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Posted on February 26, 2023February 26, 2023

Daniel’s little herd has calved, and two days ago, the one cow that Vernon and I own privately calved as well. Yay! Isn’t she cute? Yes, she has shelter and dry ground to lay on, but I guess the snow wasn’t that bad with the 40* temperature. Our heifers are due to start calving on…

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Epic

Posted on February 25, 2023

This photo was from Wednesday amid the cold and snow… Today was forty degrees above zero with a brilliant blue sky. Wyoming’s mood swings can be epic. Nevertheless, Vernon is still out there, feeding cows every day. (I’d show you that if my camera would just talk to my iPad. Seriously, do they not realize…

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Brittle Blue

Posted on February 24, 2023

For those of you who don’t know what -39* looks like… this is a pretty good photo of it. The creek, where the ice is out of it, is much warmer than the air… and it creates low lying fog along its banks. While most think snow should only be white, I think the more…

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#TBT: Un-onslaught, v.2.0

Posted on February 23, 2023

This was first published February 27, 2012. I keep waiting for it to “HIT”. The rush of baby calves. The flow of amniotic fluid… the grunts of labor… the slimywetcuterthansnot black babies that (hopefully) slip into this world… the steam that rises from their backs… the first shake of a head and blow of a…

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Wordless Wednesday: Feathers

Posted on February 22, 2023

Here’s a tough one! For this jigsaw puzzle of one of my chicken’s feathers, go HERE.

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Soaking Up the Sunshine

Posted on February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

A day full of housework gets to reward you with a bonus puzzle this week. I was tempted to call it “Chicken Dust” but “Soaking up the Sunshine” will do. Go enjoy this jigsaw puzzle HERE.

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Mineral Trip

Posted on February 20, 2023

The next snow storm arrives tomorrow so Vernon decided to drive to Cody *today* to pick up our order of mineral. Mineral provides supplemental minerals to cattle, improving their health. That sounds very silly, but how else can you say it? Think of it as a “multivitamin”. Buying four pallet loads means you just can’t…

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Tasty

Posted on February 19, 2023

Our nice and sunny is headed for nasty and cloudy, AGAIN. Storms and the resulting changes in air pressure can bring on labor. Even though the majority of our heifers should calve starting the 27th of February, weather and low birthweight bulls (used on our heifers for ease in calving their first babies) can slightly…

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Action

Posted on February 18, 2023

More photos from yesterday… (I still couldn’t get them to download to my iPad, but a direct line to my desktop works, so I did manage to save these photos…) Indy and Bravo run alongside each other trying to catch up to the herd. We are all on four wheelers or side by side, the…

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Getting Close

Posted on February 17, 2023

I’m having problems downloading photos off my camera… but the dogs and I helped bring the heifers up close to the calving shed in preparation for calving season today. We peeled off 37 cows that were with them and took them to a field. It’s amazingly awesome when the cows know where to go and…

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#TBT: The Job Everyone Ha- Doesn’t Care For, v.2.0

Posted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

This was first posted February 24, 2012. “The job everyone hates.” That’s the way Daniel described his afternoon chore of grinding grain. We feed our calves extra grain rations during the winter… it helps them grow big and strong!  If we only fed them hay, like their mothers, they would put much of that energy…

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Wordless Wednesday: Waiting in the Sunshine

Posted on February 15, 2023

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on our working Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherds, Bravo and Indy, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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