Putting out hay in the maternity ward can be time consuming! You have to scrape the pad to get the old stuff off. Then bring in the new bale. Set in on end, cut off the wrap. Then lay it back on its side. Then roll the ring over. And if your strong as an ox as my husband, you lift it and flip it on end back over the bale. Me i cheat, i use the skid steer for all the heavy lifting!
Yesterday was a great day! We had our first cattle show for the year. Friday evening the kids and I got all the goodies for the show, fed the animals, got the truck and trailer hooked up while daddy was at a meeting. Then saturday we were up at 4:30 and pulling out of the driveway at 6. It was very cold, so I felt like I was packing the house. Garrett only took his Simmental heifer and showed her twice. He did soo awesome. He weighs 58 lbs and Bella weighs around 1150. And he did great. They played in the mud and hung out with all of their show friends. We got home around 10. And for the first time in 5 years we had sunday to recover. Now to prepare for next saturdays show in Henry County and Easter on Sunday. I'll try and get picts from show on soon.
This is one of our new babies. She as of yet does not have a name. We bought her mommy 3 years ago. The first year she calved her calf was breach, and we had to pull it. Last year her calf was a little large and she prolapsed (her uterus came out). We were able to get her back together and healthy. She had bulls calves both times, so we were hoping for a heifer this year. Yea, we have her. And shes just as pretty as her momma.
