When cattle get out and you get a phone call in the middle of the night that you have several cows in the road-- it's aggravating. When it's snowing and you are on a tractor riding down the road with images of "Dumb and Dumber" with snot frozen to their face to feed hay-- it's miserable. I am so glad I don't live up North!
But, in the Spring when you ride out to check cows and you see a calf that wasn't there the day before nursing on its mother it makes it all worth those horrible days.
This is one of the best times of the year...calving season. This is when all of the planning and management comes into play and you get to enjoy seeing calves being born. All of the cows are on Spring pasture and are rotated every week. After pregnancy checking we know we should have about 65 calves being born this Spring so we check them daily in case any of the mothers have some problems. I love what we do!
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