We finally got our snow. There's about a foot of it on the ground, which is a good thing, we needed the moisture.
It's also calving time on the farm. Our cows calve outside but not usually in this much snow. We have a couple of new heifers-first time calvers- that I'm a bit concerned about. One girl is very 'petite' and she's ready to drop any day now.
So it's up and outside early every morning to check and then in three or four hour intervals until 10 or 11 at night. I dread crawling from my warm bed, throwing some boots and a coat on and going outside. My honey and I take turns, but I'm thinking I'm pretty lazy. Once outside it's actually pretty nice. The cattle are so big and pregnant that they let you scratch them under their chins and rub their ears, it's easier than trying to move away from you. :)
Our only milk cow should calve sometime in the next two weeks. Fresh milk again! Our daughter is getting a couple of pigs to raise on the milk. We go through a lot of bacon and this might be a way to save a bit of money while eating "healthy bacon"? Is there such a thing?
I think I'll call it a day a bit early.
Good night.
Mar 1, 2012
Calving Time
We finally got our snow. There's about a foot of it on the ground, which is a good thing, we needed the moisture.
It's also calving time on the farm. Our cows calve outside but not usually in this much snow. We have a couple of new heifers-first time calvers- that I'm a bit concerned about. One girl is very 'petite' and she's ready to drop any day now.
So it's up and outside early every morning to check and then in three or four hour intervals until 10 or 11 at night. I dread crawling from my warm bed, throwing some boots and a coat on and going outside. My honey and I take turns, but I'm thinking I'm pretty lazy. Once outside it's actually pretty nice. The cattle are so big and pregnant that they let you scratch them under their chins and rub their ears, it's easier than trying to move away from you. :)
Our only milk cow should calve sometime in the next two weeks. Fresh milk again! Our daughter is getting a couple of pigs to raise on the milk. We go through a lot of bacon and this might be a way to save a bit of money while eating "healthy bacon"? Is there such a thing?
I think I'll call it a day a bit early.
Good night.
It's also calving time on the farm. Our cows calve outside but not usually in this much snow. We have a couple of new heifers-first time calvers- that I'm a bit concerned about. One girl is very 'petite' and she's ready to drop any day now.
So it's up and outside early every morning to check and then in three or four hour intervals until 10 or 11 at night. I dread crawling from my warm bed, throwing some boots and a coat on and going outside. My honey and I take turns, but I'm thinking I'm pretty lazy. Once outside it's actually pretty nice. The cattle are so big and pregnant that they let you scratch them under their chins and rub their ears, it's easier than trying to move away from you. :)
Our only milk cow should calve sometime in the next two weeks. Fresh milk again! Our daughter is getting a couple of pigs to raise on the milk. We go through a lot of bacon and this might be a way to save a bit of money while eating "healthy bacon"? Is there such a thing?
I think I'll call it a day a bit early.
Good night.
2 comments:
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Mama Pea said...
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Ugh. It's so hard to function effectively when you're a wee bit short on sleep. (Or a lot bit short on sleep!) But at the same time it's got to be exciting to see all the new calves.
Home-raised pork, bacon included, has got to be like a million times better to consume than the store bought stuff which might actually make you sick. We're getting itchy to raise a couple of pigs for the meat. Our good neighbor is an old farm boy and says he'd be glad to help us do the butchering. -
March 1, 2012 at 8:19 PM
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odiie said...
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Mama Pea-No calves yet, but I woke up to a couple more inches of snow. I think you should go ahead and get them pigs!!! :) Company on these adventures is comforting.
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March 3, 2012 at 7:36 AM
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Ugh. It's so hard to function effectively when you're a wee bit short on sleep. (Or a lot bit short on sleep!) But at the same time it's got to be exciting to see all the new calves.
Home-raised pork, bacon included, has got to be like a million times better to consume than the store bought stuff which might actually make you sick. We're getting itchy to raise a couple of pigs for the meat. Our good neighbor is an old farm boy and says he'd be glad to help us do the butchering.
Mama Pea-No calves yet, but I woke up to a couple more inches of snow. I think you should go ahead and get them pigs!!! :) Company on these adventures is comforting.
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