Sweet tea, cheese burgers, and pie. Just a few of the good foods found at the cattle auction. My childhood memories are filled with trip to the cattle auction with cull cows, taking a few and trading for a few to bring back home. I remember well struggling to stay awake just to watch a … Continue reading Day at the Cattle Auction
Sounds of Summer
Memorial Day! This week marks the start of summer as well as hay season here on the ranch. We'll start laying grass on the ground and with temps this week in the middle 90s (heat indexes nearing the century mark) it'll cure pretty quick. The cows are pretty content, so I had the opportunity to … Continue reading Sounds of Summer
Wordless Wednesday: Back Breaking
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Photo Friday: Tasty Licks
Thank goodness its Friday! On Fridays I will post a photo from the ranch and discuss the subject. Take a gander and see if you can guess what we are looking at… Do you take your daily vitamin and mineral pills? Do you have a clue what minerals are available in your diet? It's not exactly … Continue reading Photo Friday: Tasty Licks
Photo Friday: Mud Bugs
Thank goodness its Friday! On Fridays I will post a photo from the ranch and discuss the subject. Take a gander and see if you can guess what we are looking at… Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdads, Mud Bugs. No matter what you call em, they taste pretty good. Crawfish (as they are known in my neck of … Continue reading Photo Friday: Mud Bugs
Why do farmers and ranchers castrate cattle?
Why do farmers and ranchers castrate cattle? There can be many welfare and management reasons behind the use of castration in cattle. Castration also comes to mind when I think of the neighbors' traveling bulls. When it comes down to it, farmers and ranchers use this as a tool for management. Why would you castrate … Continue reading Why do farmers and ranchers castrate cattle?
Blazing Saddles: The Three Bays
Not quite Larry, Curly, and Moe, but I would say they each come with unique personalities. In the last month or so I have been busy shopping for horses and have some how ended up with not two, but three blaze-faced, bay cow horses. Katie, Blaze, and Grullo. We're real original with names in these … Continue reading Blazing Saddles: The Three Bays
Traveling Bulls and Breeding Season
Who ever said ranch life is boring, has not stuck around for a day. Just as soon as we wrap up one season, the next is waiting on its heels. I finished up calving season as April walked out the door and with May comes breeding season. I turned the bulls loose the other day and … Continue reading Traveling Bulls and Breeding Season
Mare Foaling: Triplets and Stillborns
And just as I thought calving season was complete, here comes a foaling mare sneaking up behind me. Actually I have had my eye on this one for a while. Mares can be tricky lil things; especially those maiden mares. They like to give birth in the middle of the night, hang tight to their placenta, … Continue reading Mare Foaling: Triplets and Stillborns