First 2012 Babies

Mama #6 had the first twins this population of cows has ever seen.  Appear to be two bulls with white points.  Didn't get too close because mama is not sure she wants both of them!  One of last years calves is trying to figure out what in the world is going on while her mother is struggling to deliver another newborn.  #6 is a good mom- she found one of the few snow free spots in the pasture to be alone.

November Cow Exchange

November 15 Whitestone took five of the heifers from the 2010 calf crop.  They want to conduct a feed test to verify the efficiency of the Galloway genetics.  The girls were 22 W, 23 B, 24 B, and another White and a Black that lost their collars.

Snow

This has been the year for snow.  It piled so high that the cows were able to walk right out over the fences.  In the background is my crowding tub and squeeze chute almost completely invisible.

Even in the middle of April there are still twelve foot drifts covering completely the two forty foot conexes and truck with box van where we process the meat!

Late Surprise 8//14/11

Black mama #9 showed up with a chunky little bull with classic white coloring with dark crown on the head and unique black heels.

Farmer's Daughter Wed

On Sunday, July 24, 2011 Heather and Josh celebrated their wedding.  Where else but in the barn!  Probably between 100 and 200 friends and neighbors gathered.

Heather's pre teen friends Lacy Conn and Anna Gray.

Some of the furniture was cottonwood stumps headed for the wood pile.

Wedding Furniture

One of three loads of furniture for the wedding celebration Sunday.

Busy Day- 7/1/11

Today the breeding season began with the quiet unlatching of the gate of the bull pen so Alcan could go find the cows.  Funny how they don't need any help finding them on the two hundred acres or so.

Also accomplished that day was the laying of 76 truckloads of gravel on the driveway and the barn site.  The replacement house got the urethane insulation sprayed in the walls.  The point field of hay was rolled up and wrapped for the winter.  The brakes got fixed on the 770 Oliver and the headlight assembly replaced on my old Subaru.  I wish every day could be that productive!