It must be October...
we are weaning calves
It took a few days to round up
all of the cow and calf pairs,
sort them out and load up the calves
in livestock trailers and haul
them to the weaning barn...
The calves are 6 to 8 months of age...
The calves are in the barn for
the next 2 weeks...
Most of the mama cows are a few miles
away at different locations, but there
are a few that live in the pasture behind
the weaning barn, so they come up to the
barn and bawl at their calves...
Inside the weaning barn, the Cowboy
has set up bale feeders, a watering trough,
protein lick tubs and salt blocks
and a whole lot of wheat straw bedding
to keep the calves comfortable.
The mama cows are not very happy
with this arrangement...
Every morning when we come to
feed the calves and bed the barn with straw,
we get the stare down from the mama cows...
The mama cows are expecting babies in February
so they need a break before their
new calves are born.
October also brings gourds...
lots of tiny, cute ones !
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