Pictures, September 16 & 17, 2008

[Soapweed]

Swans and other assorted winged wonders

Swans on the fly

Fence full of feathers

More feathered friends

Coming down the valley

Pasteurized products

Yearling heifers

Basking along Bear Creek

Preg checking yearling heifers

Peach in shooting form

It's a dirty job but somebody has to do it.

My sister kept the cattle coming to the chute.

Taking them to pasture when the day was through

Silhouette scene

With a flash

End of the day

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Great pictures, it would have been fun to be there to help.

That preg checked has big arms. :shock:

What are those birds?

 

[cowwrangler]

Great pictures,seeing the birds reminded me of this,i was driving past a pasture along the highway and it had some cows lying down and around every cow there must have been at least 100 birds surrounding them,it was a cool morning so i think they might have been getting heat from the cow?? anyone else ever notice this??

 

[gcreekrch]

Thanks for the story. I wish I had your knack for taking pictures.

Hope your hfrs tested well.

 

[joaker]

The last picture of wife is just awesome. You should submit to something else besides here.

 

[rustynail]

that sure is a good idea how you have the medicine bottle duct taped to the side of the squeeze chute. i'm goning to try that next time.

great pix of your corner of the world.

G3

 

[Jassy]

The sillouette of Peachy is my favorite photo! The sunset is a close 2cd...you've got the eye for catching natural beauty...Thanks

 

[tlakota]

soapweed... howd percentage come out on ur heifers and how long breeding season....ill be doing mine here next week

 

[Sundancer]

What are you vaccinating for and what product are you using? Thanks.

 

[Soapweed]

soapweed... howd percentage come out on ur heifers and how long breeding season....ill be doing mine here next week

We turned bulls with our yearling heifers on May 16th and pulled them in early August. The heifers turned out 14 percent open. If they were to be checked again in a month, undoubtedly some of the ones that checked out open now would show up bred by then. These heifers that are preg-checked open will be sold soon.

What are you vaccinating for and what product are you using? Thanks.

The yearling heifers were vaccinated with StayBred VL5 and Bovashield Gold FP5, and were also given Dectomax injectable. I also put a "7" year brand on the shoulder of each of the heifers that were bred. In another month or two, we will give each keeping heifer a permanent ear tag, and give them an Alpha 7 blackleg shot along with their first Scourgard 4KC.