Monday again

 Garry had a busy day, he bred his heifers in the morning. Now they can put them out with the bull tomorrow and put some smaller ones back in that pen. They had put them there because it's the only shed with headlocks to catch them in for needles and breeding. Garry has been telling me that there are about as many bred heifers as milk cows. He says they are milking 90 cows and there are about 80 bred heifers. He has told Max they need to put like four bigger open heifers a month in with the bull when he's back in Canada. Garry has decided that the feed ration is okay, so he's checking things off his list. 

Garry and Max went to preg check a lady's cow in a different village, Garry said he had bred cows there before. Max had checked her cow open (not pregnant) three months ago. She was pregnant now and the lady was so excited she gave Garry two frozen chickens. 

Around two in the afternoon Garry and Max were working on the new shed- they got one gable end done today- when they saw a large van drive up to the barn and a bunch of guys get out. Max went to see who it was and it was the army "recruitment" team, six army guys and two policemen from different services, and they were walking around the barn looking for guys to put in the army. They are not supposed to be able to go on private property to find guys, so Max was yelling at them and telling them he only needs to show them his deferment papers if they find him on the street. A neighbor (actually a farmer from south of Zaporosia who can't farm anymore and moved his equipment to the village) also yelled at them. Luckily no one they could take away was around when they came.  The farm is considering a gate and some "no trespassing" signs now. 

An interesting side note, one big army guy when he heard Garry was Canadian, asked if he knew what an Inuit was and told him that his ancestors were Inuit from Canada. Also Max has heard from Sasha Borchuk and he says he is far away from home. 

Garry said he made the girls toaster sandwiches, he always gets his sandwich maker out when he's there. He said the power wasn't on all day as promised, but was on more than last week. It was out from nine am to one pm and was supposed to be going out at nine pm, so the girls and kids were telling him good night while we were video chatting.