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Today was the branding and haul the cows off to summer camp. I have 60 cows and 58 calves which is by far the smallest branding in the neighborhood. Well the crew arrive about 8:30 this morning. A pair of B's must have crawled through the fence so we branded 59. We gathered, sorted and...

I wish I had a job like Oscar. Laying around sleep whenever he wants and when he does work it is just riding along telling Dave what to do. I could really handle a job like that. I have never seen Oscar wearing sunglasses. He is much too cool to do something like that.

No the same long term owner who believes in open range. His cows have been visiting too pretty regularly for the last 3 weeks or so. Eventually the closest neighbor and I will get tired of them and have enough time to run them well back into the hills or up the canyon.

Don't raise it. It is purchased. Some of it the cows lick the ground slicking it up. Others not so much. Varies from bale to bale. Some days they get a bale of Trit and half a bale of alfalfa. Other days a bale and a half of Trit.

Friday late afternoon we were headed to town. I noticed a bull in with the cows. Yesterday morning when I fed he was bawling at the cows and racing around checking them out. This morning when I fed he was no longer there. As I was finishing up I spotted him walking down the road. Either I...

Yes I imagine there will be some of that. But there is no cost share program for that. It is on the rancher to build those fences.

I got funded. Mine was a small enough project that the local FSA committee could approve it. Most of these people with 10+ miles of fence needing built the approval had to go higher up. I talked to a fence contractor. He is building some for B right now. Once he finishes that project Me and...

I would probably wear a cowboy hat more but the head rest on newer pickups hit the back of the brim. Which means you have to take the hat off while driving. The wife said her Dad kept a ball cap in the Mother's car. When driving it he would take off his cowboy hat and put on the ball cap...

This thread reminded me of something which would happen occasionally after the rodeos. Rodeo cowboys being the playful sorts that they are would snatch a hat off a friend. Drop it on top of a lit M80 firecracker. Firecracker went off and the hat..... well hat no more. This was always straw...

I have cowboy hats. Nothing high quality. Just off the shelf stuff. 2 felts and 3 straws. But the truth of the matter is I only wear a cowboy hat 4 or 5 times a year. I have a large stack of ball caps which get worn regularly. I would say they are all cheap give me hats...... except 2 of...

Well you know how that is around here you have to be under the right cloud. Just a couple miles away and it is a huge difference.

I irrigate the hay meadows because 12 in of annual rain is considered a good year. Next week I will get serious about doing it. It is a daily chore from now until mid September with a little break for haying around July 1.

The wife's rain gauge said we got 1.2 inches of rain last night and this morning. Remind me again. Why am I irrigating?

That is Ms Older Wiskey to you.

Good thing I started irrigating yesterday. It is pouring out there this morning and from the looks of the driveway it rained hard during the night. There was a 50% chance of light showers. Once again the weather guessers missed it. One of the neighbors has a branding scheduled for today. I...

Here from about late November until about now the horses are on winter break. Cows are in the flat hay meadows so it is quads and side by sides. Once the cows go to the hills the ATV's are limited to the few two tracks and horses go to work. The lack of cow horses and cowboys is one of the...

I am use to the 50-60 degree days we have been having. This 70 would be a darn nice day in August but today is seems too hot.

Everyone has seen the road signs telling people to look for that famous Indian, Rolling Rock. But did you know he had a sister of low moral character, Loose Gravel.

B has one of those coolers which he made himself. Just got a cooler the right size. Drilled holes in the side for PVC the right size with caps on the end. He probably had the material laying around, otherwise it would cheaper to just buy one.

With irrigation about to start here how about Flowing Water. Of course there is Muddy Water. And the X rated version Dirty Water.