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Re: Favorite farm activities???
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Posted by Michael Soldan on January 21, 2006 at 12:29:52 from (24.235.41.226):
In Reply to: Favorite farm activities??? posted by dave from MN on January 21, 2006 at 11:46:08:
Welp,birthing calves is something that I really enjoy, its not pleasant work and I usually need a shower when I'm done but pulling that calf and seeing its eyes move, telling me its alive and then helping it to its feet or to its mother..that's a feeling of accomplishment , a feeling of joy at life and I take pride in those calves to see this new life instinctively move to its mother, wobbling on its feet. I had to pull 4 this spring out of 5 heifer/first timers. Two of those pulls were critical, one calf had its tongue out , turned blue, I thought I was pulling a dead calf, what joy to see its eyes move and then to realize it is breathing, by the time I was done all three of us were exhausted, heifer laid for nearly 4 hours before she got up calf about the same time..me I was tired out and covered in the mess. Other heifer was about the same time down, got the calf's head and shoulders out , then they usually just slide out but not this one, big hipped calf half out and me pulling all I could pull...3/4ths of an hour and I got the calf...so there are fun jobs around a farm but this is one job that you have to be good at, patient and be there...so there is a pride and sense of accomplishment to say I got all my calves, didn't lose a one! PS. I guess I would be lying if I didn't say that there is the economic factor in birthing the calf as well, but I enjoy the whole process....Mike in Exeter Ontario
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