The sheep are making our annual trek from wintering ground on the Red Desert to the Badwater Pasture, where we will shear the sheep before heading on to the Cottonwood lambing grounds.
Seamus and Cora getting ready to cross under I80
heading for the gate
under I80
Fireworks, anyone?
map of the checkerboard
heading for the Union Pacific railroad overpass
the dogs trail too!
some can ride
!
Spring has definitely sprung, if not with weather, then with spring work. After a dry winter, we have had series of spring rains and snows. In the meantime, we have lots of baby lambs and calves arriving. We are trailing sheep to spring country and preparing to shear.
Cows with calves at Powder Flat
Heifer eating afterbirth
Wild horses watering at developed well
windmill from the ground
ewes and lambs
docking the early lambs
bum lambs in a box
lambs warming up in a tub
rainstorm with Battle Mountain
The family on horseback in November 2008
Working Ranch Magazine published a very nice article about our family in the April-May 2018 issue. Here’s the link.
http://vpubpro.com/wrmag/aprilmay2018/pubData/mobile/index.htm#/88/ [vpubpro.com]
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