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Another question for you gcreek, with all that snow you get what is your average annual precipitation?

Good pictures gc, worth the wait :wink: You still have snow and it's deep :shock: ours has sunk down considerably although it is still a complete cover unless it's been disturbed by the cows.

Didn't learn much looking at your pictures gc but the captions looked enticing :wink: Will check back later :D

Is that for the restaurant trade or what do they do with them :shock: How much harm do coyotes actually do on any of you folk's ranches? We have a very healthy population here - I often see 8-10 in a morning but they are only looking for mice beneath the snow plus removing the odd dead animals...

If horns are what you are after and this particular family has the better horns you desire go ahead and breed a bull to his half sister - you have a better chance of fixing the type of horns you want like this than breeding them to unrelated stock.

Yep, I guess if you run in off a quad bike you can still retain your "cowboy" status - pity help you if it's a tractor operated one :roll: eh NR?

I think the problem must come from the dam side :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yeah, but somedays I think she must have a negative EPD for temperament :roll:

A few pictures of the strange weather we've had this winter. We've had lots of foggy mornings Leaving frosty trees behind One of my mouse control operatives enjoying the rays on a misty morning. My other farm operatives - best of friends. A chunky Solomon daughter. A more balanced model...

Man, that looks miserable. We have had very nice weather by contrast sitting around -10C for a few days/nights now and only an inch of new snow with no wind. Apart from a miserable 3 weeks in late December we have actually had a really easy winter with the warm November and now coasted almost...

Is that $25k for the tractor or for the change gcreekrch? There is the exact same model with same loader and grapple sitting at a dealer in town here with an asking price of $43k+ It may have less hours than yours I haven't enquired. What direction are the Itchas from your place? I'd be...

Thanks folks :D :D It's deep gas in this case per, they drilled lots of minimal disturbance shallow wells and a few deep ones as well. This valley has been crazy busy with drilling since fall. There are a few that silage - some like us get it put up custom by the Hutterites, closer to Rimbey...

Cold December days Cold cows eating their fill Still some feed under the blanket. Roll on January - picked over pretty good on the open parts January 2nd time to start feeding - they wouldn't come to a shout so I had to go hunt them out of the bush. They are getting a 60% silage ration...

What do you mean white on her nose Per :???: It's snow :lol: :lol: Or do you mean the actual skin colour? If so all the cattle pictured have white noses. Actually in Scotland black noses have been outlawed in the breed - for cosmetic reasons as far as I can tell. It's the same cow in picture...

I don't have many fresh photos that I haven't posted before so i'll have to start taking some more. Here is what I like about Luing. A fully winterized cow that can handle winter grazing in our climate. ...but still slick off in summer ...and turn in bulls like this. One of 4 heifers (3...

Thanks for the explanation H - it's always interesting to learn why people do things certain ways - without the background info we only see half the picture. You must have regular hay burners though - 4 or 5 tons a day on 113 cows :shock: :shock:

How many cows are you trailing and why do you trail them versus truck them over that long a distance?

I like your thinking WR - especially the grant money part :D :D And I'd no more be conning the funders than the researchers FH mentions. Seems like another project trying to prove how long a piece of string is. "There is a study going on now with a warm water vs cold water, so far warm water...

Thank you Soapweed - I'm not trying to force people to do things the way I do or suggest mine is the only way to do things. Merely that a system like ours can and does work under our conditions and that the cows do not suffer as a result. Also that cattle of the Luing breed are well suited to...

Just back from my Sunday afternoon walk - been a cold tough week for the grazing cows but I'm quite happy with how they are handling it. Surprised how much the snow has built up this week - probably a foot on the level now. I walked through the herd and no-one seemed concerned, nobody bellowing...