A Lot Of Moving

About ten days ago we placed a green nose clip (green weaner) in bull #48 who is now eight months old. After we had the clip in place we moved the main herd including #48 along with his mother across across the river. We brought the herd back over about five days later when we noticed them congregating along the fence at the Rabbit Run. They were ready to be moved and it was time to check on how #48 and his mother #7 were doing during their weaning time.

When we brought the herd out toward the barnyard we noticed the mother #7 was still very full of milk and was squirting as she walked. The bull calf #48 was walking near her but not acting like he was trying to nurse so the weaner clip was doing its job. We moved the herd into the barn where we sorted #7 into his own pen then opened the gates to the awaiting stocktrailer and he walked right in.

We opened the gates so the main herd could get to the minerals that we had placed for them along with all the small grass fields and areas around the logging roads and perimeters of the big hay field for them to graze. We hauled #7 over to the show barn where we penned him securely while we went to get him a pen mate to hang out with.

We separated the the two bulls that were currently left in the bull pen, #39 and #41. Many of you remember the stories of #41 as being my stalker, so now he won’t be able to watch me the hours I am bundling firewood but will see me a couple of hours each day during the show barn feedings that I am in charge of.

Anyway, since we only had one bull #39 left in the bull pen, we had to find someone to keep him company. The two show cows along with their young calves are ready to be bred so we moved the four of them out to the bull pen with #39.

The early morning serenades of the young adult bulls as they acted like teenagers boasting about finding girls stopped immediately since #39 is too busy trying to establish his bullishness over the two show cows and #41 is locked far enough away to not be goaded into bull sessions. Although #41 has been heard calling out from the show barn now and again, but not the serious caterwauling that the pair had been doing over the last month.

#41 is getting along well with his new pen mate #7. Part because #41 no longer has to compete with the piggish manners at the feed trough that used to cause battles to break out with #39. Calf #7 has now had his green weaning clip removed and is eating all the hay he wants. He is really starting to like the ration of grain that he is getting twice a day.

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