Thanks Lynde & Bob for sending a nice head shot of Crosby. Love that soft look in his face.Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
More gifts...
Nothing like getting the flu bug to put a person out of commission for a few days. The weather is balmy 'for here' ...finally.
Pups fly out on Tuesday...have had several baths/nail trims as well a few outings to the building. They love the freedom of the entire upper floor , new toys at the building make for many a game of 'keep away' .
Vet check with health certificates & tattoo'ed on Friday. Vet commenting on what a nice job the docks were...which lead into more docking conversations.
Wild cat population thinned down here ( caught in a dog crate 'trap' ) and given away to someone wanting cats for mouse hunting in their barn ) think we had over 20...made sure a tom cat or two went with the 'gift' of cats...
No more lambs. 3 cows left to go.
Pups fly out on Tuesday...have had several baths/nail trims as well a few outings to the building. They love the freedom of the entire upper floor , new toys at the building make for many a game of 'keep away' .
Vet check with health certificates & tattoo'ed on Friday. Vet commenting on what a nice job the docks were...which lead into more docking conversations.
Wild cat population thinned down here ( caught in a dog crate 'trap' ) and given away to someone wanting cats for mouse hunting in their barn ) think we had over 20...made sure a tom cat or two went with the 'gift' of cats...
No more lambs. 3 cows left to go.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tired of the weather....grumble , grumble
Gosh a little sunshine today only to be followed by another spike down in temps :(
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/caab0248
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/caab0248
Thanks Candice!
He's growing up from last summer...1st birthday in one wk!
'Kaiser shares our passion for hiking and snowshoeing and patiently waits at the door whenever we pack our backpacks up to head to the mountains.'
Monday, January 17, 2011
More Snow....
Down to 4 cows to calve and 5 ewes to lamb....
Finally got a few back outside...keeping in the barn makes a ton of work cleaning/scraping and hauling away. Esp when the manure spreader ended up breaking from sitting from a full load that froze down good....couresy of the tractor breaking down 'before' it could be emptied...love those domino effects that keep creating yet more work :)
Derby's girlfriend safely returned to her owner and with good luck pups arriving in March.
Quade helping to move the new lambs and moms to the outside pen...takes more than a little finese and patience to move moms on the fight to protect their babes and a dog not getting into a confrontation from the get go....got 'er done with out much incident.
Pups date set for thursday for photo session, tattoo and Vet visit/vaccinations...just might get some decent table stacked shots
this time around with a puppy wrangler. For anyone looking for updated puppy photos check back on Friday due to the time it takes to download / process RAW files.
Finally got a few back outside...keeping in the barn makes a ton of work cleaning/scraping and hauling away. Esp when the manure spreader ended up breaking from sitting from a full load that froze down good....couresy of the tractor breaking down 'before' it could be emptied...love those domino effects that keep creating yet more work :)
Derby's girlfriend safely returned to her owner and with good luck pups arriving in March.
Quade helping to move the new lambs and moms to the outside pen...takes more than a little finese and patience to move moms on the fight to protect their babes and a dog not getting into a confrontation from the get go....got 'er done with out much incident.
Pups date set for thursday for photo session, tattoo and Vet visit/vaccinations...just might get some decent table stacked shots
this time around with a puppy wrangler. For anyone looking for updated puppy photos check back on Friday due to the time it takes to download / process RAW files.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The big deep freeze...
Will be glad to hit the sack when I can....came off nites this am with one set of chores ( morning ) blending in with the afternoon ones.
Yesterday met up with Shea's owner on the road to switch dogs ( Derby has a girlfriend visiting ) ...the recent storm throwing a kibosh
in the original plans meeting several days ago...so the progesterone test on Monday indicated we were getting into a time crunch.
Calves and lambs born prior to leaving and came home to more babies to deal with along with chores before running out the door to work.
Barn is crowded now with all pens filled. My little black orphan calf going great guns on the bottle ...infact 'she' is a royal pest now to work
around in the barn. Right now she has a space created in the pen of square bales for her to keep out of harms way.
A couple of ewes w/lambs in one pen with cow/calves in the other free pens. Was able to kick out one pair today....just have to keep pushing the calf into the calf shelter until he realizes it's a nicer place to get out of the elements.
Parts for the tractors not here yet...the weather man is right about more snow on the way...it's starting up again. Havent caught up on the last
heavy snow fall...cattle feed bunks , gates, sheep feeder need snow removal (again ) Bedding and rolling feed needs to be done in next few days.
Hose snapped off the diesel tank used for filling the diesel heaters in the barn...has happened before when it gets this cold. Cold weather creates
additional problems to deal with....there is always something.
.... 6 cows left to calve.
Yesterday met up with Shea's owner on the road to switch dogs ( Derby has a girlfriend visiting ) ...the recent storm throwing a kibosh
in the original plans meeting several days ago...so the progesterone test on Monday indicated we were getting into a time crunch.
Calves and lambs born prior to leaving and came home to more babies to deal with along with chores before running out the door to work.
Barn is crowded now with all pens filled. My little black orphan calf going great guns on the bottle ...infact 'she' is a royal pest now to work
around in the barn. Right now she has a space created in the pen of square bales for her to keep out of harms way.
A couple of ewes w/lambs in one pen with cow/calves in the other free pens. Was able to kick out one pair today....just have to keep pushing the calf into the calf shelter until he realizes it's a nicer place to get out of the elements.
Parts for the tractors not here yet...the weather man is right about more snow on the way...it's starting up again. Havent caught up on the last
heavy snow fall...cattle feed bunks , gates, sheep feeder need snow removal (again ) Bedding and rolling feed needs to be done in next few days.
Hose snapped off the diesel tank used for filling the diesel heaters in the barn...has happened before when it gets this cold. Cold weather creates
additional problems to deal with....there is always something.
.... 6 cows left to calve.
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