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Soapweed

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Wrangling the horses this morning
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Yee Haw
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Homer and Jethro, the Belgian team, on this side
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Neighbor Chris Abbott at the Bassett Hay Expo
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"Johnny U" from Idaho, singer extraordinaire, entertained at one of the booths
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A demonstration of different available squeeze chutes. This is always a crowd pleaser, though not really anything to learn proper cattle handling procedures. The crew works fast and furious, and the cattle all get on the fight. Some of the highest priced chutes have a way of malfunctioning due to operator error, but that is what makes the deal fun. :wink: :-)
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Speak softly and carry a big mike
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This matador might be mistaken for a mat, or a door
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This critter was supposed to be going the other way
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Men of action, in action
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One of the bovillans, dressed in black
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Here kitty, kitty
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Typical yapping no-good would-be cowdog
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Giving it the works as the froth flies
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Eenie meenie miney moe. One unsuspecting lady did get knocked down when a thousand pound yearling ran over the top of her. Fortunately she jumped to her feet, unhurt.
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Peach Blossom and the Kosmo Kid, when they left last Friday morning. They have spent the week in Mississippi, on a youth group mission trip, doing Hurricane Katrina relief work. It has been an eye-opening experience for both of them, and for the other members of the local delegation. They are scheduled to start back home tomorrow morning, and hopefully be all the way back by Saturday night. I'm anxious to hear of their adventures. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I've managed to galavant quite a bit this week, and have really not had to do much cooking. :wink:
 
I"d really like to have one of them round tubs in our workin pens......maybe someday........

The way it works.................cows, workin pens, and an audience...somethins gonna go wrong ever time. LOL

Hope Peachblossom and Kosmo Kid have a safe trip back home. Then we can hear all about their trip.

Thanks for the pics Soapweed.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
I"d really like to have one of them round tubs in our workin pens......maybe someday........

The way it works.................cows, workin pens, and an audience...somethins gonna go wrong ever time. LOL

Hope Peachblossom and Kosmo Kid have a safe trip back home. Then we can hear all about their trip.

Thanks for the pics Soapweed.
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Everything I've been hearin' and seein', don't get a tub or build one. Go with a double alley.

They seem to work good and they make sense, in how and why they do work. Cows walking along beside and moving ahead of each other because of the pecking order.

I'm sure, like everything else, there are probably good ones and bad ones.

When I get a little money ahead, I'm going to make my own. Sooo that'll probably be in like, 2045. If you want to wait until then Jersey, I'll let you know how it works for me. :wink:
 
Your usual nice pictures Soapweed. You sure have a nice looking family. You are a lucky man sir. :!:

As a side note, our soapweeds sure are impressive looking this year. They are as tall, and have more seed pods on them than I have ever noticed before. Some are several feet high. The little things make life enjoyable.
 
Tap said:
Your usual nice pictures Soapweed. You sure have a nice looking family. You are a lucky man sir. :!:

As a side note, our soapweeds sure are impressive looking this year. They are as tall, and have more seed pods on them than I have ever noticed before. Some are several feet high. The little things make life enjoyable.
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I forgot to mention the nice photo's Soap. Sorry. :oops:

I have been having trouble keeping pods on our soapweeds. The yearlings eat them all off. But now that I have some cross fences, I can stay out of a couple of theose pastures and maybe they will be far enough along, so that the yearlings will eat something else. Hmmm, maybe I've just been overgrazing??????? :???:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Our soapweeds are looking good also. :D
 
I think there is something in the pods that the cattle like. Seems like I
read once where they are full of protein...or something... :???:
I have a great memory, it's just short.

Faboulous photos, Soapweed. Pictures of cows are great, but I really
especially enjoyed being along to wrangle the horses.

I enjoyed the 'chute work'...glad I wasn't there to get ran over. Or ran
under either. :wink:

What were the brands of chutes they demonstrated.

And NR is right about loading too many cattle. We have found with
just about ANY tub or alley, if you put too many in the cattle just don't
work very well. If the pen holds 10, put in 6; they'll just go right through
to the tub and up the alley. Put in 10 and you've got problems.

BTW, Soapweed, your captions at the bottom of the pictures really
made the finishing touch. You could probably work at a newspaper
when you grow up!! :wink:
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
Soapweed are you going to give us a rundown on the chutes and systems you saw and what you liked ect.?
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If I was in the market for a new chute, my vote would go to the Stampede. They look good to me. I would just get the non-hydraulic quiet type, as I don't like noisy motors any better than barking cowdogs. :wink:
 
Hey BMr; If you wanta junk that noisy hydraulic stampede I do know a guy that will take it off your hands....................................if the price is right :!: :wink:
 
We already have an area in our new workin pens that was built with the "tub" in mind. Won't take alot of extra doin , and we could have one in place. But like anything else, Mr Lilly won't go buy it, we'll wait till he has the time and inclination to build onto it and add it. Usually them inclinations have to do with a few choice worded conversations durin cow workins. :D
 
Well if your are at all handy you can make a pretty good tub out of old curved grain bin panels-seen a few of those in my travels. The only problem I've seen with Stampede Steel chutes in the anti backup bar is too low-cattle can and wll kick over it which can be disconcerting to the A'I technician or preg tester-the sternum bar to keep them from dropping to their knees works very well. Most people overrfill the tub and alley so they can stand around and B.S for a few minutes every load-this works until a short fat artificial cow breeder says 'Quit putting so many #$%^^^#^^& cattle in the tub' lol. Katrina are you talking about a cattle tub or a bath tub lol.
 
thanks for the picture story Soapweed,good lookin equipment,sure keeps your cattle gentle when you have good equipment...........good luck

PS You are right about yappin dogs,got mine trained,they just lay on their fat ash in the shade and watch me work.
 

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