➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Tesumph]

I think you guys are all way overthinking this. I just said I liked the country.

Probably. Overthinking is my middle name.

 

[R2elk]

Probably. Overthinking is my middle name.

Darn, all this time I thought it was your first and last names.

 

[Tesumph]

Actually had one prolapse on me a few years back when I pulled her calf. Yuck!

Yuck indeed. We had a prolapse this year as well. Got it to go back in by reducing the swelling with sugar, it was interesting to see.
Hubby’s favorite “horror farm story” is the time he and my FIL had to cut a deformed stillborn calf out of a cow with nothing but a pocket knife. The cow lived.

Can you tell I'm the record keeper.

A darn fine one at that! You keep the whole operation turning.

 

[Tesumph]

Darn, all this time I thought it was your first and last names.

Nope, that’s “Hot” and “Mess.”

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hoshi the gecko had his first waxworm tonight He was a big fan.

Tad is also excited because we bought 50 waxworms and that is way more than Hoshi should eat alone. Tad to the rescue!

Awesome!! Bet she loved that!!

You will do better on your next test.
The calves and moms were less vocal by the end of day two. This morning even fewer were bawling.
But 7 weaning calves crossed thru the barb wire over a water terrace into a pasture with young fall calf pairs. We had to move the rest of the calves up to the heifer pasture, move the moms to the weaning pasture and work the weaning calves out. Good thing we finally have cooler temperatures...made the work much easier.


Bet they were pretty. Love Black-eyed Susans.
My perennial Ageratum is blooming now.

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MIL would tie brown paper sack on her giant sunflower heads to allow the seeds today and drop in the sack. This also protected her seed from birds and squirrels.


First time moms were young heifers here and learn the routines just like the other cows. They are more protective with their first calves. It is like a first time moms is hyper vigilant with her first child and more relaxed with her successive babies.



Good for you!

Brangus are great mothers! Love the baldies too.
We only have 440 acres so run about about 250 head at any given time.
One of our pastures last year. All the reds are gone now.
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We used to have Brangus and Limosin but have been slowly making the transition to Angus. We use registered bulls on second time moms and older. We have a great low birthweight commercial Angus bull for our first time heifers.
We use 4 bulls with divided pastures for spring and fall calving and have 4 young bulls growing to replace.
We run 110 momma cows with calves. Most are FB Angus. We have 80 calves aged 6 months and younger.
There are 20 older steers on pasture finishing out for market.
We have 19 keeper heifers, some ready to go to a bull when twenty months old. We like our moms to be about thirty months old when they first calve...easier on both them and us. I'm getting a little old to be pulling calves. Actually had one prolapse on me a few years back when I pulled her calf. Yuck!
Of the 23 calves we are now weaning, 19 will go to market.
We have three fall cows left to calve this year.
Then calving begins again in the spring.
Can you tell I'm the record keeper.

The squirrels don’t rip the paper off??

And ahh okay. That makes sense. Good analogy. Thanks.

And wow that is a lot of cows!

But you are an excellent record keeper!!

Not sure I’d be able to keep track of all that.

Btw love the pictures

Oh gosh. We just bought waxworms to hopefully put some fat on IV before she goes lights out for winter. She’s started showing signs of brumating but she’s still not the weight that I want her to be.

Anyway, I offered them to Finn thinking she would refuse since she won’t touch mealworms with a 10ft pole.
She ate about 20 of them before I had to cut her off. I’m half expecting her to throw them up, but.. nope. She’s currently hunting around her tank for more.

Oh wow that’s hilarious.

Also, beardies hibernate!?

Oh man. I had heard butterworms and waxworms are like crack for geckos. If you let them, they will get addicted and refuse all other food. You might need to have a talk with Finn about the dangers of worm dependency

Probably. Overthinking is my middle name.

Mine too! I’d probably be a lot less anxious if I didn’t do that

Darn, all this time I thought it was your first and last names.

Nope, that’s “Hot” and “Mess.”

are we sisters!?

Yuck indeed. We had a prolapse this year as well. Got it to go back in by reducing the swelling with sugar, it was interesting to see.
Hubby’s favorite “horror farm story” is the time he and my FIL had to cut a deformed stillborn calf out of a cow with nothing but a pocket knife. The cow lived.

A darn fine one at that! You keep the whole operation turning.

Eeeeewwww that is nasty! And also sounds quite traumatizing

And X2!!!

 

[Tesumph]

Also, beardies hibernate!?

Yup. It’s a little unpredictable but they’ll sleep anywhere from 3 weeks to 6 months (most brumate for 2-3 months).
Last year she slept for all of February; I suspect she’ll sleep longer this year.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yup. It’s a little unpredictable but they’ll sleep anywhere from 3 weeks to 6 months (most brumate for 2-3 months).
Last year she slept for all of February; I suspect she’ll sleep longer this year.

Huh, that’s very interesting. I never knew that. Thanks. Are beardies the only ones that hibernate or do other lizards/geckos too?

 

[Tesumph]

Huh, that’s very interesting. I never knew that. Thanks. Are beardies the only ones that hibernate or do other lizards/geckos too?

Yes, all reptiles experience some degree of brumation.
Tropical reptiles probably won’t fully brumate since their climate does not dramatically change, but their metabolic processes and body will still slow down. Less heat and UVB rays means less ability to catch and digest food.
Temperate reptiles have to brumate in the wild or they would die. Some tortoises for example live in extremely hot climates that freeze over the winter, so they dig deep underground burrows to survive.
This instinct is hardwired into pet reptiles, despite having constant temps, daylight hours, and food in captivity.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes, all reptiles experience some degree of brumation.
Tropical reptiles probably won’t fully brumate since their climate does not dramatically change, but their metabolic processes and body will still slow down. Less heat and UVB rays means less ability to catch and digest food.
Temperate reptiles have to brumate in the wild or they would die. Some tortoises for example live in extremely hot climates that freeze over the winter, so they dig deep underground burrows to survive.
This instinct is hardwired into pet reptiles, despite having constant temps, daylight hours, and food in captivity.

Thanks for all the info!! It’s very interesting! So do you have to do anything special when they go through it? Turn the lights off or anything?

 

[sdm111]