Working the cattle

Good morning girls, it’s going to be a fun day!!!

First we need to get all the cattle rounded up from the pasture.  We chase them into the corner of the pasture, try to get them all out onto the road at the same time.  Then we need to get them all into the yard and into the corral.  Actually this all went really well.  We didn’t have any run away or cause much problem.  The only thing is that about 20 of them decided to go right through my garden and make a huge mess of it.  I am going to have peas coming up through September given how deep some of them are now planted.After getting them all into the corral, we separated the cows and calves.  Once the calves are in a separate pen, we separate all the cows into different pens based on which pasture they will be going to.

Then it is time to get the calves worked.  They are branded and given a couple of shots.  We had a little helper.  He loved catching the calves!!And yes, the branding part does stink, especially when the breeze blows it right in your face!!

Deep Creek

I guess the creek was deeper than he thought….

Field

This is the field that was seeded on May 9.  

Fixing Fence

Since it rained so much over the weekend, it is now time to get the cattle out into the pastures.  But first we need to fix the fences.  With all the rain we came upon this in many places.  Lots of water.  And with all the snowfall this winter, there were a lot of fences down in the creeks.  

Got to love my Keens.  These kept my feel dry after walking through all this water.  Although after we got back from fixing this area…..mom said that this is why she wears her muck boots.  Would have been good to know about 6 hours earlier.  Next time…..

  

Until tomorrow……

Wind, wind and more wind

We certainly didn’t need the windsock to tell us how windy it was out today.  Gusts up to 45 mph.  At least we know that the new windsock can hold up to that much wind ALL day long.  

The wind blew off the top to one of our storage sheds.  It actually blew it across the yard, over the fence, into the pasture, almost hitting a cow.

And it blew out the pilot light on our water heater for the first time.  Which of course meant a cold shower for me….because the only time a person realizes that the water heater is getting cold is part way through a shower!!

The grass really is greener….

This cow really proves that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.  Luckily for me, I don’t need to get that close to the fence when mowing.  The cows do a really great job of keeping that trimmed up for me!!


The other cows are grazing in the pasture and the calves are being lazy.  Enjoying the sun that has decided to come out after several days of rain and clouds.

Getting Greener

The ditches are finally starting to get some green grass!

 

Which looks so much better than what the view was back in February:

Seeded field

One of the first fields that was seeded on 5/9/11 with spring wheat.

Baby kitties

Kitty had four babies three weeks ago. They are starting to crawl around quite a bit. These are the first kittens on the farm in a really long time. 

Our Girl

Girl is a black lab cross about 10 years old. She is a gentle giant who loves everyone!

Ready for spring's work

The weather is warming up......the fields are drying up. That means we will need to start packing lunches for spring's field work.

Let's check if the pantry is stocked with quick snacks:

My bathtub has now become the go-to spot for water jugs and gatorade.