Category: calves

  • Prejudiced

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves11152007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves11152007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the replacement heifer calves this year. I was getting a little shy of color in the herd so I kept a couple of red ones. I like to see that color once in a while. They must be…

  • Snow Covered

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves11202007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves11202007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves grazing along during our recent snow fall. All the other critters were wandering around looking for a hay bale to be delivered to them. The calves don't know yet they get fed in the winter so weren't waiting…

  • Grazing

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/graze10292007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/graze10292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves grazing on the Crested Wheat Grass hillside. This is a real sandy, south facing hillside so the new green grass has really come in under the old grass and they are really enjoying it and doing good on…

  • Runners

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/runners10162007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/runners10162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The eight head of calves that ran the furthest from my wreck the other day on their way home. They still had a couple of miles to go here and they were getting pretty tired. As soon as I put…

  • Long Run

    About a week and a half ago my freshly weaned calves got to running and tore up a little fence and some of them were in the wrong pasture. No big deal. This kind of thing happens and I didn't mention it here. We got the ones that were out back in and went about…

  • Replacements

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/heifers10082007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/heifers10082007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the Replacement heifer calves grazing along on a beautiful fall morning. Taken 10/8/2007. </center>

  • High Light

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/light09212007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/light09212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This was taken earlier while sorting cattle for shipping. The cattle were highlighted against the sun and the flies were filling the air. I was hoping to get a picture that would show the flies buzzing around in the early…

  • Replacments

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves09292007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves09292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves I kept munching hay in the corral. Mostly replacement heifers but there are also a few young odds and ends that I kept. I'll keep them in the corral until Monday morning and then let them out. Taken…

  • Content

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/content08212007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/content08212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some cows laying around content early in the morning. The cows have been much happier this year with the feed and are more content than last year. I take this as a good thing. Taken 8/21/2007.</center>

  • Sold

    Well, the calves are sold. I heard a couple of weeks ago that the guy that bought my calves the last two years, was out buying calves. I called up his representative and wanted to know if they were interested in the calves this year. He said they were but just hadn't got around to…