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darrel in ND 
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 5:47pm |
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 6:27pm |
MMMM, looks like future good eatins. 
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 7:19pm |
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Got neighbor who farms a good bit but says his cows are what he loves. He does well with them.
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 7:30pm |
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Good healthy looking calves! We had 1/2 Angus holstein cross born one year and it was cold. Calves lost the tips of their ears but remained healthy!
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 9:33pm |
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they look good, i think they are better off in the frosten cold than in the rain and mud
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:01pm |
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Looking good guys. The only darn thing around her, young cat lay'd down and had 8 baby cats. It's the one the old gal claims as her personal pal. Dam things gonna get fixed fast.
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:10pm |
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Hey Darrel, where's the TV? Leon
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ihc pickups
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 7:46am |
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Darrel nice looking livestock.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:23am |
Looking good Darrel. Nice little shelter you have there, is that like a 3 sided shelter they can go into "free choice" so to speak? Suppose a cow isn't smart enough to go in there to calve. I should be starting here in a couple weeks.
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:45am |
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Ok, I have to ask, is there a reason for the different coloured ear tags ?
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:48am |
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Nice looking cows and calves. It always amazes me how they can give birth in cold weather and do so well. One would think the calves would freeze to death being dumped out all wet into the cold. Quite a shock to them I'll bet. Thanks for sharing those pictures. Always like pictures.
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:16am |
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Ok, I have to ask, is there a reason for the different coloured ear tags ?
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I do Yellow for females, Blue for males. There's other ways to tell that, but my way you don't have to get so close!  Looks like Darrel has more options than that on his farm. 
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:38am |
Yup, mine dropping calves as well. Get a kick out of cows that get pushed off feed due to pecking order all year but when they start calving, seems all get along as their calves are running together. About two weeks of age, start taking turns returning to graze with the rest of the herd and they leave the calves with one or two of the most easy going cows to baby sit.
Get the biggest kick out of watching the goobers chase each other like they are playing tag, run off to mamma to eat when hungry, take a nap, then repeat. Personalities, and attitude show up quickly as they form their own pecking order.
Fortunate to have met some folks this winter that want everything out of my current Brangus bull, every calf is spoken for via private treaty.
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 11:40am |
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The guy I help we have had 9 in the last couple of weeks All are doing good.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 2:04pm |
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Nice looking calves, how many more do you have to calf
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:05pm |
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Sold cows 10 years ago, the only part I miss is seeing those babies laying around.
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:54pm |
LeonR2013 wrote:
Hey Darrel, where's the TV? Leon |
What's a TV supposed to be for....? Darrel
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:54pm |
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Dad never had a nice place to get the old girls in to calve. The last 1 I pulled out of a snow bank, little bull calf. I set him across my shoulders. Front legs on 1 side of my head, back legs on the other side. Dang little guy peed down my back. But got him home, warmed up, and back to momma that afternoon. He survived. Good looking calves guys.
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:55pm |
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Dad never had a nice place to get the old girls in to calve. The last 1 I pulled out of a snow bank, little bull calf. I set him across my shoulders. Front legs on 1 side of my head, back legs on the other side. Dang little guy peed down my back. But got him home, warmed up, and back to momma that afternoon. He survived. Good looking calves guys.
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:56pm |
SteveM C/IL wrote:
Got neighbor who farms a good bit but says his cows are what he loves. He does well with them. |
I would have to say that I am probably the opposite of your neighbor. I'd rather farm. But that doesn't seem to be in the cards for me. Darrel
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:58pm |
HudCo wrote:
they look good, i think they are better off in the frosten cold than in the rain and mud |
Couldn't agree more. If it would stay between 20 and 30 degrees for calving season, that would be ideal. Darrel
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:00pm |
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Darrel nice looking livestock. |
Thanks, Darrel
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:02pm |
Tbone95 wrote:
Looking good Darrel. Nice little shelter you have there, is that like a 3 sided shelter they can go into "free choice" so to speak? Suppose a cow isn't smart enough to go in there to calve. I should be starting here in a couple weeks. |
Yes the calf shelter is three sided. Calves can come and go as they please. They get pretty used to going in there when it gets cold or windy. It's not high enough for a cow to go in there. Darrel
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:05pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
Ok, I have to ask, is there a reason for the different coloured ear tags ?
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Initially, each of the kids had cows, and so each kid had a different color tag to signify whose was whose. The kids do technically still own their own cows, but they don't collect much $$$. But only one of them is around to do the work, so I guess it's fair. Darrel
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:05pm |
tadams(OH) wrote:
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About 85 to go yet. Darrel
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 11:08pm |
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great looking babies Darrel! i'll be sure to show the old lady....ooooops...I mean the loving wife! nice shed and bedding too, she'll be proud of you! I love the one pic where the calf is sticking it's tongue out at you! thanks for posting the pics, I was wondering how things were going up there!
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Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 7:34am |
shameless dude wrote:
great looking babies Darrel! i'll be sure to show the old lady....ooooops...I mean the loving wife! nice shed and bedding too, she'll be proud of you! I love the one pic where the calf is sticking it's tongue out at you! thanks for posting the pics, I was wondering how things were going up there! |
actually, my son took the picture with the calf sticking it's tongue out. It was his favorite picture, too. Darrel
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Posted: 20 Mar 2020 at 7:41pm |
Maybe it is the old movies of Jimmy Stewart in the Rare Breed or John Wayne in the Cowboys or Red River, I don't know, but raising cattle has got to be the most romantic occupation on the face of the earth. Low waged, hardest work, and highest reward.
I don't know how I missed your post Darrel. Thank you for the P. M. And may I ask how Dakota Snow is doing?
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Posted: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:09pm |
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showed the old lady....oooops….I mean the loving wife your pics...she loved them and are waiting for more!
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