Weaning Day

Last Sunday we had a bunch of neighbors come over to help us wean our calves.  We had lots of help, more than we really needed but I much prefer it that way than not enough help.  We said 9 but everyone showed up early and so they went and got the cows early.  The cows start in the small field just north of the house (my horses other summer pasture, about 200 acres)  The cows don't really like that field for some reason, not sure why but they go in there good and then they just wander, and there is lots of grass, good water just not sure if its cause its too small and they have to hang around each other or what but they don't like it.  That's why we only put them in there a couple days before we wean.

Then they cross the road into my horses regular summer pasture and into the corrals.  It works really well and the cows just go in quite nicely, and it only takes a half hour or so.  Then we cut out the cows and let them into the bull winter pasture and the calves get put up the alley, when all sows are out, we put heifers in one pen and steers in another.  Then the truck comes and we loaded up the steers, he was here way early, was supposed to come at 11 and he left the yard at 5 after.  But worked well, he knew he was early and wasn't in a hurry just come to visit with us while we worked.

The we went for lunch, I wasn't really ready for lunch that early but no one minded, they came in had a drink and bull shitted until I was ready and then we ate.  The vet come had a bite to eat as well.  15 for lunch, more than we had ever had at a weaning.  But we had more plans.  We always get done so early we decided to preg check the cows the same day.  Just a test to see how it works, since last year we were done before lunch as well.

Well we got the cows back in the chute all ready, everyone had a job and off we went.  221 cows and it took us about 2 and half hours, of course that includes loading the heifers when the trucker come back.  Pretty good timing, after the open cows were in the pen with a bale and the other cows turned back out, we went to the house and had another drink and it was only 3:30.  Everything worked really well.

Then today our dry cows went to town as well, so we are pretty well ready for winter, tomorrow our cows will get to go up north onto the hay and oats field and hopefully weather is nice and they will be up there 6 weeks, boy will they be fat and happy after that.

And somehow didn't get any pics of weaning and just this one of our truck leaving hauling cows today.

New Blog and More

Well I have started a new blog. It is all on diet and excersize and is probly really boring. I actually don't expect anyone to read it, its just for my own personal tracking use. But if you are interested her is the link. Diet and Excersize.

I had a chiro appointment after a massage yesterday but I lost track of time and missed my massage, still made it to the chiro, but was pretty angry at myself cause I woulda really liked the massage cause my choulder is quite sore. Not sure what I did to it, think it was somehow slept wrong.

I am going to my Mom's tonight to go scrapbooking. She was talking about quitting the group evenings, but I hope she doesn't cause that is the only time I do scrapbook and I would really miss it. I keep thinking I should work on it at home but have no place to keep it all set out and I know I wouldn't if I had to put it away and take it our every time I want to work on it.

I also rode Kali last night with Charlene and Ricki. We went out in the summerfallow field and we did trotting and walking in intervals, along with a little lope thrown in. We were gone for about an hour and a half and it was really good. She was so good, but sure lopes a lot slower than Ricki and his long legs, it was funny.

We preg checked our heifers and had 3 dry, we really only needed one so we can eat, but we will take them into the sale next Thursday. The one we eat goes to the butcher on Tuesday. Can't wait but before we get it back, I need to clean out the freezer and defrost it. No more frozen foods getting bought for the next 3 weeks. Shoulda started earlier, but its so hard to not buy the frozen foods.

Neil was getting his post pounder ready to go fencing and since I asked him this spring we needed a windbreak for the horses in the north pasture we put in the posts and rails and anytime I can put up the slabs. Should work a little better than the few carragana bushes out there.

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