b5ffSaturday proved to be a busy but very fun day! Jared and I went out early to separate the small steers from the big ones. The small ones we trucked over to a neighbours to fatten them up on grass, the big ones we are hoping to sell this wednesday! Jared took Emry and Calum with him to drop off the steers and as soon as they got home we headed up to Vulcan for the annual Spock Days Parade! Calum was nervous of the sirens on the police car, the leader in the parade! The parade wasn't as good as I remember, there were hardly any floats, but lots of cool cars, Calum and Jared enjoyed this part of the parade. Emry thoroughly enjoyed the ton of candy she got, she was so sweet helping her little brother and her younger cousin Lily get candy because they were leery of the passing cars, which in all honesty they should be!
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| My favourite thing to see at the parade are the bagpipers! |
When we got home from the parade Dave, Cora and Leah came to help move the cows and their calves down to the sand where there is a field full of beautiful lush grass! Dave was able to get the fence finished this past week, so now Jared should have some free time to work on our house instead of feeding cows!! To make the move easier Jared fed all the cows in the corral and was able to lock them in overnight. He then reinforced a few corners of the barbed wire fence into the barn so the cows wouldn't get the urge to jump the fence! Everything worked so smoothly, Jared was so impressed, he was sure they would be moving cows until well into the night, but instead were done at 6ish! Dave and Jared would move a group of about 5 cows and a few calves at a time through the corral, into the alley and then through the barn where the truck and trailer were parked and open ready for the cows to climb right in, and to our surprise, they did just that! The guys were able to borrow two trucks with cattle trailers from Buck and John, which cut the time of hauling in half! It was a lot of fun and worked out so well, a few people were surprised how well it worked out moving the cows through the barn!
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| The Cattle Whisperers! |
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| Last load in!! Hooray! |
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| A dirty job.... |
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| but someone has to do it! |
i just got done posting mine and saw yours pop up. THat is a great picture of the cow jumping out. It was great to see them in the field when I drove over the hill:)
ReplyDeleteWOW, what ranchers and cattle rustlers you all are. The boys dad would be so proud of them, and if only he was here to join in the festivities.
ReplyDeleteLoved all the pictures Amber. Love your blog. Your kids are really growing. Hope the cattle do well in the sand, and you can get your house finished. Anxious to see pictures of your new house sometime.
Love, Aunt Sheila