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Branding Photos, May 13, 14 and 16 2010

gcreekrch

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Most of the menagerie has been branded and cows vaccinated. We branded the new cows on the 12th ( no pics ), their calves on the 13th, heifers, second calvers and crocks on the 14th and the main cowherd yesterday.
Two old friends were here to help with the first two bunches and Debbie, myself and a young fellow we have hired worked 170 pairs yesterday.

Another "Low Income" iron is on.
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We have our own people of Walmart. :wink:
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The runway setup inside the barn. This system was handy yesterday when a shower came over. We strung up a tarp over the table and carried on.
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Young guy we hired teasing his Grandpa who is an old friend and team roping partner.
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The "Grinch" clowning around.
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Making another one smoke.
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LA for a loose calf.
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Out with the old, in with the new.
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Angus with horns. :roll:
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That looks like MY CALF! :shock:
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Denny

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Looking good your system looks a little easier on the body than ours. We worked ours yesterday alot of little kids 5 to 10 years old ropeing heels on calves amongst the "Real" ropers they were keeping a tally and turns out the kids caught more calves than the grown ups or so they say. Nice job to be done with for sure.

Your barn system looks like you could work some sheep thru it also. :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

Soapweed

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Looks like you accomplished the branding task efficiently and without a lot of extra commotion. It's nice to say, "It's done." Thanks for the pictures.
 

Justin

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well, seems you are done branding, you might aswell head down this way and give me a hand. :wink: we branded one bunch yesterday, hopefully another bunch later this week, then we'll be done.....UNTIL, the cows finish calving. :)

thanks for the pictures. :D
 

gcreekrch

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Big Muddy rancher said:
Must be like summer up there. No wool pants and winter boots. :D

It has been like summer, I found some leaves out on the willows yesterday at the Morrison Meadow place. :D I would guess by the 20th they will be out in full force. Normally don't have them until June 1.
We could be turning out but we are going to use up the last of the silage bales before doing so as they don't keep well. Grass has really come here in the last week.
The last heifer calved this morning, another first. We calved 67 heifers, touched 4 and branded 100% calf crop from them.

2 cows calving now, 11 left after them.
 

gcreekrch

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Justin said:
well, seems you are done branding, you might aswell head down this way and give me a hand. :wink: we branded one bunch yesterday, hopefully another bunch later this week, then we'll be done.....UNTIL, the cows finish calving. :)

thanks for the pictures. :D

If Yanuck and her outfit would come on a month long working holiday there is nothing we would like better than a tour around to country we haven't seen. Since that is unlikely to happen, I guess we'll just stay in the bush. :)
 

Yanuck

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gcreekrch said:
Justin said:
well, seems you are done branding, you might aswell head down this way and give me a hand. :wink: we branded one bunch yesterday, hopefully another bunch later this week, then we'll be done.....UNTIL, the cows finish calving. :)

thanks for the pictures. :D

If Yanuck and her outfit would come on a month long working holiday there is nothing we would like better than a tour around to country we haven't seen. Since that is unlikely to happen, I guess we'll just stay in the bush. :)

Well you know I would, but with baseball 3 nights a week for the next month or so, junior rodeo set to start, AI season right around the corner, I'm a little short on free time :shock: but I'll try to pencil you in for next year :wink: :D :D
 

leanin' H

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Wish I could'a come up to help! :cry: I think an ideal vacation would be to spend a couple weeks visiting some of ya'll during branding time. I could sit in the shade drinking a Pepsi and tell ya what your doing wrong. :lol:
 

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