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I locked up the 2 younger drakes this afternoon from the Pekin/khaki group. What a difference in just a couple hours! My mature fella doesn't run after the young ducks like these 2 boys have. I am really not having hen luck in the ducks this year. Normally I don't get many boys. These 2 are freezer bound for sure, terrorizing all my duck hens.
Going to be weaning my little Daisy May - Pixie's calf very soon. We have to remove her horn buds also. Will be doing her cousin Dixie's bull calf the same day, and my Jersey/Angus mix bull calf. We will do vaccs that day as well. Horns are too dangerous for a handler, and the other cows. After Daisy is weaned we start training to a lead and learning to be a milk cow. I think my friend's daughter wants to show her in 4H next summer which will be a big help too. My cow milk stanchion is almost done! So very soon, I can train both my adult cows to it and the other calves too. Aside from milking, I use stanchions to do vaccinations and hoof care on both cow and goat herds too. DH built the goat stanchion like 2 years ago and its been very helpful. I don't need another pair of hands.
Going to be weaning my little Daisy May - Pixie's calf very soon. We have to remove her horn buds also. Will be doing her cousin Dixie's bull calf the same day, and my Jersey/Angus mix bull calf. We will do vaccs that day as well. Horns are too dangerous for a handler, and the other cows. After Daisy is weaned we start training to a lead and learning to be a milk cow. I think my friend's daughter wants to show her in 4H next summer which will be a big help too. My cow milk stanchion is almost done! So very soon, I can train both my adult cows to it and the other calves too. Aside from milking, I use stanchions to do vaccinations and hoof care on both cow and goat herds too. DH built the goat stanchion like 2 years ago and its been very helpful. I don't need another pair of hands.