Showing posts with label fence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fence. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Dairy Farmer's Thankful Thursday

 Saturday afternoon was the perfect example of farmer flexibility.
You can have all kinds of plans but when the neighbor calls
to report a wandering heifer  running down the road, all plans change.

We jumped in the truck and drove up and down the road looking
for the same heifer that has been out of the pasture more than once.
After she was located in the neighbor's yard, Cody arrived with the
4-wheeler and we drove her back to the pasture. 

Of course,the heifer had no thought of going through 
the gate we had opened.She ran back to the spot where the fence
 was down and jumped over it with the grace of a deer. 
It certainly made it easy to find where the tree had
 fallen on the fence that   needed repair!


While Cody and Ryan fixed fence, all of the curious 
heifers moved in to check things out.

I loved seeing this group of bred heifers gather around 
through the timber. Each of these beauties have been raised by us
 and will give birth to their first calf in a few months.


I'm thankful that there was only one heifer that found the
way out, for our neighbors that  care enough to call
when a cow or heifer may be found wandering in the neighborhood
and for the dedicated dairy farmers committed to taking good care 
of their cows and heifers.



Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Dairymom's Thankful Thursday

 
We've spent alot of time fixing fence during  this past year's drought  due to dairy and beef cattle pushing through to reach any blade of green grass on the other side. It's the perfect example of that old saying,"the grass is always greener on the other side."  I'm thankful for the concerned  telephone calls letting us know we have a cow out of the pasture and for the son who quickly repairs  the fence in a moment's notice!