It was time to start our “Sandhills Method” for this year. That basically means we’re moving cows!
Those that have calved are left behind with their babies. Those that haven’t calved will be moved to another place. This helps with disease spread (hopefully) and takes the pressure off of the pastures they’re in.
They were ready to go… and knew their way, so doing it on four wheelers and sxs was easy enough. We used to fight moving baby calves and it was always a mess doing it on horseback, but now, with no babies and worried moms… it’s actually not bad!
We blocked off the turns we wanted them to avoid, to keep them going on, and I dropped in at the back as they passed.
By golly, we did it. Oh, it wasn’t perfect… I think there was a cow or two that needed to go back and a few that hadn’t calved yet that were left behind, but we weren’t stressing about them too much. I always go back and reread my “Herding Cats” blog post, and I’m grateful for new ways of doing things!
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