After we buy bulls, and they’re delivered… they spend some time in quarantine, just in case they might bring some illness from their home. Then, before they’re turned out with our other bulls… they must be branded. We just had that discussion about bulls and branding… oh, by the way, we did find those other…
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Ranching in Big Country Video
Ranching in Big Country leads to many great landscape shots and this video is full of them. A glowing sunset kicks off this video and author Craig Johnson visits the Ten Sleep Library. Then more Big Country and the silence of the land. Moose and Ten Sleep Canyon, a short cattle drive on a very…
Out There
Somewhere. Somewhere out there. When people insist that branding should be a thing of the past… these are the incidents that I recall. In this pasture should be two more bulls. Chances are, they’re there… standing next to a juniper doing a great impression of a big black shadow. But… they are bulls. They could…
Present
It’s not your typical present, but I’m pretty thrilled with them. When we work cattle, we use a stick, rattle paddle or flag to help move cattle. They’re simple extensions of your arms and you can turn a 1200 pound cow by waving a stick out to your side or above their head. Sticks are…
Basic Vet Work
Working cows the other day, we kept a lookout for sick or injured girls. We found a few… a festered lump caused by a grass seed getting under the skin… a tender footed cow with no real visible sign of injury… and one cow with pinkeye. Pinkeye is something we usually see in summer when…
#TBT: My Red Willow Dancer, v.2.0
This was first posted January 6, 2011. Oh, the memories… Really, I can’t remember how old he was. I can’t remember what his registered name was. I do remember he was my mode of transportation for many, many years. He was a sweetheart. Brought up from Oklahoma by a guy from Hyattville, Wyoming… This man…
Wordless Wednesday: “Winter Camo”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Ruined
It was another day of working cattle, this time, the young heifers were brought up from the field for their dose of wormer and scour prevention. It will be these girls that start off our calving season in a couple of months. For a bit, bringing them in to the corral, the wind picked up…
Own Way
Cow work day! Vernon leads the cows they’ve gathered in the badlands into the corral with just a bit of hay on his four wheeler… Of course, the boys are at the back, bringing on the bunch… soon we fall into a rhythm, Brandon vaccinating with Scourguard, Daniel spraying their backs with Ivermectin, Vernon and…
Cows, Cowboys, Kids & Art Video
Wyoming ranch activities during November 9 – 26, 2021. My drake mallards refuse to fly away preferring to stay in my chicken coop where the living is easy! We move cattle to water using horses… the drought is evident in the reservoir cracked dirt. My art class sponsored by Lifetime Arts was held at the…
Happy New Year
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Top Ten Posts of 2021
Here we are, once again, ending one chapter and starting another! Thanks for being part of my life every day. I’m happy to take you along on this journey, sharing our little bit of agriculture with you and any friends with whom you choose to share some good ol’ Red Dirt. The countdown of posts…