Steph: I was wondering if you use the same veterinarian for both large and small animals. Yes, we do. We’ve used The Good Doctor for many, many years… with occasional visits to others as needed, depending on the situation. Most of the vets around here handle both large and small animals. Irmgard: Carol, since some…
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Questions and Answers – August 2016 Edition
Marilyn: How do you find buried pipeline? You must have some new device to do that? The device is called a shovel… a thing that doesn’t necessarily like to work on very hot days… 😉 Carole: I know you have lots and lots of acreage as do most ranches out there, so how far do…
Questions and Answers: May 2016 Edition
Tom: For Q and A Who makes that mini-truck you have? I want one. Do you know Shreve Stockton, she must live nearby? My little white truck is a Mitsubishi Minicab. Google “Japanese minitrucks” and you will find many styles and prices! Some are pretty decked out, but mine is pretty plain. We put on…
Questions and Answers: March 2016 Edition (Part Two)
Joan: “What do you suppose made it tangle like that? Isn’t barbed wire usually tight enough for that not to happen?” Twists in barbed wire are usually caused by wildlife jumping them and catching on the wires with their legs. The barbs then actually catch on each other and hold themselves in that twisted position. …
Questions and Answers – March 2016 Edition – Part One
Jo – “is that an old osage orange tree?” and Kay – “What kind of tree is that ? Is it alive ?” This tree is an old cottonwood. It is alive. There’s a little road that is used occasionally that runs underneath it… it depends on if the gates are open (and cows present)…
Questions and Answers – January 2016 Edition
Joanne : My question. Is it possibly to give an overview of the life of your calves. From birth do you keep them all or are some sold as calves rather than adult cows. How long do you keep the adults. We are a cow/calf and yearling operation. That means we calve in late February/March/April. …
Questions and Answers – October 2015 Edition
Finally, I’m getting to the Q&A’s!!! Carolyn: How did the plastic tags work for weaning Brandon’s calves? I was telling Joe about it yesterday, but have either missed the blog saying how it worked, or you haven’t mentioned it yet 🙂 Carolyn, you didn’t miss a thing! I had asked Brandon to video his calves and…
Questions and Answers: August 2015 Edition
Marilyn M: Is this normal to take your herd to the mountain this late in the year? We are going later for two reasons. One, the most important, is because we have so much larkspur on our mountain pasture, we wait until it is dried up and less palatable, hoping that our cows won’t eat…
Questions and Answers- July 2015 Edition part two
I had this finished last night and then lost it when my internet connection faded in and out and in and out… Let’s try again! Linda: Question that you may have already answered, but I missed it. You posted about that hilarious (sorry bulls) post about those bulls’ equipment getting, uhm, broken. And you’ve also…
Questions and Answers – July 2015 Edition
Rosemary asked: How many acres is your ranch? Is all of that useable grazing land? Do you also run cattle on federal land leases? Rosemary, welcome to Red Dirt country! I guess I haven’t discussed this in a Q&A for a while, so I suppose it’s time. I understand the thought behind the question… kind…
Tipi Q & A
Well, my post from the other day spurred lots of questions about my sister’s tipi, so I thought I’d share more pics, explain a bit more, maybe help you understand some things! First of all, there’s the Way Back Machine and my post about my sad little wrinkly tipi from clear back in 2008!!!! Holy…
Questions and Answers – May 2015 Edition – Part Two
Kris: How about an Eden update? I’d love to hear how she’s coming along. Eden is a pistol, and I rarely keep up with her. She is definitely a gopher hunter, she’s usually covered in red dirt and wet from snow or dew on plants or rain… She’s quite good at the Paper Plate Training,…