Showing posts with label Nicky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicky. Show all posts
Sunday, September 7, 2025

A New Project That Must Be Completed Before Winter

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So that we can quarantine animals, we have a portion of the pasture fenced off in an area we call "the bull pen."  You see, the qu...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Just in the Nick of Time

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It was about 19 months ago that we borrowed a registered Jersey bull from a friend who lives about 10 minutes away from us.  The bull's ...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Progress Report on LuLu

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In the middle of the long, hot summer last year, LuLu gave birth to her first calf, Nicky.  Calving in the worst possible time of year wasn...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Treating LuLu's Mastitis

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One morning we went out to milk LuLu and when we started to milk, something wasn't quite right.  LuLu is normally a gentle milker, but s...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Fresh Milk from LuLu

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LuLu gave birth to a little bull calf back in the hottest point of this summer in the middle of a drought with not much forage to eat.  Poor...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Breaking Nicky

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Nicky is LuLu's little bull calf.  He was born on August 5th and so that makes him 2 months old.  He's grown quite a bit.  He is fri...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Update on LuLu and Nicky

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We last reported about LuLu calving in the hottest, driest, most miserable time ever.  It put her in heat stress and possibly a touch of mil...
Monday, August 14, 2023

LuLu's in Stress

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LuLu calved in what might be the worst possible time.  It's hot as Death Valley and there is a high pressure sitting over us that has no...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Welcome Nicky, LuLu's Baby Calf

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The days are hot, The temperatures rise, Tongues hang out with exhausted sighs, The ground is parched, The grass is chaff. But lo!  LuLu has...