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pictures from the winter range

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cure

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Went out last Saturday to more some of the cows and check on the water. Sorry I don't have more but the rain move in and I was afaid I would melt :-)

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Here are some of the girls out enjoying them selves
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This is Sugar Loaf an old volcano that is on the north end of our permit.
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This is some of the lava rock that is all over the range
 
Thanks Cure, I do envy those that have dry ground at this time of year.

This area is the crater of an old volcano, there is lots of lava rock here too, and shale, and everyday rocks. Lots of the dam things. :roll:
 
Wow, that's quite the country. It's good to see how other folks run their cows, without pics like these I would have assumed that cows could not be run in country like that. Goes to show there are lots of good environments for cattle and cattle are pretty versatile creatures.
 
Is there anything in those pictures that a cow eats :D Just had to ask, mine would fall right over dead soon as they step'd off the trailor.
 
My cows are used to grass so thick if you let it get 10" tall rabbits will have a hard time running thru.

I guess thats why twins do good here as the cows really have it easy.

It is amasing to me just how adaptable the animals of this world are!
 
Hey! That country looks kinda familiar? :shock: :D I can't imagine how those cows make it either! My cows would bloat if they had that much grass! :lol: :lol: Next trip to the desert Cure, whistle before you head out. If our schedules work, maybe I'll get to buy you a Pepsi. :D Your only a hundred or so miles from our summer range. Small world! :D
 
This is the best my range has looked in years we had a major fire come acroos us about five years ago and this is the first year that we could run at full capasity. All I need now is a little heat and this place would turn in to a lush green pasture :-). Even though my pictures didn't show it the cows have never looked so good. H where do you run? I might have to go sight seeing one day and go home your way.
 
I see the drifts, but not the winter. I bet those cows of yours eat lava rock, it looks like if the wind started to blow you would stop a long ways away from where you started. With some rocks to weigh them down, the cows could eat the feed on the way by... :shock:
 
cure said:
This is the best my range has looked in years we had a major fire come acroos us about five years ago and this is the first year that we could run at full capasity. All I need now is a little heat and this place would turn in to a lush green pasture :-). Even though my pictures didn't show it the cows have never looked so good. H where do you run? I might have to go sight seeing one day and go home your way.
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I'll Pm ya the coordinates! :D Heck, in this country we are close neighbors! :wink:
 
oldblood said:
How many acres does it take for a pair there.
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We run on 31 sections can turn out 240 cows so 83 acres per cow. We actually get about 12 inches of snow out there but when the wind does blow it is like standing in front of a sand blaster makes your skin soft and smooth :wink:
 
With good fertility you can run one cow calf unit per acre for about 9 months and then you need to suplement the other three so if you figure hay and pasture it takes about 1 1/2 to 2 acres per unit year around.

Now I see why you guys hate twins- - - - your cows have to work hard just to raise one!

My girls have no problem with twins but I doubt they could survive in your area!
 
Nicky said:
Looking good! Do you calve on that permit? and is that white sage in the one picture?
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Yes we calve out there we started a month ago and from what we saw we are about 80% done. We will start to gather at the end of april and bring them home to the summer(if the snow melts) country. Yes that is white sage it is one of the main shrubs the cows eat in the winter months. You get some snow or frost on it and those old girls will just go right to town on it.
 
Faster horses said:
Do you have winterfat on your winter range?
That's a valuable forb (is it a forb?) for winter grazing.
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No we don't all we have is sage, greasewood, forage kosha, and then abunch of grass that the blm has plant out there after the fire. I don't know what most of them are but the blm said they a native to the area.
 

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