bringing in the heifers
Are they or aren’t they. The heifers are headed in to be pregnancy tested. We are lucky to have to two veterinarians in our community–Drs. Ben and Hallie Noland. Four-year-old Rhen calls Ben “Doctorbennoland” and the good doctor came to check out the heifers. McCoy, six, was mad because Rhen got to help while McCoy had to go to first grade and miss out out on the excitement.
Ben checking out a heifer
Rhen supervising
Megan and Eamon working the chute
Brittany and Kimmy
Meghan on the job too
That’s a good look for you, Doctorbennoland!
Tags: Britanny, cattle, Dr. Ben Noland, Eamon, heifers, horses, Kimmy, Megan, Meghan, pregnancy checking, Rhen
Lemmons Meadow.
It’s been a weird winter so far. We’ve had lots of snow, lots of thawing, and a lot of bare ground for February. The critters are glad for the warmer temperatures.
cows with puddles
Bucks in the Mouse Pasture
horses in the Wyoming Field
Casey training horses
Tags: bucks, Casey, cattle, horses, Lemmons Meadow, Mouse Pasture, sheep, spring thaw, Wyoming Field
McCoy waiting to fly
Eamon is working on his pilot’s license, so he decided to combine business with education. Eamon, Pat, McCoy and Eamon’s flight instructor, Ryan, flew to Texas to shop for bulls and to Nebraska to check on our heifers that are wintering there.
Our new bull–unfortunately, they couldn’t hook a stock trailer onto the airplane.
McCoy checking out the bulls
Heifers on cornstalks
Heifers on feed in Nebraska
McCoy, Eamon and Pat with the heifers
Home Ranch from the air
Tags: airplane, bulls, cattle, Eamon, heifers, McCoy, Pat
Today, Pat spotted deer, antelope, elk and cows all hanging out together near the River Bridge
Tags: antelope, cattle, cows, deer, elk, grazing, Little Snake River, River Bridge
Bringing in the cows and calves
It’s that time of year when the long days of summer have come to an end. Since early summer, the cows and calves, and the ewes and lambs, have grazed the Forest. Their only responsibilities have been to gain weight and avoid predators. The cows have had the added task of consorting with bulls and getting pregnant.
Those days are gone, and it is now time for the calves and lambs to leave their mothers and move on to the next stage of life. The nights are noisy as the cows and ewes call for their departed offspring. The older moms probably give a sigh of relief as their mothering duties have been fulfilled for another turn of the seasons.
Cows and calves in the Lower Meadow
Chad bringing up the cattle
Eamon sorting the calves
“Heifer!” “Steer!”
Ewes in the corral
Meghan and Oscar putting the lambs in the corral
Eduardo and Adolfo bringing up the lambs
Oscar at the cutting gate
This is how we roll
Tags: Adolfo, calves, cattle, Chad, Eamon, Eduardo, lambs, Meghan, Oscar, sheep, truck
ghost cows…or maybe it’s out of focus– one or the other
The last truckloads of cows came in from Laramie last night. Due to mechanical problems, we ended up unloading after dark. I tried to take pictures without a tripod. The results were spooky, or maybe artistic.
night lights
Tags: cattle, dark, truck
Here come the cows!
In the winter, some of our cows go to the balmy environs of Laramie, AKA “Laradise”. It’s almost spring, and time for the cows to come home. In a few weeks, they’ll start having baby calves, and you’ll see pictures of them on this blog. Usually, we have more snow on the ground, but the easy winter means we have plenty of hay.
photos by Siobhan
through the gate…
headed down the hill…
Chica supervising…
Eamon and the dogs put the cows into the…Cow Pasture.
Done. Pat, Rhen, McCoy and Maeve, with a little help from Belle.
Tags: Border collie, cattle, cows, dogs, Eamon, Laramie, Maeve, McCoy, Pat, Tiarnan
Ladder Ranch
