Wehner Homestead 2018 Calving: Done
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- #152
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Still waiting on the last four. Maxine and Moxie could go any time. Reagan is getting closer but I’m wondering if she’s not 3 weeks off. She’s always been horrible to get bred. (My brother owns her and makes the decisions.) Sydney looks like she probably has another two weeks.
We’ve been taking a daily walk through the calves. They are precious and warming up to us! Abby Jane and her bull calf have adjusted well to being out with the herd.
We’ve been taking a daily walk through the calves. They are precious and warming up to us! Abby Jane and her bull calf have adjusted well to being out with the herd.
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- #153
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Moxie and Maxine are being checked around the clock. Moxie’s udder isn’t full but for a heifer, that doesn’t mean anything. She’s definitely got enough udder development to go any time. Maxine is doing a cow waddle. She kicks her back feet out and to the side with each step as the pelvis is loose and ready and she has pressure from the calf. I don’t expect her to make it through the night.
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- #154
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Moxie and Maxine still haven’t calved! 
With the freeze over the weekend with ice and the mud that’s sure to come from 4 days of rain, they are in pens in the barn (like foaling stalls for horses.) Maxine’s udder looks like it could bust and she’s holding her tail out so I don’t see how she could last much longer. Moxie’s udder isn’t full but she’s a heifer so it may not fill all the way. She’s also stringing discharge.
Maxine’s exact due date isn’t known because she was on the cull list for being skittish last year and cooperated at the last second so was given a reprieve to stay. She was with the bull and could be due any time after 3/21 on, but cows usually cycle every 21 days or 3 weeks so she is definitely due within that timeframe...Moxie’s due date is 3/28 but she’s a heifer so she could go up to a week before so any time on her too!
With the freeze over the weekend with ice and the mud that’s sure to come from 4 days of rain, they are in pens in the barn (like foaling stalls for horses.) Maxine’s udder looks like it could bust and she’s holding her tail out so I don’t see how she could last much longer. Moxie’s udder isn’t full but she’s a heifer so it may not fill all the way. She’s also stringing discharge.
Maxine’s exact due date isn’t known because she was on the cull list for being skittish last year and cooperated at the last second so was given a reprieve to stay. She was with the bull and could be due any time after 3/21 on, but cows usually cycle every 21 days or 3 weeks so she is definitely due within that timeframe...Moxie’s due date is 3/28 but she’s a heifer so she could go up to a week before so any time on her too!
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- #156
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Moxie’s udder has filled up completely over the course of the day. She’s also stringing discharge. I’m truly thinking tonight is the night.
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- #157
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4 am: out to check on a goat that’s talking. It wasn’t the one that I’m worried about. Checked on Moxie and Maxine while I was out there.
Moxie is stringing discharge and standing. Obviously restless.
Maxine appears to be contracting irregularly.
Rain has started falling.
Moxie is stringing discharge and standing. Obviously restless.
Maxine appears to be contracting irregularly.
Rain has started falling.
Hope no complications! the rain will be here by later this morning. Now it's time for me to go to bed.
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- #159
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It’s 9am. Still nothing. Both are stringing discharge. I put down more fresh straw for them this morning.
WildRoseBeef
Range nerd & bovine enthusiast
Oi, it's just like waiting for a pot of water to boil LOL...
