My job at preg testing is a simple one. Help keep the alleyway full of cows and make sure they go in the chute in a timely manner. I don’t swish the cows together tightly nor do I have to force them in the chute. In fact, most of the time, I’m not right there,…
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B&W Version
I have to share some of my black and white photos from the other day… Daniel runs the vet’s hydraulic squeeze chute. The cow walks in and is held still while the vet examines her to see if she’s pregnant. The Good Doctor, dressed with white protective coveralls, lubricates and inserts his hand to feel…
Ten Things You May Not Know About… Corral Work
We’ve just come off of pregnancy testing… which is done in our mountain corral. They are long days… though they’ve been longer days in the past. We have been known to have to use flashlights to find calves’ tag numbers because we would wean those calves belonging to the “open” (non-pregnant) cows. That was a…
Re-Red: September 13 – September 19, 2020
This was a busy week! We gathered the heifers from one pasture and took them to another so we could preg test them. While waiting for the veterinarian to arrive, Tess and I went hunting arrowheads. I’ve looked here multiple times and have had a tiny bit of success, but that day we found three!…
Preg Test 2020
Thursday was our older cows’ preg test day. We finally wised up to separating the heifers and cows out into two days instead of one long, dusty, painful, tiring, loud, day. Everyone went up first thing but me and Lacee and Reagan. Megan had sent her kids to school, but Tess kept hers out for…
Good Timing
Do we have good timing or what? Preg testing cows… and it’s foggy, cold, and not quite pleasant. I arrived late with the grandkids… and set up lunch in the salt shed. My view barely let me see the squeeze chute and people working in the corral. The Cousin Crew was happy for hot chocolate….
Just Beginning
I’m passing on #Throwback Thursday this week… And sharing my wonderful Tuesday with you instead! We were to preg test our heifers. Sounds easy enough. First you gather the pasture. Enjoy riding past the tiny little fairy waterfall… Take the heifers up and over the hill and down to the corral… Then figure out how…
Little More Preg
Today we worked our newly weaned calves… and… I left my camera outside in my garage, and I’m too lazy to walk out there, so I’ll share a little more from yesterday’s preg test. Daniel runs the vet’s hydraulic chute. It works tremendously well, but you have to put up with the running engine that…
Pregnancy Testing ’16
Up at 5:30 to pack up lunch and everything for preg test day. I actually didn’t leave home until 9 am. Amazing how long it takes to pack food, lawn chairs, drinks, coffee pots, and desserts for the crew! The guys weaned yesterday, so today was easy, just having to deal with cows. I leave…
Oh, Look!
My computer wants to play nice tonight!!! Things aren’t whirring and jiving, so, WHEEEEEEEEE! My SD card is off to the expert, I decided I needed to be happy and quit stressing and let some pro handle things, so I’m hoping K. will get my photos back. I’m enjoying my good luck and will post…
Preg Test Day
PREG TEST DAY. It’s an institution around here… There’s no getting sick or missing this day because something else is going on! It’s like gathering in the badlands, or sale day, or shipping day. It’s the day so many things come together. If a cow isn’t pregnant… she will be sold. So… did the bulls…
ReShare
Tomorrow is our big preg testing day… I’ve spent the day cooking, cleaning, and trying to figure out my computer! Apple has done away with iPhoto, and replaced it with just Photo… but my photo library is SOOOOO big, after a long time, it was determined I needed to buy a new external harddrive to…