Beautiful day here

[Tap]

A bit windy here, but real again, for a January day. Might be in the high 50's near here in a couple days.

Here are some pictures I took this morning.

I have posted pictures of this hill before, but I thought the light made it look great this morning.

A few from one of my favorite pastures.

Another pinnacle, and cows on the ridge. Kinda blurry, but oh well.

See Red Robin, we have trees. :wink:

A good draw.

For Faster Horses. A cow in pretty good shape, that has done it on her own. I like fat cows too.

Oops!

Good looking kid horse.

 

[Shorthornguy]

Enjoyed the pics Thanks.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Tap if the grey one would eat some Vigortone it would be black.

I bet I know what FH will tell you about that fat cow. Alot of my cows looked like that but most have changed with Vigortone.

 

[Mrs.Greg]

That first picture is sooo pretty,love the orange sunlight Always enjoy your pics...reminds me of old westerns

 

[Jassy]

I just love your pictures...so I've gotta know...what part of the country are these from? Keep em coming..

 

[Red Robin]

The trees look good Tap. You just holler if you ever need some help in a logging camp. I'm a pretty decent timber jack and can split wood as fast as you can stand it up. ( slight hyperbole)

 

[lazy ace]

Nice pictures Tap. I can't even think of a smart alec comment tonight.

have a cold one

lazy ace

 

[Soapweed]

Scenic looking country, Tap. Thanks for the typewriter tour.

 

[Shortgrass]

Oops, where did all them blacks come from? :lol: Jus kiddin, Tap

 

[Tap]

Tap if the grey one would eat some Vigortone it would be black.

I bet I know what FH will tell you about that fat cow. Alot of my cows looked like that but most have changed with Vigortone.

Are black black cows better than black red cows? lol.

This one managed to breed back every year and raise a good calf, or she would have been down the road. See by her tag that she is a coming 10. We cannot winter cows like that every year, as not all winters are as mild as this one, but I think she looks good.

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

 

[Anonymous]

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

38 here-- Beat you :lol: :lol:

It was a beautiful day- got to 46 today, sunshine and no wind...Even got a couple cattle oilers hung today....Supposed to be nice all week until about Saturday when the Canadians are sending some more arctic air....Altho they say most of the cold may head over toward Denny and only give us a glancing blow.....

 

[Tap]

That first picture is sooo pretty,love the orange sunlight Always enjoy your pics...reminds me of old westerns

Thank you Mrs. Greg. All of our area, and ranch is not "badlandsy"(is that a word) :wink: like that, but I think it makes nice pictures. Thanks for the compliments.

I am in NW SD Jassy. North of the Black Hills.

Red Robin, come on up anytime. We will cut a tree, and have a cold one with lazy ace. Maybe we better cut a tree to two cold ones. lol.

Thanks to the rest of you for the nice comments also.

 

[Tap]

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

38 here-- Beat you :lol: :lol:

It was a beautiful day- got to 46 today, sunshine and no wind...Even got a couple cattle oilers hung today....Supposed to be nice all week until about Saturday when the Canadians are sending some more arctic air....Altho they say most of the cold may head over toward Denny and only give us a glancing blow.....

We were 43 today with a 40 mph wind for a couple hours Oldtimer. Most of the rest of the day was great.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Tap if the grey one would eat some Vigortone it would be black.

I bet I know what FH will tell you about that fat cow. Alot of my cows looked like that but most have changed with Vigortone.

Are black black cows better than black red cows? lol.

This one managed to breed back every year and raise a good calf, or she would have been down the road. See by her tag that she is a coming 10. We cannot winter cows like that every year, as not all winters are as mild as this one, but I think she looks good.

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

Tap I am grazing out as well. Got cows that haven't had hay since the spring of 2005.
We have cows that breed back every year as well but at times seem to have more opens then we should. I had a picture if I can find it taken in June"05 that really showed how red backed some of my cows were. I still have some but not nearly as many now the have been on the Vigortone for a year and a half. It's fed free choice so some cows might not be eating what they should but I do know I don't have nearly as many with the red tinge. We had some hfrs on a creek with not the best quality water. The Hfrs didn't eat much mineral. One PB Black one looked almost as grey as that one of yours. I was just kidding about the grey but mineral deficiency can do that. I did take some cake out to the grazing herd as I want them to latch on to the truck as we are going to Preg check next week so I am really interested to see how they do after being on the "Mineral. While out among them I gave them a good looking over just to compare since your look to be on similar range.

