Five In Bull Pen

We wean calves in small batches for a couple of reasons. The first reason being that we only have one set of six green weaner clips, these are the nose clips that are inserted into the nose of a calf so they are not able to nurse from their mother. The second reason for small batch weaning is that we have our births spread out over seven to nine months. We wean calves after six months old and try not to go past nine months old because the cows are already bred and busy forming next years calf.

So far we have successfully weaned three small batches of calves and transplanted them on the house side of the river where the first order of business is to remove the weaner clips. The clips are taken to the house where they can be cleaned, disinfected, dried and stored for the next batch to be weaned. Then we can spoil the newly weaned calves with all the chopped apples, hay and our special mix of grass seed screening grain that they desire.

The heifers (young females) out of the weaning groups are kept in the small pastures around my show barn where I get the pleasure of feeding them twice a day. The bulls (young males) are first pampered in my show barn then transplanted once again into the bull pen for Mike to care for where they have the larger pastures and their own barn as they begin to transition into puberty.

The bull count so far is up to five in the bull pen and they are very happy.

For those who recall the firewood bundling story, a corner of this barn is filled with dry, cured firewood and the wrapping machine. We spend time in this barn processing the firewood into labeled bundles. The five bulls expect that they will get a treat if someone walks out to their barn and love watching us as we bundle up and load the firewood onto pallets. We try not to let them down with a treat of a sliced apple now and again.

The curious bulls are #36 Applause, #37 Bluff, #39 Rudy, #41 BoBridges, and #43 Phil. Each of these bulls have their own story on the website about their births ranging from January to March 2019.

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