped down current resident bird crew… Weather: Mild with stronger winds ending the day-bringing in a cooler and wetter trend.
Where: Cows (199) in L-10. 3rd splits. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. Move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Cows and Pfister groups both move. Need to be paying attention to pine trees at Pfister’s as cooler and wetter weather begin to settle in. Attended memorial service for Victoria Seitz’ Mother Helen. Flushed a short-eared owl while moving cows an event not so common of late. Weather:
Where: Cows (199) in L-10. 2nd split. S: 3 + 1 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Steady routine repetition. Weather: Some light rain, strong winds at times, and cooler.
Where: Cows (199) in L-11-10. S: 3 + 1 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Late afternoon I opened the first split in L-10. Feeding calves on the backside of LS-2. Larger splits due to roughness of terrain. We harvested 13 Ad/acre in L-11. Weather: Calm and very pleasant.
Where: Cows (199) in L-11. 7th split (no split today). S: 0 + 0 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split (no moves). Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Cows cause me some self-inflicted angst mostly resulting from being in a hurry. How quickly one can lose it…and how quickly you can get it back. Four coyotes observed returning home. Lovely Christmas dinner at the Adolph’s.
Weather: Days begins with bracing SW wind then turning milder.
Where: Cows (199) in L-11. 7th split. S: 3 + 0 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 17th split. Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls in BW-2. Livestock Inventory change: Health: All group move to 2-to-3-day splits allowing for less chore time over Christmas. Tyler heads to Colorado for a few days. Cows move to last split in L-11 the farthest paddock from the headquarters. Nice to get this ground grazed during mild weather. Observe Prairie Falcon on way out of paddock. I finally have almost all bulls (except two) located with the fence hot in BW-2. Weather: Continued pleasant pattern with some SW winds.
Where: Cows (199) in L-11. 6th split. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (every other day) Bred 2’s (55) and 3’s (35) at Pfister’s. No move today. S: 0 + 0 + 0 (light supp consumption) Calves (248) in LS-2. 16th split. Supp:1 bale grass hay, tubs, mineral and salt. Bulls (16) Bulls all over. I need a replan. Livestock Inventory change: Health: Continued rhythm of daily moves and checks. Ryan and crew get new protective housing around 3 new tanks. May address old tank at winter facility. |
Bill Milton
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