A little corral work today… We shipped off some little steers to a local feedlot… We usually feed them ourselves throughout the winter on hay (and some years, extra barley or oats). This is the first time we’ve ever done this… They’ll come back in the spring and we’ll put them out on grass until…
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They Noticed
The guys worked our replacement heifers today. We’ve decided to keep quite a few this year… Today’s the day they get their “grown-up” eartags, the ones they had until now simply matched their mothers… They get a matching number tattoo in their left ear. They get the number 1 branded on their left hip for…
PAP Testing Video
Wow… Seems like this was pretttttyyy interrrrresting, eh? I’ll answer a few questions from yesterday’s comments first. Jake, seeing as how you’re *closer* to CSU, seems like you could put out some feelers for upcoming clinics, or contact Dr. Holt directly and see where he’s talking next. He’s well worth a drive! Darrell, you don’t…
PAP Testing
Meanwhile, back… Today, Daniel and Brandon hosted a presentation on PAP testing. Now, I can already see you guys starting to turn away to run, and most of the women cringing… But PAP testing with cattle is far removed from taking Pap smears with women! Stick around, all of you, you might find this interesting!…
Supervisors
We loaded a few girls on the truck this morning. Time to say goodbye… Thanks, girls. Of course, the supervisors were there. (That’s Jazz, not Dally… she was inside, avoiding her father.) **** November 24, 2011 Thanksgiving November 24, 2010 Wordless Wednesday – “Frosty Frame” November 24, 2009 A Diet Tip for Thanksgiving Week November…
Reader’s Digest Version
Well, I didn’t take the time to figure out why my camera won’t download some of my videos. I’m not sure if its a memory thing, or if its unreadable for some other reason. Which is too bad, because I have great movies of Quinlan’s first bull sale! You’d think the sound and activity would…
Wordless Wednesday – “Dally, Swwwsss!”
Dally, swwwsss! Get those cows! **** November 7, 2011 Forget About (an awwwww moment!) November 7, 2010 Questions and Answers – November 2010 Edition November 7, 2009 No entry. November 7, 2008 The Huntress (Elsa at her best!)
Minute Slide Show: Shaw Pasture
Yay! Accomplished this little job in between raking leaves and cleaning house! Amazing how easy it is if you don’t wait until 11 pm to do things like this! Here’s a little slide show, sharing our 5 hours of trailing cows to our Shaw Pasture. Beautiful day… 60 something degrees… no wind… barely any dust……
Aflame
Oh, I really really need to catch up on my sleep… so the little slideshow I thought about making is going on tomorrow’s schedule. We moved cows again today… A gorgeous 5 hours of work! Hopefully, I can be creative throughout tomorrow and have it ready for you. Until then, Thursday morning’s sunrise was brilliant…
Minute Movie: Trailing By
This Minute Movie is twice as long as normal… but I just couldn’t resist the peacefulness that saturates this video! We are letting the cows trail by… Vernon on horseback in the middle of the gate, getting a good count as they walk past. Daniel leaves my side, and walks to the back of the…
Wordless Wednesday – “Carrying On”
My son and father-in-law deep in conversation. “Carrying On” says it all. **** October 31, 2011 Let It Sift Into Your Soul… October 31, 2010 Lost Three October 31, 2009 Cow Work October 31, 2008 I Love This Country!
Absolute Love
Yay. The cows are about halfway down… the neighbors were kind enough to let us overnight in their pasture… Then, of course, instead of taking them to the fire ravaged Mesa Pasture, we’ll bring them on home. We, meaning the guys, because I’ll be on duty at the library. But I’m getting ahead of myself!…