Visit from the Vet
The Farmer and the vet from Crawford County Veterinary Clinic
We worked the cattle on Saturday, but today we had a visit from the vet. He was here to do a preg check on all the fall breeding cows. As each one went through the chute, the vet would tell us if they were pregnant and give as an approximate point of how far along they are.
We had 16 cows that needed to be preg checked. Unfortunately, two were open (not pregnant) and one of them was #11, the crazy cow that jumped the fence on Saturday. She jumped it again today. So we don’t know if she is bred or not.
The Farmer is not happy. 🙁 And well he shouldn’t be. This cow knows exactly what to do to get out, and she’s not soon to forget it. Our choices are to build a higher fence, give her lead poison, or wait until she’s too old to jump. We can’t afford to build higher and lead is too scarce, so I guess we’ll just have to wait until she gets too old.
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“two were open (not pregnant) and one of them was #11” OK…I get that two were open but one of them was ?????
Oh, sorry. “one of them was #11” means that is the number of the cow. Instead of giving them a name, we give our cows a number. On Saturday the same cow jumped the fence so she didn't get her tags and now we don't know if she is bred. Oh well, time will tell.