 

[Tap]

Tap if the grey one would eat some Vigortone it would be black.

I bet I know what FH will tell you about that fat cow. Alot of my cows looked like that but most have changed with Vigortone.

Are black black cows better than black red cows? lol.

This one managed to breed back every year and raise a good calf, or she would have been down the road. See by her tag that she is a coming 10. We cannot winter cows like that every year, as not all winters are as mild as this one, but I think she looks good.

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

Tap I am grazing out as well. Got cows that haven't had hay since the spring of 2005.
We have cows that breed back every year as well but at times seem to have more opens then we should. I had a picture if I can find it taken in June"05 that really showed how red backed some of my cows were. I still have some but not nearly as many now the have been on the Vigortone for a year and a half. It's fed free choice so some cows might not be eating what they should but I do know I don't have nearly as many with the red tinge. We had some hfrs on a creek with not the best quality water. The Hfrs didn't eat much mineral. One PB Black one looked almost as grey as that one of yours. I was just kidding about the grey but mineral deficiency can do that. I did take some cake out to the grazing herd as I want them to latch on to the truck as we are going to Preg check next week so I am really interested to see how they do after being on the "Mineral. While out among them I gave them a good looking over just to compare since your look to be on similar range.

I missed the part the first time about the grey. I thought you were talking about the cow that I pointed out to FH in both cases. I am catching on now. We did have a problem on another property we owned several year ago with a copper deficiency. A higher copper mineral helped that some. We had grey looking black cows too. But now, where we run cows the water is almost all well water year round, and they don't seem to have the problems. Some do have the red tint, but a lot of them do not at all. I always say that I am not here to keep people from feeding mineral, but do point out that things are not the same in all areas. Just something to think about. It is interesting that the cows we have that are getting nothing are in the best shape. We will be feeding them some cake soon, but they are on our best pasture. The rest are on good pasture, but nothing like the one I showed the pictures of. It got some xtra rain this summer and is real grassy.

The char/x calf is one of six heifer calves we have like that. They were off purchased cows, and not bred exactly like they should have been. So they did not fit the load last fall. There are some bred heifers we may sell in that bunch too, and that is why you see such a size discrepancy.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Are black black cows better than black red cows? lol.

This one managed to breed back every year and raise a good calf, or she would have been down the road. See by her tag that she is a coming 10. We cannot winter cows like that every year, as not all winters are as mild as this one, but I think she looks good.

Just got home, and it is still 34 degrees out. Pretty nice for January.

Tap I am grazing out as well. Got cows that haven't had hay since the spring of 2005.
We have cows that breed back every year as well but at times seem to have more opens then we should. I had a picture if I can find it taken in June"05 that really showed how red backed some of my cows were. I still have some but not nearly as many now the have been on the Vigortone for a year and a half. It's fed free choice so some cows might not be eating what they should but I do know I don't have nearly as many with the red tinge. We had some hfrs on a creek with not the best quality water. The Hfrs didn't eat much mineral. One PB Black one looked almost as grey as that one of yours. I was just kidding about the grey but mineral deficiency can do that. I did take some cake out to the grazing herd as I want them to latch on to the truck as we are going to Preg check next week so I am really interested to see how they do after being on the "Mineral. While out among them I gave them a good looking over just to compare since your look to be on similar range.

I missed the part the first time about the grey. I thought you were talking about the cow that I pointed out to FH in both cases. I am catching on now. We did have a problem on another property we owned several year ago with a copper deficiency. A higher copper mineral helped that some. We had grey looking black cows too. But now, where we run cows the water is almost all well water year round, and they don't seem to have the problems. Some do have the red tint, but a lot of them do not at all. I always say that I am not here to keep people from feeding mineral, but do point out that things are not the same in all areas. Just something to think about. It is interesting that the cows we have that are getting nothing are in the best shape. We will be feeding them some cake soon, but they are on our best pasture. The rest are on good pasture, but nothing like the one I showed the pictures of. It got some xtra rain this summer and is real grassy.

