Sunday drive, May 30, 2010

[Soapweed]

On the go

You might be able to guess what I am riding.

Yep, you guessed it.

Just another day

By the old mill pond

Trying out the black horse, Jake

Newly purchased yearling bull

Looks like a long ways down

Crossing the creek

A non-typical mount, but it probably won't make Boone and Crockett.

Pushing the stragglers

Don't try this at home, or you might have to walk home. :? :wink:

Waiting for the old man to click his camera

It doesn't even matter if the windmill works in this pasture.

A pair that are both stubborn and narrow-minded. :roll: :wink:

 

[Faster horses]

Ya gotta love that last picture caption. :lol: :lol: :lol:

So where did I miss the purchase of the black horse?
Will you tell it again, if you already told it once?

The gray looks like he is working out well for Peach.

I like that new bull and the cows and grass look good.
Thanks for taking us along.

 

[Big Swede]

You both have big ears too. Not really. Things are looking good Soapweed. My neighbor lost his pole building the other day too. We need more rain and less wind I would say. Have a good day.

 

[N.AZRancher]

Just curious why the bull is branded on the left ribs while the cows and calves are on the left hip?

 

[Soapweed]

Just curious why the bull is branded on the left ribs while the cows and calves are on the left hip?

The bull already has a left hip brand. I left an electric branding iron with the folks I bought the bulls from. When the bulls were fertility checkedl, they applied the brand also. This makes it nice so when the bulls get to our place they don't need to be branded. They did put the spearhead a bit lower on the rib than I usually do, so it looks "different" than normal. :wink:

We tend to brand home-raised cattle on the left hip, and purchased cattle on the left rib.

 

[N.AZRancher]

That makes sense...beautiful country by the way. All that green grass makes me wonder why we try to graze cattle in Arizona Whenever we get a little rain I remember though.