Category: The Ranch
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Miracles Can Happen
Miracles are one of those things you like to believe in but rarely see. I remember cheering during the "miracle on ice." Lately Huckabee has been saying he majored in miracles, not math. I didn't major in anything but common sense. Miracles can happen though.<br />n<br />nI all ready have a new hired hand. Usually…
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Disgust
Yesterday was one of those days. I was disgusted most of the day. The thing that really set it off was the Hired Hand quit. Not that he was that great of guy but with calving going on he was better than nothing. He is going to stay up till the first but would like…
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First Calf
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/first02042008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/first02042008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The heifers have had their first calf. Born the evening of the 3rd. The Hired Hand swore we wouldn't have a calf on the ground till the 15th of the month. I told him we would have at least 10…
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Load
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/load01302008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/load01302008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the two loads of hay I feed every day. Busted a spring on this trailer the other day. Luckily I had the parts to fix it. Taken 1/30/2008.</center>
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Over
The calves are finally really starting to look good. I don't know what the bug was that was holding them back but they are finally over it and going strong. All told I probably doctored about 25 of them for coccidiosis. Just under 20% of them. I think a few more had it but got…
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Plowing
If it isn't one thing, it's another. There was so much wind and snow last evening that our road to the highway blew in. Four this morning I fired up the tractor so I could plow to the highway to get my daughter to school. I didn't get my coffee or anything this morning. What…
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Cold
There are things i could talk about today, but the one thing catching my attention is the cold here. It was 15 below yesterday morning and got to a high of 0 and it is 25 below this morning and supposed to get to 25 above today. I somehow really doubt it is going to…
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Good and Bad
I had to laugh the other day. The Hired Hand was making some wise comment about how much we were feeding all the critters. I told him that it was so nice to have enough hay to feed everything all they want and not have to worry about running out. Hell, even feeding all they…
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Has To Get Better
Without getting into to many details, 2008 has to get better. Five flat tires in five days feeding taxes anybodies sanity. <br />n<br />nThen I have had a small out break of <a href="http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/21202.htm" title="damn">coccidiosis</a> in my calves for some reason. Usually there has to be a stressor for this to happen and I have…
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Trailing Cattle
My dad talks about the days of running cattle in this country when he was a kid. <br />n<br />nHis Granddad was more of a farmer than rancher but he had quite a few cattle. Once a year his granddad would gather up his older steers and trail them to the railroad in Hardin. Dad…