On Saturday night I got my last calf! I ended up pulling it, as it appeared as though some of the afterbirth was making an entrance with the calf. Of course, this happened to me years ago and the calf was dead; you are always gun shy of the things […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
Welcome to the middle of March and hearing that we are going to have some warmer weather this week makes me feel great. These last couple mornings were not feeling too spring like! I am waiting on my last four to calve well I am not sure I am waiting […]
Another busy week of calves and I am happy to say as I write this, I only have eight left to calve! Six of them will be soon and the other two seem to be on their own schedule. Many of my calves are sporting some cool names from our […]
Well, I had a little melt-down this weekend. I have told you about the elk that end up here every winter and how I try to feed them south of my place to keep them away from my cows and my stored hay. Naturally this year I wasn’t planning on […]
Something hit me as I was catching up on my calving book today – I still haven’t written my Christmas letter! I never get to it until at least mid-January, but this is bad. Calves are just starting to come, and you can bet this will be a busy week […]
Well, I have started calving! My first one arrived last Thursday and now we will see a lot more action this week. I was hoping the -40 weather would be behind us, but it looks like a cold end of the week as well. If it isn’t cold, then it […]
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I seem to have the “winter blues!” Maybe I’m just worrying about too many things and it’s starting to get to me, or maybe I am just looking forward to sunshine! The sunrise was absolutely stunning this am, but it has […]
Well, I made the mistake of figuring out how many bales I fed in January. Then I had a hot flash. I hope that it was just because of the cold weather otherwise, even with the stuff I bought, I am going to be a little to close for comfort. […]
It seems that we either have -35 or snow these days. Neither of which most of us enjoy. I have my hopes up that once we get through this cold snap it will be clear sailing to spring. The best part of the -35 days is the sunshine, provided there […]
134 more days until June 1. That is the date I aim to feed my cows until. January is a long month of feeding, but we are halfway through it. I was able to purchase a bit more hay and it could be arriving this week and it should put […]
Here we are nearing the middle of what it supposed to be a long month! I am still working on getting back on track…Maybe that just never happens for me. Since I am working from home, I am trying to divide my time between office and housework, both of which […]
Happy New Year! 2022 – wow! Mother Nature showed us some true old-fashioned temperatures, but it may have been just what the Dr ordered to keep us all tucked away safely at home. New Years was never my thing unless it was a bonfire and snow machining. I liked to […]