The char/x calf is one of six heifer calves we have like that. They were off purchased cows, and not bred exactly like they should have been. So they did not fit the load last fall. There are some bred heifers we may sell in that bunch too, and that is why you see such a size discrepancy.

Yes I noticed in one of the others pics that the back of the cattle shown were very black. Nice shape as well. The cows we just brought out of the badlands were in fantastic shape. Our other bunch were the first and second calvers and the very oldest cows. BSE made us keep more of them then we wanted. But they were pretty good shape but have them on better pasture now where we can supplement some.

 

[Tap]

Tap I am grazing out as well. Got cows that haven't had hay since the spring of 2005.
We have cows that breed back every year as well but at times seem to have more opens then we should. I had a picture if I can find it taken in June"05 that really showed how red backed some of my cows were. I still have some but not nearly as many now the have been on the Vigortone for a year and a half. It's fed free choice so some cows might not be eating what they should but I do know I don't have nearly as many with the red tinge. We had some hfrs on a creek with not the best quality water. The Hfrs didn't eat much mineral. One PB Black one looked almost as grey as that one of yours. I was just kidding about the grey but mineral deficiency can do that. I did take some cake out to the grazing herd as I want them to latch on to the truck as we are going to Preg check next week so I am really interested to see how they do after being on the "Mineral. While out among them I gave them a good looking over just to compare since your look to be on similar range.

I missed the part the first time about the grey. I thought you were talking about the cow that I pointed out to FH in both cases. I am catching on now. We did have a problem on another property we owned several year ago with a copper deficiency. A higher copper mineral helped that some. We had grey looking black cows too. But now, where we run cows the water is almost all well water year round, and they don't seem to have the problems. Some do have the red tint, but a lot of them do not at all. I always say that I am not here to keep people from feeding mineral, but do point out that things are not the same in all areas. Just something to think about. It is interesting that the cows we have that are getting nothing are in the best shape. We will be feeding them some cake soon, but they are on our best pasture. The rest are on good pasture, but nothing like the one I showed the pictures of. It got some xtra rain this summer and is real grassy.

The char/x calf is one of six heifer calves we have like that. They were off purchased cows, and not bred exactly like they should have been. So they did not fit the load last fall. There are some bred heifers we may sell in that bunch too, and that is why you see such a size discrepancy.

Yes I noticed in one of the others pics that the back of the cattle shown were very black. Nice shape as well. The cows we just brought out of the badlands were in fantastic shape. Our other bunch were the first and second calvers and the very oldest cows. BSE made us keep more of them then we wanted. But they were pretty good shape but have them on better pasture now where we can supplement some.

 

[Nicky]

Great pictures as usual, you're really getting good at this I too really like the light in the first picture. And your cows look great!

 

[Faster horses]

That's a cool picture there, Tap. Sometimes when I get a picture
with those colors, it means it's about 20 below.
But I'm sure yours was taken when it was much warmer, as
we haven't had the 20 below stuff this year.

I'm enjoying the mineral conversation between you and BMR.

You feed your young cows mineral, right tap?
I'd like to see you pick a group of older cows and feed them
some of our mineral for a year and see the difference for yourself.
Would be interesting.

The cow with the red on her wither is definitely showing a copper
deficiency. But from what I can see of the others, they look fine.
Can't really see their withers tho, and that's where it shows up.
As for one being a bit red, that is just going to happen now and then.
Like us, each cows system is different.

Your cows do look good...ours did too. Even when we had all the problems we couldn't see anything wrong with how the cows looked.
They were fat and yet had no immune system. However, we
didn't know what to look for. We had to learn that after we moved
here.

We didn't have any problems until we bought some cows in.
Up until that time we were riding the fence and didn't know it.
Just took that to topple us off the fence. Boy, we paid for that
for 8 years. 8 long years of doctoring sick cattle. I'd never wish
that on anyone. I sure hope that never happens to you. And I
mean that sincerely. But I think you are more knowledgeable
than we were back then.

Thanks again for the pictures.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

That last pic really shows that difference. That's what I'm seeing for a change in my cows. I still have some with some red but by just comparing photos from the last couple years I see the change.