It's a nice afternoon, so why not come along as we do our daily evening welfare check on the Angus cows and their calves? We've found the easiest way to check cattle is to feed them grain so they associate us with something they love to eat, and gather round the 4-wheeler. We're checking to see if everyone is healthy. When a cow or calf is sick, they'll sometimes separate themselves from the herd, and their ears may droop. Overall we're checking everyone's general condition: are they eating well, do they look alert? Potential problems we hope NOT to find are : Signs of hypocalcaemia (milk fever), or mastitis (udder infection)in the cows, or symptoms of scours (diarrhea) in the calves. Since cattle can't tell us their problems, it's up to us to be vigilant and to catch and treat issues quickly, so we check the herd several times a day.
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ABOUT ME: My husband and I have a farm in northeast Kansas where we have a cattle herd, and raise row crops (corn and soybeans). Hubby has been farming all his life, but I came late to this farming thing when we married over 10 years ago. My videos show the daily doings on the farm from calving to corn harvest, and everything in between. Farming is a 365 day per year job, all day and sometimes into the night. It is by turns frustrating, exhausting, full of hardship and disappointment. But it also has many rewards, from the glory of a sunrise over a field of corn just popping up in the spring, to watching a calf take it's first breath.