Vaccinating cows, February 8th.

[Soapweed]

Cows eating and cows waiting to be fed

The old red barn was once red.

Cattle on the move

Goose Lake

Geese on Goose Lake

Working cattle

Putting the cows into the next corral

Getting ready to vaccinate again

A good crew at work

These corrals are about as old as I am, but they work good.

Saddletramp keeps the cattle flowing.

My dad's ranch buildings

My dad's place at sundown. Saddltramp's house is on the right.

The day ends in a blaze of glory.

Sunset over the trees

The day is about gone.

[munsen]

Nick pictures wish we had your big pastures in iowa here there all copped up

[Faster horses]

I like your corrals, Soapweed. Imagine the amount of cattle that have been through them. If only they could talk, what stories they could tell!!!

They look JUST RIGHT!!!

[Denny]

Very nice pictures your corrals look to have seen some resent repairs..I am in the process of building new one's.All the ties were set before the ground froze now I am logging out some hardwood then I will have to fire up my sawmill.I took it in on a trade a few years ago might just as well learn how to run it.

I notice you have no snow now that's something I could get used to...cold I don't mind but I hate snow.It covers up all my tools I did'nt put away.

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

LOL when we started here, on Mr Lilly's grandads place after he sold out, there was a set of wooden corrals, (I posted pics of the old ones comin down and the new one's we built last year) I think they were, FORD corrals....."fix or repair daily" never failed that if we wanted to put somethin in the corrals, we had to spend half a day puttin up new boards to replace the one's that had rotted. Down here, with all the rain (we normally get) and all the bugs that like to eat wood, Wooden corrals just aren't the way to go. Our new pipe and sucker rod corrals will be there for a long long time without repairs needed hopefully.

Nice set up there soapweed.

[HAY MAKER]

Nice picture's & a beautiful sunset after a hard days work on the ranch,"it dont get no better than that" I get tired of patchin pens too,got a set of pipe pens here in the Hill country,and even those need a lil welding ocassionally..................good luck

[Iu Ranch]

Very good pictures of the sunset last night. Sure hope there is some snow on the way we could sure use it, rain would work too.

[Soapweed]

We finished vaccinating today, and just in time. The first two calves came on this cold windy day. They were out of first calf heifers, which weren't supposed to calve for another couple weeks. The heifers were a mile from home and not in a very good spot with the wind blowing like it was. Both calves were hauled into the barn and given powdered colostrum. Later today, we sorted out twenty of the "heaviest" heifers and brought them and the two new mothers to the barn. Both babies are up and happy to be with their mommies.


Welcome to the cold hard world

The other calf, bright-eyed and warmer now

[Faster horses]

Awwwwww. So cute and so nice they are alive. Good for you guys, Soapweed.