Author: Carol

Vaccinate Some More

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Bangs vaccination. By law, heifers must be vaccinated against brucellosis, a bacteria that can cause spontaneous abortion of calves.  Proof that your cattle have been vaccinated include a tattoo in the right ear with your veterinarian’s ID and an eartag. That’s the vet’s tattoo being squeezed onto her ear. No choice of colors on this…

Best Videos from 2013

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Since everyone else has countdown lists for the new year… I’m jumping aboard as well!  Since my stats are messed up from the move, and incomplete, I just decided to go with my videos which are all on Vimeo.com.  It’s easy to see which of my movies are the most popular, and, honestly, I was…

We Are So Mean

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The guys prepared for tomorrow’s day of bangs vaccinating.  That consisted of bringing the calves up from the lower place, sorting the heifers from the steers, and the two year old heifers from everything. Victoria and the twins got to help for the last mile when they intercepted Daniel and Brandon who were cowboying on…

Cute and Practical

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Sledding seemed to be the focus of the day, even though the morning dawned with a -8 on the thermometer!  It had warmed up by the time we got two little boys fed, dressed, and ready to go and they were READY! We bought them new sleds for Christmas, though they’re much too young to…

Resilient Video from the Atlas Blizzard

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What a wonderful, busy, fun Christmas we had! I hope yours was equally blessed… As we celebrate this time of peace and joy, I found another resilient video concerning the Atlas Blizzard.   Oh, how blessed we are!   It is courtesy of “I Am Angus” on RFD-TV.  

Self Portrait in a Chicken’s Eye

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I may have some rushed posts the next few days… I have company in my Indian room, and so my usual late night, hour long, detailed posts will have to be condensed! For tonight… a close-up of one of my chickens provided me with… ME! My silhouette appears in her eye… an unknowing self-portrait at…