George has a daily job. Check the cows. Looking for any standing back; not eating; drooping head; ears not upright; not alert; bad gait.
Locates two and separates them from the main herd. Takes
them to a pen. Takes temperature. Inject with oxytetracycline. Isolate all the
sick ones. A couple are getting better.
Back to the herd.
Heath feeds the cows a mixture of silage, barley, oats.
Needs to be adjusted going by computer programme. This winter so far eight cows
been lost. For difficult ones get a second opinion from vet. Haemophilus has
killed two cows. That’s $1000 gone. Cows are money in the bank. If they survive
winter in fall they will be sold off.
Heath and
George de-horn the cattle. Drops of blood on the snow. They enjoy the physical
work. It warms them up. Big variation in horns. Lot don’t have any
horns.
-12 outside. Very cold. George goes inside to change his
snow boots. Leaves boots by the fire to warm up.
Branding iron to stop the bleeding of the cows.
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