For one last photo of the Gulf Coast… and its jigsaw puzzle… go HERE.
Round and Round
As Vernon and I worked on the last gate brace, we had help. Can you see the smiling face? Lacee was riding along as Daniel used the post pounder. She seemed to be having quite a good time. I’m sure there are photos of my kids building fence with Johnny… this scene hits close to…
Rebuilding and Replacing
I helped Vernon today, rebuilding and replacing worn out gate posts and braces. They were not pretty, we decided… There were all kinds. You can’t tell, but the cliff has eroded out from under this corner… One post good, the other… not so much… Vernon will come back and finish all the details. We just…
Fair Projects
This year’s extra fair projects have arrived. Two lambs each for Jaxon and Lacee. One pig each for Quinlan and Lorelei. It’s going to be “fairly” busy around here…
Calving Video
The first video I’ve made in a long time! 875 was kind enough to let me film her calving, keeping the important bits aimed my way. She’s a good momma!
Busy
Brandon and Quinlan were kept busy tagging the 18 calves that were born yesterday. There were 18 born again today, so tomorrow will be busy too.
Throwback Thursday: Still Cook, v.2.0
This was first published March 18, 2015. Sometimes having all these outbuildings is a blessing… and sometimes a curse. It means you have room to store STUFF, which means you have a tendency to store STUFF. Honestly, I’m not too ashamed (most of the time) to dig out some old toys for my grandkids instead…
Wordless Wednesday: Snow on a Red Wall
Fox a jigsaw puzzle of the latest snowstorm on a red wall, go HERE.
New Ways
It was time to start our “Sandhills Method” for this year. That basically means we’re moving cows! Those that have calved are left behind with their babies. Those that haven’t calved will be moved to another place. This helps with disease spread (hopefully) and takes the pressure off of the pastures they’re in. They were…
Incentives
Incentives. Sometimes a little extra attention is all that is needed. This little baby needed to eat. Whether the mom wasn’t a good mother or the baby couldn’t figure it out, we knew we had to get them together. Our portable maternity pen comes in handy for this. The baby was hungry and with minor…
Silently
If there was one thing I could change about calving season, it would be this. This crappy, horrid bug that jumps up and can kill a calf in a few hours. Overnight, a happy, healthy calf can turn to this. Fortunately, Daniel has gotten quite proficient at giving IVs. A razor shaves the area in…
Rescue Efforts
A spring snow storm blew in leaving 5” of snow. I rode along to support Vernon while he checked for baby calves. Like this one. He had known this cow was calving and had moved her twice away from the creek. Here she was, back on the creek bank with her brand new baby. All…