This summer may become known as The Summer We Moved Cows Constantly. This morning we moved some down with the heifers we’d tested and moved yesterday. There were only 30 pair or so… but they were brushed up on a point along the Nowood Creek. Back in the day, you could ride your horse through…
Category: Cattle
Gold Star
The stinking wind blew ALL NIGHT, stirring up the ash and making our world smoky again… but we had heifers to trail back to their home… so we tried to get up and going early, but my, oh, my! It was HOT. Almost 80 at 6:30 in the morning. Bleh. Elsa was Dog of the…
Extra Effort
With all of the extra curricular activities… we’ve fallen behind on a few chores. One was the bleeding of our AI heifers, to see if the AI actually took. This has to be done within a certain time, because after we AI’d them, of course, we put in a bull to catch them on their…
Backup
This was me on Wednesday. Holding the steers as others cut the rest from the herd. Brandon had to help me, of course, steers are just wild teenage boys, ready to go astray at the drop of a hat… It’s always good to have backup. **** June 22, 2011 Wordless Wednesday – “Drama” June 22,…
Working Hard
We’re not the only ones working hard… A working girl needs a little shade to help her cool down… Else in her place… behind and on the left… in black and white… and in Wyoming brilliant color… **** June 21, 2011 New Experiences June 21, 2010 My Version June 21, 2009 Father’s Day – Good…
Wordless Wednesday – “The Boss Man”
For this Wordless Wednesday, The Boss Man. **** June 20, 2011 Work Myself Warm June 20, 2010 Good Ride, Cowboy June 20, 2009 A Story From Wyoma June 20, 2008 One more time…
Three Thousand Words
Our last branding was today. It’s good to get that finished. Next we gather our steers, which means an early early morning for me. So to tell you three thousand words… here are three pictures from today! **** June 19, 2011 Greatest Inventions June 19, 2010 Woohoo! June 19, 2009 Wyoma June 19, 2008 Good…
Horseback Photography
So my video Q&A session is still not done, and is waywayway overdue… Plus I wanted to reply to many of the comments I’ve been getting lately… But, the morning got away from me, and then everyone was here at lunchtime to watch our steers sell on Northern Livestock Video Auction… then I did a…
Two Deux
Whoa. It was HOT today. What better thing to do than work hard and stand by a branding barrel when it’s 92º outside! ? Yuck. I’m *still* drinking water. We had an excellent crew today to handle everything… Good ropers. Good wrestlers. Unfortunately, only enough time for me to take a few photos. Someday, I…
Crazy Week
Got to ride for a bit today, and since it was a short trip, I took Lucas along. Unfortunately, I was a bit late (another story…) and we had to trot a mile and a half to catch up to everyone. As you know, Lucas wears out easily… and I swung him by the creek…
Fingers Crossed
Artificial insemination. It’s what we do for our Memorial Day celebration. Our young heifers, the ones we’ll be calving out next spring, are busy, hopefully, getting pregnant this weekend. After much debate, and checking records, and discussions, and looking at lists… the guys decided which semen to buy, and which heifers would be a good…
Branding Portrait
Ah… a round trip to Kaycee today and now company’s here! Thanks for the good advice yesterday! Tonight… A “portrait” from the other day! **** May 20, 2011 Not Even May 20, 2010 Wildflowers May 20, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Patriotic Evening Primrose” May 20, 2008 no entry.