Speckle Dreamz Ranch

08/11/2022

https://www.moosejawtoday.com/local-news/wheres-the-beef-the-saskatchewan-stock-growers-concerns-5681681?fbclid=IwAR2lP05RbGiKOeQTVdvQLVwZEruzYmpH0sxoWF4ZA2hMI6z8BlIVo7-M1zc&fs=e&s=cl

"There is money in the system; it just doesn't get back to the grassroot produces," Garner Deobald, President of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association calling for an investigation into beef pricing.

04/15/2022

Per Dr. Clint,
Calf boxes are good for chilled calf, but terrible for one with frozen extremities. You need a quick thaw so frozen body fluids go from solid directly to liquid. Heated air causes frozen fluid to go through a slushy stage which ruptures cells and causes ice embolisms to block off arterioles and cause more damage.

For a quick thaw calves should be placed in almost unbearably hot water for approximately 20 minutes. After that, you can use calf warmer to dry and maintain their heat. They also will benefit from anti-inflammatory medications such as banamine or meloxicam.

Calves with a temperature under 100 but above 98 and still standing or sitting up need interventions like being put in a warm barn, heater, calf box, dryer.

Calves with a temperature under 98 need a hot water bath ASAP. When in the bath, if a calf is acting dizzy, or like it doesn’t know what way is up, needs sugar! Lots of calves get hypoglycemic and need some maple syrup or honey rubbed on their gums.

NEVER EVER feed a cold calf!! Hot milk WILL NOT warm them from the inside out. Make sure you take your calf’s temperature before feeding. Do not feed a calf who is below 101. A great way to give them some pep, is to rub some maple syrup or honey on the calf's gums.

Calves with a temperature OVER 102.5 need antibiotics.

04/14/2022

The calf warmer and garage are rocking tonight, two in the warmer and another one in for treatments.

03/27/2022

We are now in full swing. Two speckles and two Charolais calves, love this time of year, life is renewing! ♥️

03/08/2022

https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/livestock/beef-cattle/bull-power-how-to-calculate-the-true-value-of-a-herd-sire/?fbclid=IwAR3YYriPtmBJ5Hdx1is5sfzTJxmh-sYz6it8JmdNSrEXE5O72DH7wG4W2Ew

Bull selection is a key decision for cow-calf producers that will have implications for both short- and long-term profitability. A bull represents half of

02/03/2022

True story 🤣

12/16/2021

https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/livestock/cattle-producers-have-the-beef-but-arent-getting-the-bucks/?fbclid=IwAR34Xz5uM7U1jlSOUUDcgN0P9ryRbAN3LVazAINSwx-Jxt1pvQG14rdh9-A

Beef prices are sky high, but that money is not trickling down into the hands of cattle producers. “I’ve been getting lots of calls from producers on why

12/06/2021

Very interesting article

https://www.statnews.com/2018/03/12/cow-surfactant-premature-babies/?fbclid=IwAR277MUvW857AG_DJY1j3TDNOiBCnvJuw3svvCuy6vHizSfhail70vIBDh8

We tend to try to sever the ties between our barnyards and our clinics, but for now, lung surfactants have to make their way from the roar of the slaughterhouse to the hush of the NICU.

11/17/2021

It is not easy for a cattle producer to walk past the beef section of their local grocery store. Prices for st...

10/29/2021

♥️

Sheets of paper with random notes are strewn across their dining room table.

Receipts from the local farm and ranch store, the grocery store, the parts store, the vet, the farrier, and a hundred other places sit piled up, a reminder of an entire year's worth of advances on their operating line and another year's worth of living.

He looks at all it, takes a deep breath, and opens the statement from the bank. The check from their calves sits next to his wife's computer, and he gently pulls it over in front of him.

A quiet sigh of relief rushes out of him. The calves didn't weigh up, but they still pulled his family through. Nothing much will be left as a cushion, but they will pay the bank to zero and renew the line for another year.

He gets up and hugs his wife, and wipes a stray tear from her cheek. "Do it again?" He asks, already knowing her answer. "Do it again, " she tells him, knowing full well that there is nothing else either of them would rather do, even if the stress of it all is too much to bear sometimes.

He sits back down and runs some numbers, because it helps him cope. She sits down and reconciles the online accounting system, making sure it matches the bank.

Together they make a plan for what next year might look like, and pray for better markets and better weather, and for the good Lord to carry them through one more season.

❤️ Richelle

{Repost from 2020}