Cat on a rail
The unabridged version
Kindred spirits
Giant snow angel
Need to be branded sometime
But we'll wait until the weather gets nicer.
Winter ain't over.
'Til it's over
Gathering cattle on Friday, April 26, 2013
To brand calves
After the cattle were in the corral, Peach fed them their daily dose of hay. This is a great incentive for the cows to leave their babies to go eat.
Since the vaccine guns hold 27 doses without reloading, we do 27 calves at a time. While Peach reloads the vaccine guns,
we get in another draft of 27 calves and trade roping responsibilities.
Hard luck lookin' cowpoke
But at least he was a champion at one time. :wink:
Stretching to get limbered up for the day's activities
Ignoring her brother
Riding a roan and ready to roll
Calves in the examining office, and in the waiting room
Branding under way
The shot is good.
Bringing it in
Everyone is working but me. :wink:
One turned loose and one arriving
Peach vaccinates.
Sunflower brands.
My sister loads the wheels, coils the ropes, and hands the lariats to the roper. The Kosmo Kid and I trade doing the roping and castrating.
I'd better get back to work--we've got quite a ways to go.
