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…
Wordless Wednesday: Feathers
Here’s a tough one! For this jigsaw puzzle of one of my chicken’s feathers, go HERE.
Soaking Up the Sunshine
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.
Mineral Trip
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…
Tasty
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…
Action
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…
Getting Close
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…
#TBT: The Job Everyone Ha- Doesn’t Care For, v.2.0
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…
Wordless Wednesday: Waiting in the Sunshine
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
End with Smiles
It seems hard to believe, but Lacee and Lorelei are old enough to be on a recreation district basketball team. They have both been excited, as they have watched their older brothers play and were anxious to give it a shot. So to speak. Lorelei has even been dreaming about basketball! Their first game was…
Yet to be Found
When the sun is out and the temperature is in the upper forties, it’s difficult to believe the weather prediction of a winter storm tomorrow. There’s just enough snow to still make walking across it stressful, unsure if you’re going to sink in four inches, slip on a coating of ice or a slush puddle,…
Barn Practice
After the cows have been fed and chores done, we’ve been trying to take it easy… letting the families have time together or simply relaxing. We know quite well that calving season is almost upon us and that it will be gogogo. Daniel went snowmobiling, Vernon declining this trip as he’s still sore from Thursday’s…