Moving Cows

[WyomingRancher]

Today I moved some of the cattle we kept home this summer.

The crew. My Casey dog is still doing well after her spleen was removed .

Tia gathering cattle.

Going through the gate into the new pasture.

The dogs bringing up the rear.

Interesting meadow picture. The grazed side is MUCH healthier than the side no longer being grazed, and is now part of a housing development. The photos don't do justice to the difference in meadow quality.

I know which side of the fence my cattle prefer .

Some heifer calves I'd like to keep.

The meadow seems to be dying out on the ungrazed side of the fence. I don't think the land has been grazed for seven years now.

 

[Jassy]

Luv the picture of the dogs and horse...probably cause I'm partial to borders..lol I've seen the effects also of ungrazed grass,,,it's a sad sight,,but your cows look awful good in the grass they're enjoying..Glad ya had a good day!

 

[mhfarms]

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I know which side of the fence my cattle prefer

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If their anything like my cattle the grass always looks better to them on the other side of the fence.

 

[PureCountry]

We have a neighbour who hasn't had anything grazing his 2 quarters for about 20 years. It's a tangled mess of dead, oxidizing brome and brush. I'd love to turn our whole herd in there and show him what hoof action can do. 275 pairs and 250 yearlings would be the best thing that could happen to it.

Great pics WR.

 

[WyomingRancher]

We have a neighbour who hasn't had anything grazing his 2 quarters for about 20 years. It's a tangled mess of dead, oxidizing brome and brush. I'd love to turn our whole herd in there and show him what hoof action can do. 275 pairs and 250 yearlings would be the best thing that could happen to it.

Great pics WR.

One of the main issues in the forest service lawsuit we went through was "overgrazing of riparian zones." The environmental groups said we had abused and overgrazed the meadows in our allotment which couldn't have been further from the truth. The general public simply doesn't "get it" when it comes to utilization... land needs grazed, crapped on, and worked over with hooves. Their lawsuit threatened to create more subdivisions since we permittees would've been forced out of business if they'd won. If they appeal the latest decision, the Supreme Court would be the next stop, but hopefully they won't try that :wink: .

 

[Jerry H]

great pic's
sure looks like some good help you had there
until later
jerry