We live in the middle of a cow/calf farm operation. It has been one of the neatest things to be a part of. We got started with this about twenty-six years ago....my, how time flies!
Tuesday was a "work the cows" day, time to worm, vacinate, and wean. Our herd is bascially divided into the spring herd and the fall herd depending upon what time of the year the cow has her calf. Many cow - calf operators have their cows all having calves at the same time of the year, but we decided to have both a spring and a fall calving season because sometimes a cow will slip a little time, this allows her to be a part of the other calving season and not be the only cow out there with an a small calf, an "out of season" calf that has to be dealt with.
Since Tuesday was THE DAY. Calves and cows both bawled most of the night Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Things were pretty quiet at 5:30 this morning, so everyone will get happy again. Wednesday morning, Don and I walked down to the corrals to pick out the "keepers".... prospect bulls for future use and heifers that we like. I know that I'm partial because I think we have the prettiest calves in the whole world, beautiful "mostly brangus" babies.
Now comes the fun time, watching them grow and develop into full grown cattle to become part of the herd. City life "ain't" for me. I'm glad that there are folks that want to live in the city because if there weren't, they'd all be out here trying to live and it would get pretty crowded! But for this McCurtain County rural real estate broker, she likes living in the country!
I looked on my computer for a pic of the calves, but didn't have a recent one, will grab one today to add to this post, just for fun. Then you can see how pretty they are!
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