Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[Ridgetop]

One thing after another! At lest with owning the farm yoi can invest in the good bull gates and fencing yoi want instead of having to just do a "fix it quick".

If they are not weaned calves, then we do not separate them from the cows until they get on the trailer to go to the sale. If we separated them last night, they would have been screaming, the cows would have been screaming, and fences and gates would have been taking a beating and the calves would have dropped 25-50 lbs overnight.

Same with the sheep. Separate from mom and load in the trailer. Easier for us because we have far fewer and they are smaller animals.

 

[farmerjan]

Turned out to be a good day at the market after hearing that prices were off $.10-.20 a lb. I am so sticky from the heat/humidity that i am going in to take a shower... If not too tired after, I will post prices and all that.....but it was a good day overall....

 

[farmerjan]

I'm going to bed... have to get up and leave by 4 to go test so will wait to post things tomorrow....

Really STOKED with the info @Mike CHS posted on his journal... about the ivermectin studies that have been analyzed by people in Japan... and that their medical doctor/advisor whatever, has publically announced after studying all the different studies, that they are RECOMMENDING that doctors start using Ivermectin in early treatment of COVID patients.... and they had 113 different studies they researched and most had control groups and all referenced....But if I don't go to bed NOW... I know I won't hear the alarm....

 

[Ridgetop]

About time that the doctors start doing their homework and finding cures. They need to ignore the WOKE nutters, CNN, foolish Fauci, and start listening to real virologists and epidemiologists instead of CDC and WHO.

Instead of slavishly following the politicization of this Covid by the government, and shutting down interviews and papers by doctors about cures and treatments, the media needs to back off. And the teachers' unions around the country need to stop telling the CDC what to do about masks, etc. Stop telling our children how stupid their parents are, stop trying to teach them politics, and just teach them to read at grade level, do math (racist or not!), and write a complete sentence with proper punctuation and spelling!!!

Covid variants will develop and spread, but are not as deadly as the original strain. Most people that get it now get mild cases. The new variants coming up from South and Central America are being brought by all the illegals coming over the border without any testing or vaccinations. For heaven sake, the government should just stop trying to terrify people, and encourage trying any treatments they can.

 

[Baymule]

Amen to that!

 

[Mini Horses]

Looks like hurricaine Ida will be a huge flood event for gulf coast but it seems it will possibly bring a good heavy rain to you Jan! Hoping so, as I know you need it. Not thinking much of anything here and that's good, too.

Hot. Been real humid. Little relief from humidity for a day or two. I'll take it! I need to go cut grass. I see about 10 acres of hay has been rowed, ready to bale. Probably later today. It's taken a little longer to dry with so much humidity.

 

[farmerjan]

Amen to that!

X100 from here

 

[farmerjan]

Been a LONG DAY here today.... but I got in a little bit ago, and it has been thundering and lightning so I was waiting to get a shower... passing to the east so will get a shower & wash my hair.... Tested this eve instead of this morning.... DUE to MY PROBLEMS with the car.... There is so much to catch up on for the last 2 days.... In a little bit....

 

[farmerjan]

WELL......Great morning..... We had 1.2 inches of rain last evening late.... after my shower it started to rain again. Got a good steady rain for a bit. It was wonderful.... I am very thankful....

Let's see, where to start. Left Sat morning to go to work... Was on the interstate and was going to go around a slower vehicle in the right lane, and there was another car coming so I was waiting for them to go by, then went to put on my blinker... and O M G...... the temp gauge is hitting H... HOT. So I am panicking... exit is about 2/10th's... so I prayed... got off... and got to the end and was going to go to the gas station but car shuts off.... Okay... so I decide that it is not life or death... I am off road so not in the lane of traffic or anything....Checked the oil and the coolant overflow because I was not going to open the radiator cap.... all looks okay but don't have a good light....I will wait a few minutes and see if it will start again.... tried 2 times about 10-15 minutes later and won't start. Texted farmer because his BIL is supposed to be milking and of course... I don't have that number because I might have tested with him twice in that last 20+ years???.... So it is not emergency so I decided to wait for 6 a.m. to make any calls.... Took a nap.... at 6 , I rechecked the oil, it is okay... coolant overflow is empty but radiator looks to have water but it has such a little hole I am not sure....the car starts right up so I decided to see if I could head home.... I went to the main route so I would not be on the interstate.... Got about 4-5 miles right to the next little town.. it all of a sudden started to climb.... stopped at that gas station... filled the coolant overflow... let it sit for about 15 minutes... then it looked okay and headed down. Got about 2 miles and all of a sudden the temp started rising. So I pulled over into a spacious church parking lot... called the guy who has the repair towing service near us. Told him what was going on and that he probably will come to get it. He told me to give it about a 10 minutes...feel the hose and if it is squishy and not scalding then I could safely open the radiator cap....check the water. And if I had any water... which I did fill the qt bottle I had with more water... add it and see. So I did that and started adding the water and looked and it is running out the bottom "faster than I was pouring it in"....OOOPSS.... so I called him back and he said he would get the guy on the roll back to come get it. I was thinking radiator, or bottom hose or something...
Got it picked up... the guy dropped me off at the house so I could get my truck... and I went down to the garage where they were unloading it. Got my stuff out that I might need... and then talked to the owner for a bit. He had another guy start looking and it looks like the water pump... so... not great but not too bad... they were looking to see if they could get one to get it replaced.
So for now I have the truck... which is fine.... talked to the farmer, got his BIL's number, talked to him and decided to test that afternoon....

Long morning...

Then DS calls and wanted some info about the cows at the barn... he wants to get some out of there that we pulled the calves off and sold... so I went up there and we spent 2+ hours.... sorted off the ones to go out... including the mommas of the 6 heifers we decided to keep as replacements.... got the bull calf in that looked to have not been made a steer... he only had 1 testicle... don't know if he got banded and DS only got one when banded as a baby... of if he got missed or whatever.... so he got done... worked the little calf that had been born in the last couple weeks... worked the cow I bought and her heifer calf... shots and eartags... moved cows all out, except the bigger bull calf and his momma. Put the 6 weaned heifers, cow/bigger banded bull calf, and the ones with the calves that we treated for pinkeye all out in the front lot again. Want to keep an eye on them for a few more days. The cows with the 2 new calves and my new cow/calf went out too....

Came home and got a drink and went to work....

Needless to say the knees are telling me all about it today.....

It was sunny earlier... but it is partly cloudy now. Possibly some showers later.... we will welcome it...

Not doing much today I don't think... at least not much that I will be on my feet alot.

 

[Baymule]

I hate vehicle problems. I especially hate break downs. How fortunate that you were that close to home!