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It got real cool, the end of August, first part of September, then it got hot…seemed like it was hotter than it had been all summer, but I am sure that isn’t right.. Been doing some leather work, building a saddle.. a young man came to visit Chance the other day and while here, rodeContinue reading “Fall is here”

We preg checked the heifers on Monday… hauled the opens and the steers to Philip that evening…we turned bulls out on July 1st for 24 days.. got 55% bred… some would say that isn’t a high enough pregnancy rate, but by doing it this way, supposedly we willet the best ones and won’t have soContinue reading “Pregging”

Chance is done working the rally and his kids are here, so this morning them four and Ari Cat and I got the bunch in from out east and doctored cows and calves.. not as many this time, so me must be gaining.. we pushed them south, across the road.. then this afternoon, I wentContinue reading “More doctoring”

How in the heck did it get to be Autgust, so fast? Seems like the summer is flying by. Because of all the extra rain, we have been fighting sore feet and sore eyes in cows and calves.. we started off just darting them, but that became to expensive too fast, so we went toContinue reading “August?”

Been getting lots of rain, washed out a couple creek crossings.. one, I had just got done repairing then got over 2 inches of rain and washed it out again.. I went and worked on a couple today… Went and worked on water tanks that were getting pretty dug out around them by the cattleContinue reading “Wet”

Up into the low 90’s this afternoon, a little breeze. Went and helped a neighbor haul his lambs to the sale this morning.. Bit went along and helped.. she got sick at the sale barn, waiting in the pickup so had to go get some paper towels and some spray cleaner and clean up herContinue reading “Warm!”

We just keep getting rains… got an inch the other night than an inch yesterday evening and night and then it rained hard this afternoon… looks like about 2.5 inches in the last couple days. We had cattle get mixed the other night, heifers and heifer bulls in with the older cows, so Chance andContinue reading “Wet!”

Got about 30 hundreds last night in a quick passing thunder storm…we will take it.. Eric and Rainey and Glen came over yesterday and helped us get the last bunch of calves worked.. Gus and Sam and Eli and Gabe and Rainey all roped and Eric roped on a colt he has in training… wentContinue reading “More rain”

Man, green is a pretty color, in the grass anyway… Laramie came and reshod Feather.. been having trouble keeping shoes on him so he put ones with clips on.. hopefully that will help.. I rode him to gather on Monday when we branded the big bunch and he had some spring in his stride.. aContinue reading “Green, green, GREEN!”

Today, Addy Bear and I took the big draft mares back… didn’t use them nearly as much as I wanted this winter… on the way home we ate at Hardy’s.. all she ate was my curly fries… got some metal to weld a gate back together.. stopped near home at a neighbors and got aContinue reading “Doing stuff”