Category: calves
-
Prices
I note that corn prices are going down, more con than expected, and calf prices are going up. Good news for me. I am in discussions with two different buyers wanting my calves. Who says competition is bad. This might, hell will, help bring what I get for my calves up a little more. I…
-
Lounging
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/lounge07162007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/lounge07162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>The bums lounging around the creep feeder. I took them out and put them with the sick, lame and lazy bunch and decided to be nice for a change and give them some creep feed. They are doing good on…
-
One Calf Does Not Equal Nine Lambs
It appears that a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/21/news/state/84-wolf.txt">wolf killing 9 lambs</a> near Big Timber merits an attempt to kill it, while a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/21/news/state/86-calf.txt">calf killed by wolves near Eureka</a> (The original story headline was "Calf kills wolf near Eureka." I'm sure this has been corrected by now though thinking about it, it would be nice if calves…
-
Branding
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/oldcows06092007?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/oldcows06092007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Getting ready to brand the old cows calves. We branded the last of the calves up the other day. old cows and late calvers. The youngest of these old cows is 14 years old and the oldest was 19. That's…
-
Montana Beauty
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/colors06022007?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/colors06022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The colors seem so vibrant this year and the cattle look so great. Montana Beauty. Taken 6/3/2007.</center>
-
Ticks
I see there has been some <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/26/news/wyoming/70-tick.txt">cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever</a> down in Wyoming, just south and east of me. This doesn't surprise me with the number of ticks I have been seeing around here. <br />n<br />nI noticed when we were branding our calves that they had quite a few ticks on…
-
Three Bums
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/threebums04282007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/threebums04282007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Three of the bums watching what is going on. Taken 4/28/2007. </center>
-
Grazing
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bums05062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bums05062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The bums out grazing the green grass. I'm having a hard time getting them to eat their grain they so like the green grass. Quite the problem, isn't it? Taken 5/11/2007.</center>
-
Bums
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bums04302007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bums04302007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Six of the eight bums I have running around the place. For some reason when there is a late snowstorm like we had, I have more bums. I've talked to some of the neighbors and they are having the same…
-
Trailing Out
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/hills04182007?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/hills04182007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center></center>