The boys have been working on AI-ing our heifers. Daniel has helped some neighbors with their heifers as well. Today was our Big Day and I was called into help. I had spent the morning transplanting flowers but they wanted me after lunch, so my tomatoes will still have to wait to be planted. Vernon…
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WANTED
Before we know it, Calving Season will have started. You know how there’s the meme going around the internet… Be Calm and ______ (fill in the blank with your favorite activity)? The sweatshirt that keeps getting posted on my Facebook page says “I can’t Be Calm… It’s Calving Season!” I really feel like buying that…
Not Tonight
My father-in-law recorded -31˚ last night. We skated by with only -17˚. Shows what living closer to the creek will do for you in winter! As a result, we kept a closer eye on the heifers… they can go at any time, although they should wait just a bit longer! I was ready to crawl…
Bred Heifer Sale
We traveled to Riverton today to see our heifers sell. These are the unfortunate ones that didn’t make the cut to be replacement heifers for whatever reason… they are expecting their calves too late, and a few were too small. There were plenty of nice looking ones… I would have bought them! Riverton always treats…
Who’s Your Daddy?
So Brandon spent most of his Sunday doing this. Yup. Looking under a heifers tail… getting covered in blood and poo. I gave him an extremely short break by doing about 8 heifers right before lunch… I’m not near as fast or efficient, but I can get it done. It probably would have helped had…
Chilly
We’ve shipped some high quality bred heifers to Riverton, Wyoming. These are the ones that didn’t meet our rules for being replacement heifers… but, my, there’s some nice looking heifers in the bunch! There’s also some aged cows… Consider this your notice for the sale on Friday! The day dawned crisp at 4 degrees… They…
Black Friday Deal
OK, heifers, here’s the deal today. Walk up that alley into the squeeze chute and receive a FREE TATTOO! Also upgrade to the larger, permanent Eartag 2.0, available in Shimmering Emerald or Glowing Amber! Be the first in the pasture to sport the new Age Brand! Worn on your left hip, this helps aid in…
Recommendation
The plan was to gather the heifers. Even with the 5 am start, I agreed to ride… about a half an hour later, I wised up! The heifers have spent the past month grazing in a lower pasture. A pasture where tall grass grows. The same grass that causes me to wheeze, sneeze, cough, and…
Score!
Ranch Course Herding Level II: Out of the corral. Down the rocks. By the granary. Through the gate. Across the field to the corral. Score!
All Hands on Deck
It was a full day… feeding Daniel’s baby bulls… (Note the vultures soaking up the morning sun in the cottonwood behind them) Weighing, pouring, and vaccinating the yearling heifers… We weigh them individually to chart their growth, and pour de-wormer on their backs (like you put on tick and flea medicine on your dog) and…
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…
Extra Effort
With all of the extra curricular activities… we’ve fallen behind on a few chores. One was the bleeding of our AI heifers, to see if the AI actually took. This has to be done within a certain time, because after we AI’d them, of course, we put in a bull to catch them on their…