Sunday, March 30. 2008
Had a bum around here for about a week or so. A twin that the mom wouldn't accept. Grafted him on a two year old that lost a calf. He was a cute little guy, that's for sure. Taken 3/12/2008.
Monday, March 24. 2008
A cow dragging her newborn calf to the feed ground. Taken 3/13/2008.
Tuesday, March 18. 2008
The cows are really starting to calve now. There are all kinds of cute calves running around. I might be tired from the long days and short nights, but I never get tired of the miracle of life being played out at this time of year. Taken 3/16/2008.
Friday, February 22. 2008
Just another cute calf. I have to do my part to raise food for the wolves you know. Taken 2/20/2008.
Wednesday, February 13. 2008
This calf sure found a nice comfortable place to lay. They are not dumb though, they always seem to find the nice dry, warm spots to lay down. Taken 2/8/2008.
Tuesday, February 5. 2008
The heifers have had their first calf. Born the evening of the 3rd. The Hired Hand swore we wouldn't have a calf on the ground till the 15th of the month. I told him we would have at least 10 by then. He definitely was wrong, now we will see if I am right or not. Taken 2/4/2008.
Monday, December 17. 2007
Lucky and Bella having a meeting of the minds. They can't figure each other out. They both want to play but are not sure how to play with each other. Taken 12/2/2007.
Thursday, November 29. 2007
Lucky thinks the grain I am feeding Bella is really good stuff so they share, at least he looks at it like sharing. I'm not sure Bella agrees. Taken 11/10/2007.
Tuesday, November 27. 2007
A coming two year old heifer and a replacement heifer calf standing on the fence beside each other. Looking pretty good if you ask me. Taken 11/15/2007.
Wednesday, November 21. 2007
We got our first snowfall for the season the other night. More moisture than we have gotten in quite a while. Bella here was not to sure about the stuff. She was afraid to walk in it. I guess if you can't see it, that makes it awful scary. Taken 11/20/2007.
Monday, November 5. 2007
The calves were just contentedly standing in the corral waiting for it to warm up so we could work them. You can see the frost on this ones back from the cold night. Taken 10/31/2007.
Saturday, October 27. 2007
Bella, my blind calf, resting comfortable waiting for her next meal. She is the cutest little thing I have seen in a long time. Has a heck of a personality. She even plays with Lucky once in a while. Taken 10/26/2007.
Wednesday, October 24. 2007
I see a neighbor of mine is trying a different way of weaning calves. Instead of pulling the calf off the cow and separating the two, they put this fancy nose jewelry on which keeps the calf from nursing the cow and more "naturally" weans the calf. The claim is that this is less stressful on the calf and the cow. I don't know how well it works or not. It's interesting to see though. Taken 10/22/2007.
Wednesday, September 26. 2007
One of these days I really need to consider getting rid of my old cows. I Let cows go to the hills if they are in good shape. I noted while cutting this cow is 17 years old. She is in pretty good shape for being in the hills all summer but her calf is a little below par. It will sell with the rest but it's just not great. No surprise there. Instead of getting rid of my old cows maybe I need to start a new breed of long lived cows that are capable of sustained production. What a plan. Taken 9/23/2007.
Monday, September 24. 2007
I spent the weekend sorting steer pairs from heifer pairs in preparation for shipping. We will finish the job today. I've heard it rained quite a bit in Billings and other parts of the state. We weren't so fortunate. The dry parched ground could really use a good drink right now. Taken 9/22/2007.
