Brandon had his little herd to brand… Megan roped. Quinlan guarded the gate. Brandon and Daniel wrestled the calves. Lorelei and Vernon vaccinated… I branded… it was perfect!
Category: Animals
Hitchin’ a Ride
Morning sun found the turkey vultures warming in the light… And us gathering the last few cows from the other side of the creek. They were a mix of Brandon’s, cows that hadn’t calved yet, cows with newborns, and cows that had lost their babies. We’d sort them at the corral. Easy enough usually, but…
Wordless Wednesday: New Harvest
Two of my “new chicks” are finally laying… a sweet blue green egg… the hens are called Cream Legbars. For the jigsaw puzzle, go HERE.
March On!
Remember my chicken tractor? It has been in a state of disuse… since I now free range all my chickens out of a solid coop, I decided to sell the thing… and maybe make a bit of money. But first I asked Victoria if she wanted it. She did! This morning she drove over from…
Pairing Out Video/Johnny’s Legacy
I think about him often. But here, riding is where I remember Johnny most. He was so quiet: in voice, in horsemanship, in stockmanship. Ride into that herd quiet, cut out the cow and calf pair, let your horse be quiet too, turn the pair, and follow them out so they think it’s all their…
Photographic
Today was a big day of branding another bunch of calves and trailing the pairs out to the badlands. But first… there’s always a first step… we had to trail them to the branding pen we’d set up, about two miles. Since it was Sunday, all the kids could go along. I chose the sxs…
Move Along
I’ll probably get back to some branding photos, or post some new since we’re trying to figure out when to squeeze another small branding in… but today, we moved some pairs from by my house to the home place. It was a chilly and blustery day that started with a skiff of snow on the…
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The steer calves get an extra ear tag… Mentors without (perhaps) realizing it… Hot irons are essential. Watchful mommas… While his dad applies the “A” part of the brand, his aunt helps with positioning and a reassuring hand on Quinlan’s shoulder. He could have used a few more rocks in his pockets! Since it was…
Branding Photos
Burton Construction was well represented! (My brother, sis-in-law, and nephew!)
Back to Branding
Well, sorry about the radio silence! I updated my version of WordPress which set off a mess of problems… oh, yay. However, since this has happened to me in the past, I didn’t panic, just knew I’d have to spend some time with GoDaddy to straighten things out. I tried using their automated bot to…
Could Have Been So Easy
It was hot! 71 degrees today, if you can believe that. It felt like the 90’s because of the radical change that we haven’t had a chance to acclimate. Of course, we had to move cows today… Our “CATTLE ON ROAD” sign went out and we began to urge the mommas and babies onto the…
Calving in a Blizzard Video
I managed to throw together a video for today’s blizzard. We were lucky and haven’t received near the record amounts of snow across the state. We’re counting our blessings!