Shocking, I know. Our little world seems to revolve around the cows. Not to disrespect the cows, they do kind of take up a lot of our time because there is a lot that happens during calving season, pre-breeding, breeding season, branding, pasture rotation, checking fences so they don’t get out and annoy someone, etc…Continue reading “beyond the cow”
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Excuse me….. but what is that??
I’m not sure that I really know or remember what this stuff is. The temperature outside isn’t above 90F and the smoke has somewhat disappeared for the time being, but you can’t see the sun… or the mountains. The air feels damp and muggy. And there’s a certain smell to the air. No, it’s notContinue reading “Excuse me….. but what is that??”
Wordy Wednesday
Hmmm… let’s see…. what shall it be for today? Okay, how about ‘waddle dog’? Waddle dog is very similar to the word ‘heavy’. It is just a big, fat pregnant mama cow and the way she walks. Some of the ol’ girls are more dramatic in their gait as they get further along and thenContinue reading “Wordy Wednesday”
Wayward Wordy Wednesday
Well, isn’t that just peachy… Wordy Wednesday is delayed due to a technical difficulty… oh, that would be me. I thought I posted but it didn’t go, so here we go…again… welcome to our wayward wordy Wednesday re-post of an un-posted post… Decisions, decisions, decisions. It didn’t take too long to figure out what theContinue reading “Wayward Wordy Wednesday”
Wordy Wednesday… ‘the heavies’
Okay, since I made everyone sad with yesterdays’ post – I’m sorry, that wasn’t my intent… one of the dangers of thinking out loud – I’m going to try to do something a little different for a couple of reasons. Number 1 is to give me a ‘deadline’ to post something. Not that I don’tContinue reading “Wordy Wednesday… ‘the heavies’”
the last trailer ride
This is a challenging year. Conditions caused by last September’s wildfire burning the majority of our fields and pastures, the silt and ash that flowed into the ditches, the drainages and across some fields during the spring thaw, the cool dry spring that delayed the regrowth of grasses, the drought conditions and the prolonged triple-digitContinue reading “the last trailer ride”
heifers vs bulls updates
A long time in the making of an update so here we go. We are now at heifers 15 – bulls 12. We were at 16 heifers but sadly we lost heifer #1011. She was born May 6th and she died a few days later. We really don’t know why. She stopped nursing, became weakContinue reading “heifers vs bulls updates”
other stuff…
Just a mix of what’s been going on in pictures…. some weather, mostly windy but tasks and work still needs to be done. Another windy day – but at least it isn’t 100F today. Not ready for late summer temperatures. Until next time~Karen
Betty went to the Sinclair…again
We have a 6-year old cow named Betty. She’s a good cow, a little bossy and all of her calves are born weaned or at least weaned within hours of being born. A little story about Betty’s past calving experiences… When Betty was a heifer her reaction to her first calf 4 years ago wasContinue reading “Betty went to the Sinclair…again”
heifers 9 – bulls 5
The boys are catching up in the tally count. And time for me to catch up, too. So here we go… Update on Eva and the bon-bons. Eva’s full name is Eva Bonnie – we call her Eva Bon-Bon… now she has real bon-bons to take care of. But Eva is having a little troubleContinue reading “heifers 9 – bulls 5”
HR hobo 