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Cow bunch March 27 2010.

gcreekrch

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Can't quite reach.
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I like thick deep cattle.
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Four year old.
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MMMMMMMMMineral
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Calf capturing contraption
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Couple of Gelbvieh cross cows we bought last winter.
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Debbie plowed out some 4-wheeler trails in the maternity ward yesterday.
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Nesting areas are increasing in number and size.
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You can't see us.
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Baldies in the bushes.
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Water for boiling is close at hand. :wink:
This is a ditch made to drain a portion of the pasture, the springs that feed it keep it running like this year round.
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First calf from the cows we bred last summer. After being on Rancher's and learning all this stuff the poor little heifer is bound to live a deprived life. :(
She will likely never be fondled by an expert AI tech, nor will she be herded by a $1200 dog, or bred to an industry approved herd sire but I expect she'll survive the lackluster exsistance I can give her. :wink:
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Soapweed

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Your cattle are in just right condition, Gcreek. Looks like wonderful ranch country where you live. Thanks for the pictures.
 

per

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Some cows might believe they live a charmed life without all the trappings of a modern high tech scientific based ranch. Your cow style sure suits me.
 

gcreekrch

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It's all Jackpine wood Cowhunter, fire-killed is best but the forest Service frowns on intentionally making good fence logs. :wink: There are snake fences in this area that were built of fire-killed timber back in the late twenties that are still holding cows though the top logs a pretty tired.

The two fences in the first picture are 35 and about ten years old. I need to pile up the old one and burn it.

The fence behind the black cow was built in 1985 and we are replacing top logs now as they are the first to rot. putting the biggest log on top will shelter the lower ones a bit.

Green logs are second best, cut in the winter when the sap is down and a strip peeled off two sides. This material will last about 40 years.
About all we have left is bug-kill of size to make fence logs, don't know how long they will last but not as long as the first two.

As wet as your country is and as short as it takes your timber to grow I'm guessing that these fences would have a much shorter life span there.
 

Justin

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Big Muddy rancher said:
I see you snuck some sheep in the corner of the first picture just for Justin. : wink: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: i didn't even notice those little @%$!%* :wink: thanks for the heads up ol' buddy, ol' pal :wink:
 

HAY MAKER

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I see its still colder'n hell up there,cattle look good,thanks for the picture story...................good luck
PS>>>>>>>>>>>>81 here yesterday :D
 

Silver

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Looks like it's nice and warm down there much like here gcreek. We've lost a lot of snow the last couple of days and ditches are running full.
I like your Gelbvieh cross cows.... well, actually I like all those cows with lots of middle, but the Gelbvieh cross is a particularly nice one.
 

cowhunter

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Virgen pine and second groth grew tall say60 to 80 ft. U see a few old heart pine rails left but not that high or long. People had to fence out the cattle and hogs from there corn crops and rails were everwhere. Made of heart pine, they lasted a long time.
 
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