Cattle
Life with cattle
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Tractor Snow Art and Cows
My mind tends to wander when I’m driving the tractor feeding cows. It’s a tad bit of a boring job for 20 minutes and it’s amazing what can go through a girls head during that time. But don’t worry, I’m still paying attention; for the most part. That’s what I tell my Farmer anyhow. Today in my mind, I was imagining doing some Tractor Snow Art, making a design in the snow with the tractor. Something for Christmas like a star, or ho ho ho. Merry Christmas would probably be to much. Our feedlot is right under the flight path of our local airport so all the planes coming in…
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Holy Moly!!! I am SO out of shape!
It’s kind of a slow time of the year here on the farm for us. Well, mostly for me. This is my time of year to get caught up on my housework and bookwork. Plus I use it as my “time to catch up on my lounging around and doing nothing” time that I didn’t get to do all summer. That being said, you can see, that other than the housework (and believe me when I say I do not make that to strenuous), I’m not getting a whole lot of physical activity right now. This morning made me realize that it’s time to put some physical activity back into…
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It Takes a Rope to Lead a Cow
After blogging about the difference between a farmer and a rancher, I want to tell you a little story about an incident that happened a few years back. Quite a few years back actually. We had a cow that was having difficulties calving and we needed to get her into the corral so we could help her. She did not want help and there was no way she was going into the corral. After running her around in circles, or she was running us around, I asked my Farmer if maybe we could rope her. He’s first reaction was, “What good would that do!? Once we get a rope on…
