Yay! I did it! I couldn’t make it on my big computer, so my iPad bailed me out. It’s kind of a quick job, but it works. This goes along with my post from two days ago… looking for the “lost” calf that two mommas had ignored when they both claimed the same baby. Enjoy!
Category: Animals
Dismal
The day started out fairly dismal… The sun did come out finally… just enough to dry the cows off and knock back some of the snow. It’s still not very warm, but it will improve through the week. I drove around and around with Brandon this morning though I didn’t do anything. Things seemed fairly…
Storm
A storm blew in… and babies decided to be born in it. The guys went daylight to dark today making sure that each one was up and had something to drink… and that went for the ones a few days old as well. It might mean surrounding the cow so that the calf had an…
Familial Bond
”Meeeeeeh.” I let out a poor imitation of a calf and watched the hillside across the draw. Cows were standing there and I wanted them to go find their calves. A bawling baby will get any mother’s attention, so again… “meeeeeeeh”. I wasn’t very convincing, I guess. Vernon had told me that two cows had…
Reminiscing XVIII
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. (continued from last week) Back on the trail again after our overnight stay at the Mahogany Buttes. Our travel was always gaining elevation to Cottonwood Pass. Our next camp would be at Bate’s Creek. We would put…
Throwback Thursday: Top Bar Hive Bee Barn, v.2.0
This was first posted March 24, 2014. I really did enjoy having my bees… I managed to clean out my future Top Bar Hive Bee Barn (thanks, Susan, for coming up with the appropriate name!… though “boudoir” ran a close second!) at least partially this morning. The heavy stuff is going to have to wait…
Crew
While we were working on the electric fence, Brandon was off processing the newborn calves. We don’t check on the cows at night like we do the heifers. Labor problems are not a huge concern and they’ve all had calves before… so, excepting blizzard conditions… they are on their own at night. Vernon will check…
In Good Time
The first move of our Sandhills Method was today. If you remember from last year, we’ve begun following this Nebraska born idea. With the heifers almost all calved out, our cows are starting their turn calving. The cows have been in a large field… and those that have calved are left behind with their babies……
We Shall See!
More babies! We even had our first set of twins in a few years! I haven’t seen them yet, but… yay! Trying to make our life “easier”… we set up a pen in the field between the pastures. Mommas and babies sometimes have troubles keeping track of one another until a day or two have…
Busy Morning
It was a busy night, so it turned into a busy morning for me when I showed up to help. Six pens in the main shed were full. (Two inside) Three in the outside pen. Then four in the new pen… And maybe another one, I can’t remember! I helped Brandon as he tagged and…
Misadventure
Well, I had good intentions. Quinlan and I went down to help out at the calving shed. The plan was to do whatever… but cleaning pens of used wet straw was going to be our priority. But first, those calves that had been weighed and tagged would have to be moved out of their comfy…
Full Swing
Calving season for our heifers seems to be in full swing. Victoria and kids were over for a day… I sent them to help at the calving shed while I stayed and built a huge lasagna and salad lunch for everybody. It’s so good to have “cousin time”! While fires ravage ranch land in Texas…