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Weather: Low of 37F and High of 68F and clear sunny skies.
Where: EG-6 for the cows; 83 acre split. The cows broke out into WG-9 and WG-10, the battery ran out and the cows made their way in ove night. WG-1 for Dry cows 1.8 acres. Ryan and Tyler went to a neighbor’s branding to help out in the afternoon.
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Weather: Nice warm day with lows of 43F and highs of 64F and sunny
Where: EG-6 for cows; a large 85ac split was made for them to open things up. Weather: Sunny but a bit chilly at 36F and winds from the west. The afternoon warmed up to be in the 60s.
Where: EG-6 for Cows; both morning and afternoon splits of 30 acres. WG-1 for Dry Cows; with a 2 acre split. A coyote was spotted walking around the cows this morning but they seem unbothered. Weather: Scattered showers through out the day, by the late afternoon the skies cleared up.
Where: EG-6 for cows with morning 20 acres split and afternoon with 20 acres. WG-1 Dry Cows got 1.5 acre split. Weather: Slightly cloudy with winds from the West, 42F.
Where: EG-6 for cows; Morning split of 20 Acres and afternoon with 20 acres. Dry Cows in WG-1 with a split of 1.5 acres. Weather: Warmer yet but not too warm.
Where: EG-11-4-6 for cows; Yearling gone to Garfield County. WG-1 daily moves. Loaded 164 (550#) calves/yearlings on two trucks and sent to Phibbs ranch in Garfield County west of Jordan. Calves averaged .75#/day gain over 180 days. Two moves with cows. Yellow bells emerge. Worth a winter to wait for. What is important?  Weather: To bask in!
Where: EG-11-4 for cows; LS-1 for calves; 31 dries in WG-1. Interesting day. Nice it ended well. Two splits for the cows (20 acres each). 4th split in WG-1. Calves in corral by midday. Weighed all the steers (164 at 550#). Loading trucks tomorrow at 8:00. One yearling fell in the corral well house. No, I will not tell you how. BJ was over with his backhoe and he and Ryan had the sedated steer out on the ground within an hour. The well house is a little bruised. We often pride ourselves not on our sometimes-spectacular wrecks but rather how quickly we can fix them. So much evening song, even the chorus frogs have joined our feathered friends. Tired, yet the day ended well with some useful accomplishments. Picture is a “feed pen” using temporary fence for yearlings. Weather: More sun, song, warmth, and melt.
Where: EG-11-4 for cows and LS-17-1 for calves. Cows move into second and last split in EG-4 as we to the WG unit by May 1. Both splits over 40 acres. EG-4 was grazed close last fall. These two splits are testing the role of recovery and early season grazing when good moisture is present for effective herd effect. Later in June we can test the response on grazed and not grazed in this paddock. One more calf. Steers move into LS-1 for just one day in preparation for shipment to the Phipps ranch in Garfield County on Tuesday morning April 25. Saw my first Turkey Vultures. Weather: Sun finally emerges, and snow quickly recedes.
Where: EG-11-4 for cows and LS-17 for calves. Cows with yearling giving us fits as fences have not been hot throughout the storm period. Cow mob gets 3 bales, and calves remain in LS-17 and get I bale. Two new calves. We hope to get steers out early next week. Roland came last night, and he and Tyler put together the growing season plan. NW Energy start work on broken line to Lackey and oil field. Many lines and poles went down during the storm. Jason and Ryan putting some control pressure on the many new P Dog colonies. The larger colony on BLM in WG-9 and the very large colony mostly on Goffena’s in BW-1 we live and let live. Weather: Mostly grey and chilly and still mostly white across ranch. All open in Roundup.
Where: EG-11 for cows and LS-17 for calves. Double feed cows again. Steers I bale. Lost one calf born that slipped into the creek. Where is the cow common sense. Dead calves always leave a bite of loss. |
Bill Milton
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