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Froze my fingers for a few fast fotos, 12-15-08

Soapweed

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Cows in a circle at sixteen below
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See the snow bunch, hear the cake crunch
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With a good windmill, a small tank, and a bit of a breeze, there is not much ice to chop.
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Cold enough to see their breath
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How now brown cow, what's for chow? :wink:
 
looks like your cows are weathering the cold pretty good. As always thanks for the pictures I always enjoy seeing what your going to show us next
 
Well Soap you are truly a more dedicated ranchersnet person than I am...I've had the camera with me for the last couple of days-but just couldn't get the ambition to strip down enough to get it out of my pocket and take any pictures... :lol:
 
thanx for the picture story soapweed,becareful freezin those fingers,you know you only have 9 and a half left :D
good luck
 
HAY MAKER said:
thanx for the picture story soapweed,becareful freezin those fingers,you know you only have 9 and a half left :D
good luck

Thats OK he only needs 9 since his nose is too sore to pick :wink: :P
 
Please tell me again why we live in Nebraska in the wintertime????? I've had enuff of this freezing cold weather! The last 2 days the tractors have had troubles,,feeding is late,,,cows are grumpy,,,tanks are froze,,,caking is not fun,,,gates are tighter,,,,my dogs are shivering,,,my fingers get cold taking pictures...(I can relate soapweed..lol),,,wearing 4 layers of coveralls & coats is alot to pack around,,,,other than that..life is good! Oh ya...ranching is sooooo romantic in December...lol

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Frozen Tank and iceskating rink...

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Freezing before it hits the tank...brrrr
 
It's so fuuny to me when i get on in the morning,and see i have all the same problems as you folks on a much more minute scale of course only have a few head and some ponies.But everything here is frozen,my round cattle tank is trying to freeze solid,been doing all i can to not let that happen.Missed moving the horses closer by one day,so i have to "Chinese two step" across the arena to feed and water them,tractor started the other day,but no hydralics,changed the filter and added fluid,now won't start :mad: Guess i'll charge the battery and plug er' in for the day see if that works :???: It better,snows startin to pile up around here,luckily i can use the snowmobile and sled to get things fed.At least most of you don't have to deal with the snow accumulation we do.Drove the kids to school yesterday in white out conditions,it was pretty sketchy to say the least,won't be missin' the school bus again,that's for sure :oops: Wanted to haul a few culls to town,but my steep driveway is a sheet of ice now so i don't want to risk jackknifing the outfit over the side,so i'll wait till the sides are four feet high on both sides,and shoot down the sucker like the"Jamaican Bob Sled team" all the way to the auction yard. :P :wink: .
 
Blkbuckaroo said:
shoot down the sucker like the"Jamaican Bob Sled team"

Ha! Now that's funny! And I'm sure you're tellin' the truth about your scheme. Hope you get things fixed up and operable!

HP
 
Jassy said:
Please tell me again why we live in Nebraska in the wintertime????? I've had enuff of this freezing cold weather! The last 2 days the tractors have had troubles,,feeding is late,,,cows are grumpy,,,tanks are froze,,,caking is not fun,,,gates are tighter,,,,my dogs are shivering,,,my fingers get cold taking pictures...(I can relate soapweed..lol),,,wearing 4 layers of coveralls & coats is alot to pack around,,,,other than that..life is good! Oh ya...ranching is sooooo romantic in December...lol

E274Frozen-Tank_edited-1-co.jpg

Frozen Tank and iceskating rink...

E275Frozen-Water_edited-1.jpg

Freezing before it hits the tank...brrrr

Wanna come to Texas? LOL I don't know how ya do it Jassy...honestly I don't.
 
Nice pictures. It was -28 F here yesterday. Once the wind went down it didn't seem to bother the cows much. I wasn't quite as lucky with the ice on the tanks, had 2 propane heaters go out and the tanks had 4 to 6" of ice on them. I've got to get the picture posting thing figured out so I can post some from here.
 

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