Weening Fall Cows and working their calves.

[CattleArmy]

After the snow there was mud left to walk and muck around in. Good thing for Bogs and Muck boots.

Looking to someday fill those bigger boots.

Freshly weened fall cows looking back at us and their babies.

All he heard was sorting and ran to get the sticks.

Running the headcatch. After loading the alley with calves and pouring them and vacinating them all he had to do was open up the headcatch and let them out. An important job for such a little cowboy.

 

[Silver]

Great pics. Nice to see the young fella out there and eager to git 'er dun.

 

[Shortgrass]

Working calves was incidental to the real task of the day; that being making men out of boys. Thank for the shots.

 

[Hooks]

Great effect on those photos,CA............especially like the composition on the "boots" & the "sticks" shots.........Nice! 8)

 

[RSL]

Very cool, and nice focus on "what's important".

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

I see we have another photographer in our midst,your lucky to have such an enthusiastic youngster on the outfit.

 

[CattleArmy]

He loves every aspect of the ranch. He rides a horse, 4 wheeler, tractor all with the same expression a wide smile on his little face. He takes the ranch so serious and is eager to help no matter the job. He's just as happy scooping out the calving barn as he is riding along with the guys.

My parents have nurse cows. They let the calves nurse the cows twice a day. One day last year my mom and his Dad were sitting having coffee in the house and heard the calving shed gates closing. He had went down there alone and sorted the calves into the appropriate pens and was letting the cows in. (Most cows have four calves some just have two.) He was upset he hadn't fed the cows because the feed buckets were to heavy to lift. :shock: Proud day for his Papa seeing he sorted them all right and had the right mamas with them. Scared his Grandmother thinking of the what ifs. Made his Dad glad not to have to do the chore and I was just glad I was in town at my job oblivious to it all. :wink: