Wednesday's work, 3-19-08

[Soapweed]

Some of our yearling replacement heifers, which are wintering about thirty miles away from home

They are getting ground hay and a little corn. It is costing $1.20 per head per day for their board and room.

Some of the girls

We are an equal opportunity employer.

They seem to be happy.

Bale processor in action

Wish somebody would clean the window :roll:

The cowboy patrol

Cowpoke portrait

And another

For the young girls and the cougars

For the more sedate, mild-mannered middle-aged ladies

Evening cattle scene

Life as a cow

Sandhills elements-windmill, hay, cattle, barbed-wire fence, and a windbreak when the weather goes haywire.

Sundown scene

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

"For the more sedate, mild-mannered middle-aged ladies "


I didn't know we had any of these on Ranchers. :cowboy: :lol2:

 

[gcreekrch]

Do the "boys" know yer tryin' ta git em' married off??? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Jigger Boss]

"For the more sedate, mild-mannered middle-aged ladies "


I didn't know we had any of these on Ranchers. :cowboy: :lol2:

:shock: :roll: :wink:


Thank you Soap, from one of the 'more sedate, mild-mannered... Ahem...ladies.' :wink: :lol:

 

[Cal]

Hi Soap, thought I met you on the hiway today....sort of after the fact. Was headed to town to get a tank to replace the one that the cows destroyed the other night. Sure is easy to find tanks that are about the consistency of tinfoil lately. Say, there's no charge to use our pastures for a background for your photos. :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

Hi Soap, thought I met you on the hiway today....sort of after the fact. Was headed to town to get a tank to replace the one that the cows destroyed the other night. Sure is easy to find tanks that are about the consistency of tinfoil lately. Say, there's no charge to use our pastures for a background for your photos. :wink:

Thanks for being so generous. I appreciate it, and so does the camera. I'd give a pretty good tip if you could throw some mountains in on that backdrop. :wink:

 

[Faster horses]

Wonderful pictures, Soapweed. And you don't really need any mountains...

I'm still trying to figure out which group of 'ladies' I fit into. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Richard Doolittle]

I'm just a wee bit jealous of the folks on the Spearhead. You look to have a good, solid operation, enjoy what you do, and get to do it nearly every day.

And by the way, I think next year you should hire a hot female calving hand just to show you are equal opportunity

 

[Soapweed]

I'm just a wee bit jealous of the folks on the Spearhead. You look to have a good, solid operation, enjoy what you do, and get to do it nearly every day.

And by the way, I think next year you should hire a hot female calving hand just to show you are equal opportunity

I've already got one. Her name is Peach Blossom.

She is a pretty good inventor of better sysems. She has done most of the night calving this year. She rides her little black horse, Clavinova. If there are two cows claiming the same calf, or if a newborn splashes down and it is cold enough to put it in the barn, she uses a "calf hook." These can be purchased at most ranch supply stores. She has a six-foot piece of rope attached to the handle end of the hook, so she rides by, hooks the calf, and dallies the rope to the saddle horn. Then Clavinova does the work of dragging the calf to the new location. When they arrive, she can push the handle back off of the calves leg. It works like a charm.

 

[WyomingRancher]

Yep, I'd be lost without my calf hook. Yesterday I used it to take the sac off of a newborn's nose. The cow was a little tempermental, and so I'm not sure what I would have done without this tool.

Thanks for sharing your photos!

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

I'm just a wee bit jealous of the folks on the Spearhead. You look to have a good, solid operation, enjoy what you do, and get to do it nearly every day.

And by the way, I think next year you should hire a hot female calving hand just to show you are equal opportunity

I've already got one. Her name is Peach Blossom.

She is a pretty good inventor of better sysems. She has done most of the night calving this year. She rides her little black horse, Clavinova. If there are two cows claiming the same calf, or if a newborn splashes down and it is cold enough to put it in the barn, she uses a "calf hook." These can be purchased at most ranch supply stores. She has a six-foot piece of rope attached to the handle end of the hook, so she rides by, hooks the calf, and dallies the rope to the saddle horn. Then Clavinova does the work of dragging the calf to the new location. When they arrive, she can push the handle back off of the calves leg. It works like a charm.

Good save there Soap. :lol: you will get an extra scoop of ice cream tonight. :lol:

How come it takes two cowboys and a photographer to keep up with one cowgirl? :roll:

 

[CattleArmy]

Your comments about your two cowboys made me . Thanks for sharing the pictures.