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Getting cattle in to brand calves

On the move to the corral

The cows have been sorted away from the calves, and we are setting up shop.

Arranging the equipment

Peach getting the vaccine guns ready

Kosmo Kid and his sister. Kosmo and I take turns roping and castrating. Peach does the vaccinating, Sunflower puts each brand on straight
and just the same, and my sister loads the wheels and coils ropes. We did 180 calves in about six hours. There are probably faster ways of
doing this with a small crew, but this works for us. We can pick nice days to do the job, and Kosmo and I both get lots of roping practice. :)

My sister ready to load the wheels

The first 27 sorted off and read to go. The vaccine guns hold 27 doses, so we do 27 at a time. These are turned in with their mothers
and then we get 27 more each time until we are done. The ropers switch with each draft.

The rest of the calves waiting their turn

Our playground for the afternoon

Always at least one to flub up the color scheme. :wink:

Kosmo Kid heading in to rope

Everyone working but me :roll: :? :wink:

Up and over

Shows how the calf is held

Calf trap wheel in use

Thirsty lady

Tray with the goodies

The bases are loaded and I am up to bat.

Bird's eye view from on top of a Goose

The fat guy bringing one in

Loading the calf trap

Crew at work

After another one
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