Wyoming Wind
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Well, we finally have winter. We went from half a foot of snow here at the house to over 20. Hard to tell as we finally got some wind last night and it blew snow into drifts, and it's still early so we haven't been out and about yet! Heavy wet snow, just what we needed. We were just about to start counting how many ton of hay we have still, planning for a short run off in the late spring. We flood irrigate our hay meadows; we were just starting to worry about a bad hay crop! Premature, I know, but we ranchers have to worry about something, right?!
My in laws feed the cows here near home and they said the snow was half way up the cows' sides when they got off their feed trails.
This is where I live, a mile from where my husband grew up. This ranch has been here for almost 110 years, a long time in our part of the world!
The cows love browsing in the afternoon in the pine trees and willow bottoms. These girls thought the ditch was the place to hang out in.
These are a few of our 100 replacement heifer calves. They are really starting to grow right now. I think our warm winter has had something to do with it! The future forcast is calling for snow everyday and mild temps for the next week. My husband was using the tractor to feed with at our other ranch to make feeding go fast for my sis in law so she could get to town in time for her job. He's going back to the draft horses. The bottom of the JD tractor was dragging in the snow yesterday and it will be impossible today after the wind set the snow up. Thank God for the horse power!
My in laws feed the cows here near home and they said the snow was half way up the cows' sides when they got off their feed trails.
This is where I live, a mile from where my husband grew up. This ranch has been here for almost 110 years, a long time in our part of the world!
The cows love browsing in the afternoon in the pine trees and willow bottoms. These girls thought the ditch was the place to hang out in.
These are a few of our 100 replacement heifer calves. They are really starting to grow right now. I think our warm winter has had something to do with it! The future forcast is calling for snow everyday and mild temps for the next week. My husband was using the tractor to feed with at our other ranch to make feeding go fast for my sis in law so she could get to town in time for her job. He's going back to the draft horses. The bottom of the JD tractor was dragging in the snow yesterday and it will be impossible today after the wind set the snow up. Thank God for the horse power!