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Daffodils blooming in the flower bed. The apricot tree in the back yard is in full bloom. Fresh snow this morning on the hill just a little above the house. Yep, sure signs of spring here in Baker County.

I hope that all of you have a great Easter. He is Risen!!!

These people have been in the business for several generations. And have a very good reputation. On some of the bulls the auctioneer announce where the bull was going. I heard states from through out the country. The furthest one away was Georgia and I hear that twice.

Wife is gone to visit her sister so I am on my own to get food. What do you do this time of the year when you want food? Go to a bull sale and get fed for free. So Harrell Hereford bull sale was today and I went. They had 150+ Hereford bulls, 30 Black Angus bulls, A bunch of registered Hereford...

It is a good thing that she is good dog that I like. $866 to take off a toe. A lesser dog might have gone to the happy hunting grounds.

Several years back Rufus the dog got some sort of weird infection in a toe. After the wife and the vet tried everything they could think of the toe got cut off. End of problem. So late in the day last Wednesday Patty started running around on 3 legs. We searched all over that leg and foot...

I had 3 calves today. For my neighbors that would be a very slow day. But I only have 60 cows. That means 5% of my cows calved today. The neighbors might have beat me by shear numbers. But today I win the percentage!!! Old #12 with the third calf of the day.

I read what Gcreek wrote. I forgot to get you flowers There is not a reservation in the state But when we feed the cows this evening Honey I will get the gate.

It is a classic of cowboy poetry.

I see on facebook that H posted his best poem to this date. Roses are red Violets are blue Buy me some cows And I'll love you A true masterpiece

I had two weaned calves weighing about 450-500 pounds killed by a wolf on October 7. They were less than 200 yards from my house. In mid to late September what is assumed to be the same wolf killed a weaned calf about 3 miles from here. And on October 30 they killed 3 weaned calves in my...

The trouble is they both have the attention span of a 2 year old. They see a pheasant (pretty much daily) it is forget everything else until every bird is cleared out of the field.

Here is my co pilot and navigator all set to feed the cows this morning. Hungry cows volunteering to help me unload the hay. The co pilot got on the back to make sure any cows stay back a respectful distance. Stealing hay or rubbing on the truck is not allowed by the co pilot.

Yes, I ran 100 cows while working a 40 hour a week job. Of course at that point I had lots of experience. Start small. Learn not to sweat the small stuff. Learn not to spend money you don't have to.

You need to realize it isn't cheap to get into ranching. I am retired and have a pretty good retirement. I run some cows because I like to do it. It gives me something to do everyday. But there is no way I could live on what I make off cattle. I have 60 cows in the field right now. I bought...