I know… my query from yesterday wasn’t very difficult. If you’ve ever been to Wyoming to visit Yellowstone National Park… You probably left or entered by the south entrance. That’s Grand Teton National Park. And if a zillion photos have been taken of Old Faithful… a zillion and one photos have been taken of the…
Author: Carol
Road Trip!
Corral is mended… Calves are all located and returned to proper corral… It is time to see some Wyoming country! We left the snow here… to find snow on the mountaintops our entire trip! For instance… here’s the Owl Creek Mountains near Thermopolis… Here’s Wind River Canyon… The name of the river? The Big Horn!…
Best Laid Plans…
I’m glad only family saw me today… I rarely get really really mad… but today was one of those days. I had been looking forward to this new little celebration Ten Sleep was going to put on today… The Trailing of the Sheep Festival. Every stockman around… whether cattleman or sheepman… is trailing their stock…
These Busy Days
This week has kept us hopping… Sunday we gathered our cattle… Monday we sorted and weaned the calves from the cows… and shipped them down the hill… Tuesday we had to vaccinate all the calves… Wednesday it snowed and I managed to catch up on housework, build a fire, and stay warm throughout the day……
Honest Dog
Unfortunately… the other day in between gathering the cattle and returning to wean the calves the next day… We lost a cow. Lost as in *dead*. Four legs pointing to the sky. Cows don’t tend to tip over as easily as sheep, but they do have one major method of unlikely death… They can easily……
Wordless Wednesday – “Dally’s Quiet Reflection”
Dally is still long enough so that I could capture her reflection…
Weaning
After I thought about yesterday’s post… I figured I should set the record straight. Weaning *is* stressful for cows *and* calves… Cows don’t really seem to mind until their full udders remind them they’ve lost something… and the bellowing of other cows just fuel their feeling of loss… If you could hear the calves bawling…
One Last Glimpse
We gathered our pairs yesterday… Mommas and 6 month old calves… well, on the calves’ ages give or take a month or two… The cows are pregnant and to grow that brand new baby nice and healthy… it is best to kick that older kid off of the milk machine! I can work myself up…
Gatherin’ to Wean OOPE
We gathered our mountain pasture today… Tomorrow we wean our calves from their mommas… The boys delayed their return to Laramie for a couple of hours so they could help… Besides the *definite* chill in the air and the *wind*… It was a great day up there! I had on my winter Carhartt… gloves… chinks……
Boys Interrupted
My boys came home last night… That was the reason I wrote my entry EARLY last night… So that I could visit with them after they arrived last night… Too bad I forgot to hit the “publish” button last night… I’ll blame it on the boys interrupting me! Tonight Daniel is working on his laptop… It…
I Love Barns…
<<I actually wrote this yesterday… but somehow missed the actual publishing of it on my blog… I swear I’m losing my brain… So sorry… I will have another entry later today… >> I introduced you to my friend’s barn a few weeks ago… I do *love* it… It is huge compared to ours… It is…
Hey Hey Hey Hay!
I’ve said it before… Our life revolves around hay just as much (if not more!) than cattle… Of course, the reason we raise hay is because we raise cattle… and… strangely enough… those big ol’ critters tend to want to eat in the middle of winter when there’s snow on the ground… Cows are demanding…