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LOVE your friend's cookstove.... her's is vented and the propane stove I put in here is not vented. I have alot of "cracks" in this old house so not worried about any problems from the "non-vented" status.... it is supposed to be 99% efficient burning the propane....
The top has gotten a bit hotter when it stays on for long period of times... like now that it is getting colder outside tonight... so that is good... the thermostat kicks it on and off and it is staying on longer and comes on more often. So, I can live with that.
It is getting COLDER... It is down to 10 already at 9 p.m. Tomorrow is not supposed to get out of the teens. Tomorrow night down to 0 (ZERO).....
Glad the vet appt is postponed to the following wed (29th).. for Nelson's cows. Jason..(son)... said they are going to pull calves off and sell the biggest ones on Friday... DS said there are a bunch that are over 500-600 lbs... and they are eating like no tomorrow... with this cold, it is no wonder... They do not wean and hold for 45 or 60 days like we mostly always do.....
DS said he said something today that their cows need more to eat... they are only feeding 5 rolls a day to over 65 cows plus all the calves.. and these are 4x5 rolls so only weigh about 800 lbs.... should be feeding a roll per 10 cows in this cold... We are feeding one roll per 20 cows a day... and they are 5x5.5 rolls... weighing 1,000-1100 lbs average... we figure about 40-50 lbs hay per animal per day....Jason said that 5 rolls was enough...
He took hay in to the nurse cow pasture and said they had close to 3/4th's roll's worth left between the 2 spots... over 1/2 roll in the hay ring down over the hill... and still some left up top in one spot... the other spot cleaned up pretty good; so only fed 1 roll in there today... which is fine... no sense in wasting it...
I put the jersey out after she ate her grain. There was a sheet of ice on a couple of the troughs that was not terribly thick... cow had chance to drink and I broke the ice on one of the big trough's and took the ice out so the calves went out to drink there. Unfortunately, they will freeze up alot more tonight with the much colder temps. The black tubs did absorb some of the sun today which was good. They will freeze up pretty bad the next 2 days and nights with temps not going to get above freezing...
So far the water trough is still open and running, down the bottom of the hill. Might not be in another day or 2...
I am going to see about getting a couple protein/molasses tubs for the nurse cow pasture for these heifers, and the jersey, to eat on with this cold... keep their body conditions up.
Tomorrow I go meet up with a former tester for a little get together in the morning since she is going to be 15 miles north in town... and then go to the chiropractor appt. . Was going to see about testing the 500 cow herd maybe Wed but not going to... it is going to just be too cold. May very well not test the other farm here that wanted to maybe test Thurs night/Fri morning... we'll see how cold it is Thursday.
I am going to the memorial service on Thursday for the tester friend that passed away. DS said it was no big deal if I didn't go with him to the dr appt.... he knew the tester and said he thought I ought to go. He will take the truck since he has to get the ton of prepaid feed that we have coming. I will have to unload a bunch of it on Friday... several metal cans in the "hay section" of the nurse cow barn and will put a bunch of bags in the red car too.... I think he is going to take some for the calves at the barn too. I have a couple calves in there, they are eating the feed he gets delivered to the barn in the big bin... so he can take some of this feed for them too.
I'm going in to see about a shower... if the water is still running...
The top has gotten a bit hotter when it stays on for long period of times... like now that it is getting colder outside tonight... so that is good... the thermostat kicks it on and off and it is staying on longer and comes on more often. So, I can live with that.
It is getting COLDER... It is down to 10 already at 9 p.m. Tomorrow is not supposed to get out of the teens. Tomorrow night down to 0 (ZERO).....
Glad the vet appt is postponed to the following wed (29th).. for Nelson's cows. Jason..(son)... said they are going to pull calves off and sell the biggest ones on Friday... DS said there are a bunch that are over 500-600 lbs... and they are eating like no tomorrow... with this cold, it is no wonder... They do not wean and hold for 45 or 60 days like we mostly always do.....
DS said he said something today that their cows need more to eat... they are only feeding 5 rolls a day to over 65 cows plus all the calves.. and these are 4x5 rolls so only weigh about 800 lbs.... should be feeding a roll per 10 cows in this cold... We are feeding one roll per 20 cows a day... and they are 5x5.5 rolls... weighing 1,000-1100 lbs average... we figure about 40-50 lbs hay per animal per day....Jason said that 5 rolls was enough...
He took hay in to the nurse cow pasture and said they had close to 3/4th's roll's worth left between the 2 spots... over 1/2 roll in the hay ring down over the hill... and still some left up top in one spot... the other spot cleaned up pretty good; so only fed 1 roll in there today... which is fine... no sense in wasting it...
I put the jersey out after she ate her grain. There was a sheet of ice on a couple of the troughs that was not terribly thick... cow had chance to drink and I broke the ice on one of the big trough's and took the ice out so the calves went out to drink there. Unfortunately, they will freeze up alot more tonight with the much colder temps. The black tubs did absorb some of the sun today which was good. They will freeze up pretty bad the next 2 days and nights with temps not going to get above freezing...
So far the water trough is still open and running, down the bottom of the hill. Might not be in another day or 2...
I am going to see about getting a couple protein/molasses tubs for the nurse cow pasture for these heifers, and the jersey, to eat on with this cold... keep their body conditions up.
Tomorrow I go meet up with a former tester for a little get together in the morning since she is going to be 15 miles north in town... and then go to the chiropractor appt. . Was going to see about testing the 500 cow herd maybe Wed but not going to... it is going to just be too cold. May very well not test the other farm here that wanted to maybe test Thurs night/Fri morning... we'll see how cold it is Thursday.
I am going to the memorial service on Thursday for the tester friend that passed away. DS said it was no big deal if I didn't go with him to the dr appt.... he knew the tester and said he thought I ought to go. He will take the truck since he has to get the ton of prepaid feed that we have coming. I will have to unload a bunch of it on Friday... several metal cans in the "hay section" of the nurse cow barn and will put a bunch of bags in the red car too.... I think he is going to take some for the calves at the barn too. I have a couple calves in there, they are eating the feed he gets delivered to the barn in the big bin... so he can take some of this feed for them too.
I'm going in to see about a shower... if the water is still running...
