Month: April 2020

Working Pairs

Starting to turn green!!!

The grass is coming on. It’s time to get the cows and calves worked and out on to summer pasture. Luckily we have some good help.

  • Cooper and Trace Whitney
  • Jayce looks very serious!
  • None of these calves want to go first.
Pushing calves is hard work. They step on you, kick you, pee on you, and just plain refuse to go where you want them to. Just ask these boys.

The calf table is a great tool. Much easier than the old days when we roped them.

I do all the castrating. Mitch always threatened our daughters boyfriends with “going in the chute” if they weren’t careful!
I think he was joking.
Justine handled the the ear notching for PI BVD testing along with her helper Hayley Ferguson.

Calves were vaccinated for IBR/BVD, blackleg, pasteurella, and pinkeye. Bull calves also got a tetanus shot when they became steers. All the calves got ear notched, dewormed with Long Range and a dose of MultiMin.

Working cows!

We worked cows after we did the calves. The cows were vaccinated for vibro, lepto – including Hardjo bovis, and IBR/BVD in a combination shot of Virashield 6 VL5HB. They were also vaccinated for pinkeye with Ocuguard, dewormed with Long Range, treated/cleaned up for anaplasmosis with LA300, and given a dose of MultiMin. They are ready for spring pasture and breeding season!

  • Lane driving calves to the pen.
  • Lane is ready to move cattle.
  • Lane and his big brother Carter.

The littlest helper drove calves to the pen after we finished working them. He thought he was pretty important with his flag!

Work always goes better with good help and lots of smiles!

Until next time!

Don’t forget to close the gate!