Okay boys, time to rise and shine
The mill on the hill in the morning
So do they love me for my treats or do they love me just because I'm me? :???: :wink:
Ask and they shall come
Please put the halter on me first.
The start of another hard day at the office
Gathering first calf heifer pairs
Pushing them towards a weedy lot to sort heifers from steers
You go girls
We got the 300 pairs into the lot but could soon tell the project was apt to be a wreck. The cattle were discontent, and the Russian Thistle weeds had grown up over a foot tall since they had been mowed. The horses were not liking working in these prickly weeds. As coach of the cowboy team, I had a better idea. We turned the whole bunch north of the lot onto fresh grass to let them get their bellies full so they would settle down. We used the time to move a couple more bunches of cattle to better grass, then had an early dinner before resuming the cattle sorting project. We gathered them into another nearby larger lot without a weed problem. With the cattle being full and content, the afternoon worked great for the sorting job. As there were less heifer calves than steers, we sorted out the heifers and their mothers.
Sorting off the heifer calves with their mothers
Peach Blossom going after another one.
Crossing a pasture to put the heifer pairs onto a fresh meadow
We also put the steer pairs onto a fresh meadow. The steers will sell this week.
They seem content and happy at the end of the day.