Numbers and Notes

Hey guys!

I went to the farm today and got a lot of stuff done.

I woke up bright and early (5:30) and started my day off with breakfast and 2 cups of coffee (I really needed the second one).

The second year students were all out of town for their own mini one week internship, so it was just me, the 4th year students, and the farm staff. Profe Moro came and we got to work on filling out some of the stuff needed for my project. When some of the cows walked into the corral I wrote down the numbers of those who were limping. I didn't get the chance to assess every cow, so tomorrow I'm going to videotape the cows as they come in and look for any cows that I missed. I did the body condition scoring of the first set of cows that came into the lecheria and the majority of them were good. The lowest was a 1.5 and the highest was a solid 4, which is an amazing accomplishment for this herd.

After the BCS we started filling out my milking protocol rubric. It was a little difficult to keep track of everything that was going on all at once, but Profe and I split up and each filled out half of the information for each group of cows. We took down the time each process started and when the milking itself ended. We got most of the information and I've been making conclusions about it throughout the day.

Once we finished taking the data I wrote it down into another sheet for Jenny (a 4th year student I've been helping in the lecheria) and got to leave work early! I spent the rest of the day reading up on lameness in cattle and taking notes on the subject. Everything's starting to come together!

I ended the night by helping out one of the girls in my hall with her english homework. Marcela, the girl, is so sweet and nice so I had no problem helping her with her homework. We stayed up until 11 working on it, so we're both worn out but happy that we finished.

Sorry this post is so short guys, it's late and I'm really tired. i'll try to make tomorrow's post more interesting. See ya around!

-Allie