some March Pics

[Silver]

I went to get today's pics off the camera and like SMN herefords I found some older ones as well.

One of these is an ice sculpture:

The usual suspects:

Where is that danged torch?

And the torch is passed:

Had to pull a calf from a heifer today.... well, not sure if I had to, but I did. By hand. :?

An early introduction:

A few average schmoes in the day pen.

From a distance:

 

[Soapweed]

Great pictures, Silver. Those are quite the ice sculptures. I enjoy the girls' poses as they adopt the mood of the moment.

The calf pulling photos look familiar. We have pulled more calves out of 2-year-old heifers this year than we have for a long time. Good calves, but some are coming kind of hard.

Thanks for posting.

 

[little bow rancher]

yes I'd have to say this will be one to remember , my little extra work project has been a little more then I thought , a fella had some breds that he didn't give away last fall , so I thought what the heck I got extra feed what's a few heifers 75 calved 24 pulled ,75 more to go man I can't wait till the first cycle is over .

 

[gcreekrch]

Snow and frozen turds just like here and Big Muddy's. Your cows look good Silver.

Are you three handed or did you have more help pulling?

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Silver]

Snow and frozen turds just like here and Big Muddy's. Your cows look good Silver.

Are you three handed or did you have more help pulling?

Thanks for sharing.

I was wondering if anyone was gonna comment on the extra extremity
Thankfully Mrs. Silver was there to lend a hand :wink:
Hows your weather gcreek? It's cold overnight here (-20C this morning), up to about 5 or 6 this afternoon. Water has been running every afternoon for over two weeks now.

 

[gcreekrch]

Snow and frozen turds just like here and Big Muddy's. Your cows look good Silver.

Are you three handed or did you have more help pulling?

Thanks for sharing.

I was wondering if anyone was gonna comment on the extra extremity
Thankfully Mrs. Silver was there to lend a hand :wink:
Hows your weather gcreek? It's cold overnight here (-20C this morning), up to about 5 or 6 this afternoon. Water has been running every afternoon for over two weeks now.

We have had between -15 and -27 for the last 5 mornings, a couple inches of snow day before yesterday and not much melting going on in this time period either.
It has warmed up tonight with a south breeze (-7). We had it warmer through the last two months than it has been for the last week.

That's March, kind of like the female of our specie, never know which way they will turn. :wink: :lol:

 

[WyomingRancher]

Great Pics Silver . That's really neat you got to see the Olympic torch, thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

I hope your calving goes smoothly. I've thankfully had an opposite experience with heifers than Soap and Little Bow. So far I've pulled two out of the first 57...one was a hard pull and the calf died, the other was a leg back. Some calves have come a little bigger out of a few of the heifers, but not enough to intervene. Funny how many of those larger calves have come out of heifers who were a little bigger at birth themselves... who says calving ease comes entirely from the bull :roll: .

Keep posting pics!

 

[katrina]

Great pictures, Silver. Those are quite the ice sculptures. I enjoy the girls' poses as they adopt the mood of the moment.

The calf pulling photos look familiar. We have pulled more calves out of 2-year-old heifers this year than we have for a long time. Good calves, but some are coming kind of hard.

Thanks for posting.

Soap, what do you think is the reason??

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

Neat sculptures.

 

[Plumberbutt]

Thanks for the great pictures. I really like the torch pics.....keep 'em coming!!!