Must be fall. Cindy and I drove out around the cows this afternoon and checked for sick calves. Didn’t find any. We ran the horses in and pulled the two foals off the mares to wean them. Kept Mijo in for tomorrow when I am going to help a neighbor ship calves. We kept SquirtContinue reading “Fall”
Category Archives: Cattle
Sam and I
went for a ride. This is the picture I took of him afterwords…. This is what I wrote after we came in the house…. real rough, haven’t even started polishing it yet but thought some of you might like to see it… Ridin’ with Sam Yellow gold leaves with a touch of red somehow showContinue reading “Sam and I”
Preggin’
Got the heifers all ultrasounded… went pretty well, tho’ got warm and dang sure dusty. Good thing I had good horseback help. Not to sure about the chute help as the owner brought them and they took care of that end. Seemed to flow well. Open rate was much better than last year. Feller stoppedContinue reading “Preggin’”
Great weekend
Left about noon on Friday and got to Hot Springs with a short stop in Custer to drop off a CD for Tate and Kass. Had a great show with some newcomers on Friday night and then just a jam packed wonderful time on Saturday. found a new coat at a second hand store justContinue reading “Great weekend”
Nice day
Not too hot, not too windy. I was getting ready to work on making a palp cage this morning when Delbert showed up with an invite to ride along with him, so took it quick before he changed his mind! We stopped over at a neighbors who had been having a dog trail. It wasContinue reading “Nice day”
About done
With the new stirrup leathers and sweat fenders I had to build for Ivan the Indian, the guy who bought the saddle with the real long legs. Occupied a lot of my time the past two days. I did run down to Punkin Center yesterday and get a gate and some metal and a fewContinue reading “About done”
Got them sold
Shipped the yearling steers we pastured this summer, on Sunday., Had Cliff, Robert and Jim help. Good crew and it went smooth. Loaded them on trucks about 1:30. Fr Tyler came home Sunday night so he and I drove up to Faith and took a horse along that Keith is taking back home. We gotContinue reading “Got them sold”
Cooler
With some wind. Needed my vest this morning. Didn’t by later morning. After I got the horses in I worked on the loading chute. Rebuilt the piece in front that wiggles back and forth so that if a truck is a little crooked it still hits right and doesn’t leave a gap for a critterContinue reading “Cooler”
Goodbye, Kelvin
Later I will take Kelvin o the airport. We had a last breakfast of bacon, eggs and fresh tomato’s. Then we drove out to look at the pairs. While we were working the calves yesterdays the horses that were out in the pasture all came running up, in the wrong pasture, so this morning weContinue reading “Goodbye, Kelvin”
A good day
Good friend, good hands. We got the calves all worked and had a great time doing it. It sure is nice living around here where you can call on these guys for help. Afterwords Kelvin and I took the bulls back that we had leased and tonight I feasted on Rocky Mountain Oyster, tho’ KelvinContinue reading “A good day”
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