Cow not in calf - Need advice

wagra dexters · Post by **wagra dexters** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:40 am

Liz, no doubt Carol worked very hard for the betterment of the breed, not least towards the paper on colour. We have a beautiful dun weanling heifer by Salty out of a Hedgehog cow. Her name is Charm, and she just is.

Back to the topic, the first thing we would now test for in an empty cow is cystic ovaries, because that has been our experience, 3 times, in 3 unrelated cows. One of them was an aquisition, who hadn't been joined previously due to drought.

Margaret.

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welshdexterboy · Post by **welshdexterboy** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:46 pm

Hi All could I ask please what is a Hiyu bull? I have often shouted oy!you to my cows when they are going in the wrong direction so is hiyu an acknowledement like Howdy????

marion · Post by **marion** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:32 pm

Rob, HIYU is the herd name used by Carol Davidson at Bright Meadows in British Columbia. I'm sure there must be a story behind her choice of name; I believe it is a Chinook word..marion

marion · Post by **marion** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:32 pm

Here the story: In Carol D's words, "Hiyu is the local native word for elegant sufficiency. It means enough to go around and a little left over. I figured it pretty well described Dexters, it was short, and so it made a good prefix."

Margaret, I have a Hiyu Salty Rambler IV calf born in September and he is red! My first ever red calf :D ..marion

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marion · Post by **marion** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:37 pm

Oops, make that, "elegant sufficiency" :p ..marion

OK, I found the "edit" function. Slept in, think I need another coffee.

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welshdexterboy · Post by **welshdexterboy** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:15 am

Thanks for that Marion I like to know these things so I am going to ask you this now-- What is the difference between your first post of "elegant sufficiency" and your second I was almost tempted to get the magnifying glass to see. How are things in the big country?

marion · Post by **marion** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:50 am

Hi Rob, I had typed "elegant simplicity", then made the correction post, then found the edit function and corrected the first one...like I said...not enough coffee

We in east-central Canada are getting the start of the cold, nasty weather. I'm in a race trying to get the muck out of the run-in shed before it freezes solid..such fun :p

welshdexterboy · Post by **welshdexterboy** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:23 pm

Would it freeze the muck to the bottom of the heap. I was going to leave it ( to the bottom) then realised that would sound stupid. By cold nasty do you mean 1 cold and wet or 2 cold and frozen, snow etc. When I was over with the choir we went on a lake outside Montreal and the man said in the Winter the water freezes to 15 metres I think he said and in Toronto they drive on the lake with a bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p Why we complain about it being a little frosty I can't understand. Check your thermals for mice all the best. Rob H :D

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:08 pm

Give me frost and cold anytime, its gotta be better than trudging through mud

Inger · Post by **Inger** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:42 am

Its nice and warm here at the moment. :laugh:

Kathy Millar · Post by **Kathy Millar** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:19 am

We just had a dump of 19" of wet snow. That put paid to sending my cows to their new home on Saturday. Now I am wondering if I can get the other cow out to the butcher's on Tuesday. He lives even farther out in the sticks.

welshdexterboy · Post by **welshdexterboy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:41 pm

Kathy -- I thought the Canadians were on the ball when it came to dealing with the white stuff, as at least you can gaurantee getting some. We seem to being having wetter and windier winters now so it's time to batten down the hatches.Still not long to the shortest day and then it's all uphill from there. YAHOOO:D :D