Today was such a great day! After lightly snowing on Monday today seemed so much nicer. It ended up being warm even from the very early morning and got up to 65 degrees this afternoon, with sunshine, and a nice light warm breeze. We also are getting settled into our responsibilities and routines for calving now. Today I brought the milking cows in at 7:30 to a beautiful sunrise over the snow-capped mountains. I helped with milking and then moved some calves around. I got to watch Brittany at work with the calves today. It is pretty cool to see her getting right into it on the farm and taking care of those calves.
We had our big pre-calving meeting with the staff after lunch and went over treating sick cattle, taking care of the effluent, and walking through the typical schedule, and we also were assigned our responsibilities for calving. I am responsible for feeding out the supplements (palm kernel and baleage), minerals, and other mircros that the cows will be getting. I will also have my own small mob of cows to look after on the farm.
After that we brought ten more cows that calved today up to get milked, and separated another 40 cows from the herd that I will be looking after that need special treatment. Then there was shifting break-fences and milking again, and helping Brittany finish feeding the calves. It felt like a full day where we got a lot done. I really enjoyed it!
We had our big pre-calving meeting with the staff after lunch and went over treating sick cattle, taking care of the effluent, and walking through the typical schedule, and we also were assigned our responsibilities for calving. I am responsible for feeding out the supplements (palm kernel and baleage), minerals, and other mircros that the cows will be getting. I will also have my own small mob of cows to look after on the farm.
After that we brought ten more cows that calved today up to get milked, and separated another 40 cows from the herd that I will be looking after that need special treatment. Then there was shifting break-fences and milking again, and helping Brittany finish feeding the calves. It felt like a full day where we got a lot done. I really enjoyed it!
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