Last night we had 8 calves get out of the fence at our house, I spent 2 hours driving around looking for them, Jake, mom & dad each were canvassing the miles around trying to find them. I finally gave up when it got dark, do you realize it's very difficult to see black cows at night? lol Mom and dad took off on a 4-wheeler and found prints & poop but could not locate them. They finally gave up and decided to try in the morning.
I woke up freezing this morning, it was 46 degrees in our house. Jake was checking everything and finally found the problem. Miss Carmen had turned the A/c on and the fan was running constantly, so not only did we not have the heat running, the a/c was on. I guess we will have to show her tonight that that is not an appropriate toy to play with.
I so don't want anymore snow, the last update I heard was 2-4 inches. I have really been enjoying this mild weather and wish it would just stay around. Calving season is here, we don't have any new ones yet, but dad keeps telling me March 1st. He just got 11 more bred cows last week, so we should have 24 calves born this year. We might stay pretty busy in the next few weeks. I hope that we don't have many problems and that they are able to birth the lil ones on their own.
As of 7:30 this morning, they thought they had spotted the calves, but were waiting for permission to access the property. I will update more when and if they catch them.
Carson does something similar on a regular basis. There is a "light" switch on our furnace in the basement that turns off the blower, and he is constantly flipping it down. So, when it gets really cold in our house, or really hot in the summer, we know to check the switch :) I'm glad you didn't freeze to death ;)
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