Unruh Farms: Is it spring yet?

I am guessing that many of you are sick of the dreary and dead winter as I am! And this past week has given us a little taste of spring time weather! Mother nature sure didn't disappoint this time with forecast of 80 degree weather!
At this time we are finishing out our calving season, and things haven't gone as smoothly as we have wanted. Every year there are challenges.We had started calving some of our cows out on stalks this year since the weather hadn't been too bad and we didn't have a very good fall crop year due to high heat and low rainfall. These cows were then shipped to their next home, a winter pasture, that has tall heavy grass that the calves can hide in to stay warm from any random spring snows or wind. This past few weeks have seemed to have more wind than anything which is not uncommon for Kansas, but this can have a negative effect on the new calves. If the calves stay out in the wind more they are likely to get a thing similar to an inner ear infection in us humans. So we have to check them daily to ensure that they are staying healthy. If a calf was to have a some what of a head cold that would make them slow in following momma cow we were sure to notice and treat as soon as possible. By the next day the calf should be up and moving faster and not holding their head down. So enough about the treating...how about some pictures?! This is what I love...go and feed and get my handy dandy...phone camera out! HA! Hope all is well!