Ranching is fun. But it's funner with family. We reunited Mom and Andi yesterday after we hauled the white pair back home from Luke's. They were both busy keeping track of their calves, but I think they were happy to be back together. So we took time to work them and their calves.
Like mother, like daughter. Pretty girls. White cow is five, red is 1 1/2.
First we ran Andi through to bangs vaccinate her, which guards against Brucellosis. We did the other heifers a while back. But being pregnant, we had to wait until she calved. Dr. Dan came out and did the honors.
All we had to do with Mom is put a new ear tag in her.
So this morning, we set out to brand the calves. Not being in a rush, we went old school. I've branded with wood before, but never over an open fire. Dad said to burry the iron in the fire. We did, and it worked good.
Two character brand with one iron. Reverse L, Drawknife. Grandpa Adams old brand.
We had my nephew Carter and his brother-in-law Brandon come hold the critters while we branded and vaccinated them for Blackleg.
Then turned them loose. All the cows are out to pasture now. Spring work is over.
So we celebrated with some of Mom's breakfast burritos. Thanks Ma.
Fun stuff. Family is so good because you learn from one another. Andi learns from her mom how to be a mom. We learn from one another how to get along and get a job done. It's just how the world goes round. And thanks be to God for it. With spring ranch work coming to end, let's see what other kind of fun we can drum up. On to the next one.
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