Posted by billonthefarm on April 10, 2010 at 19:40:43 from (98.108.64.166):
About a week ago while doing chores here at home I was looking at one of the heifers in the feedlot while she was eating. I stood there for a minute and then I hollered at nick. I said "you notice anything about that heifer?" He walked over and said "yep, shes pregnant". I put my head down and said "I was hoping I was seeing things". Sooooo we had a pregnant heifer in muddy feedlot eating a lot of grain everyday, this is a problem. We sorted her off a couple days later and got her over to the Higgs farm with the rest of the heifers and cows. Of course the big concern was how big is this calf going to be. She has been in the feedlot since august and has been getting a heavy ground ear corn diet. She was in a seperate pen at the Higgs farm so we could keep and eye on here and work with her when the time came. Well today was the day. Logan and I went over there a second time this morning and she was going to try to have the calf soon. After me pacing around the shed for a couple hours waiting on her, my friend tom came and pulled him for us. His front feet were turned back. Tom turned his feet and we tried pulling by hand but had no luck. I got the racthet puller out of the office and in a couple minutes we had him out and with mom. So we lost a heifer in the feedlot but gained a cow and a nice bull calf. Tom was very fast and efficent in getting him out but we put a pretty hard pull on his front legs. He was very wobbly with his fronts and his back legs wanted to slip on the concrete. I held him up for a minute and he got his balance and this was him standing nervously on his own the first time. You guys think we are nuts but some animals get names around here, it just happens. Meet Orlistus. We had a neighbor pass away this past week and that was his real first name, most of us knew him as bob. So this way I will remember his real name and think of my neighbor everytime I see this little calf running around the pasture. I am a little goofy like that. Mom and calf are doing fine. I guess we will add her to the cow herd now.
Lesson for the day. Never underestimate the value of a good friend, especially the kind that will come help pull a calf when they should be putting their own NH3 on, thanks tom! bill
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Logan and I went over there a second time this morning and she was going to try to have the calf soon. After me pacing around the shed for a couple hours waiting on her, my friend tom came and pulled him for us. His front feet were turned back. Tom turned his feet and we tried pulling by hand but had no luck. I got the racthet puller out of the office and in a couple minutes we had him out and with mom. So we lost a heifer in the feedlot but gained a cow and a nice bull calf.