Not much new....we had a thaw here the past few days, temperatures getting in the mid 50's, which, after 10 degrees since forever, felt like summer!!
Of course all the snow and ice is melting FAST, which means alot of run off; water everywhere.....
The path the cattle made down through the pasture to the water is now a ridge of ice and turds that was compressed into ice by their daily walks to drink.
Quite honestly, it is a messy time of year, with piles of frozen manure everywhere, melting ice and manure, frozen hay and cattle who look as though their coats got trimmed with a weed-wacker...patches of bald skin, hair hanging in blobs...
They spend the nice days rubbing themselves on the trees and manure spreader parked in the yard....I guess anything to scratch off that ragged winter fur.
On another note I am excited to be looking for a new polled bull to add to our herd this year. Our bull Hawkeye will have babies on the ground starting in March, and after this breeding summer, will need to find a new home, as his daughters will be old enough to breed. Im enjoying the challenge of locating new bloodlines; and a challenge it will be, as there are few polled bulls of different bloodlines here in the eastern US. Right now I am considering some very nice polled animals from Washington state, which is REALLY far away......
If anyone reading this knows of a really nice polled bull out there either for sale or siring some calves this year, please let me know..
Enjoy this February thaw!
Picture of Miss Piggy and Mr. Bull on high ground from several years ago, late winter. I think it was the day after the barn roof was blown off....they look ever so slightly peeved...
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