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Branding at the McCullem Place

bringing in the cows and calves

 

The McCullem Place is part of our Powder Wash ranch west of Baggs. It serves as spring pasture for some of the cows and calves. The homestead era headquarters is mostly gone, so we set up portable corrals, brought in the cows and calves, and processed the calves. These are some of the Akaushi-cross calves so we also had to take a snip of ear to check their bloodlines. We built an old-fashioned fire to heat the branding irons. We had another great crew of family, friends and employees.

 

 

 

Eamon and McCoy

cows and calves in corral

crew getting ready

Karen, Edgar and Eamon

Juan with branding fire

McCoy and Aspen

 

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Posted by on December 30, 2019 in Animals, Cattle

 

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Castle Rock Haiku

Sentinel towers,
Battlements rise, keeping watch
Over cows and calves.

 
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Posted by on April 17, 2018 in Animals, Cattle, Nature and Wildlife, Poetry

 

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