Menu
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • Dogs
  • Wordless Wednesday
  • Videos
  • Bees
  • Projects
    • Crafts
  • Questions and Answers

Herding Cats

Posted on March 17, 2009December 14, 2014
Today we had to move our cows… some have newborns… some don’t.
Herding baby calves is much like herding the proverbial cats…
they don’t know what to do…
they don’t know that mom just took 3 steps that a’way…
they have no clue that even if they touch noses with her… that that *really* is their mom…
they don’t know how to walk in mud or across ditches or through brush…
It is practically guaranteed you will lose your temper with something…
The stupid cows
your horse
your dog
your husband
your child.
Take your pick!
Or all of the above…
calves1
Here the cows are across the irrigation ditch… with a calf standing in the bottom and two on this side too scared to go down and across!  You have to let them look and pressure at the right moment or they go squirting sideways along the ditch instead of forward across it!
calves2
Instructions are given… opinions are asked… have you seen 232?  She doesn’t have her calf…
calves3
Instructions are repeated… opinions asked… that 232 cow need to go back and find her baby?
calves4
The mile and a half walk is more than enough for some calves.  They lay down to rest hidden in some sagebrush while momma stands near.  Brandon actually has to lift this baby up and set it on its hooves to get it going again.
calves5
Then you follow on foot… a horse, even geared down to “granny” gear is too fast for this baby.
Hours later we have most of them where we want them… on clean feed grounds with protection for the unborn in the trees and draws of the new area.  We head to the house at 1:30 to have a late lunch… then we’ll return… and help this baby find its momma… and trail that momma around until she bawls her calf out of the brush… and go make sure that 232 found her baby too!
Find me here!
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Please share:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

2 thoughts on “Herding Cats”

  1. 86Cathy says:
    August 25, 2017 at 6:48 AM

    I see you don’t monetize your site, don’t waste your traffic,
    you can earn extra bucks every month because you’ve got high quality content.
    If you want to know how to make extra $$$, search for: best adsense alternative Wrastain’s tools
    86Cathy recently posted…86CathyMy Profile

    Reply
  2. Pingback: New Pasture |

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

Get the Dirt!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

A year before

  • 2022-02-03: Wordless Wednesday: “Tabletop”

Looking for something? Search here!

©2023 | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes.com