Rescuing Rusty

I’ve been sharing stories of mad cows and dying calves. Those are the exceptions, the odd ones out that make for a good story. I feel like I should tell…

At least it wasn’t snowing. Much. That was something. It was cold though, bitterly so. I was finishing my lap through the cows. Nothing was going on. The one calf…

The calf lay alone on the hillside. Still and quiet he hid as baby calves do. Never moving except his eyes as they followed me around. I needed his mom…

Laying in bed late on a weekend morning, luxuriating in that place between wakefulness and sleep. Not having to get up yet. Until the children ran to the door. “There…

It’s still snowing today. The second day of it. Not a blizzard, not for us at least. A decent amount of snow and we can hear the wind howling out…

I never did put an ear tag in Booter. I don’t remember why. Probably just never bothered. I know I had planned on running them all through and giving them…

We brought the small bunch of cows home today.  Just twelve pair and a bull a couple of miles from home. All of my cow calf pairs are inn this …

I finally remembered to take treats with me to the pasture for Poppy! only the first time this summer 😉 I wasn’t sure she would remember what we had been…

Not sure which ‘calf’ this video is actually about. I brought Ghost out to play for her first time yesterday. Not her first time in a long time, although it…

The kids and I were helping with the 4H clean up day getting ready for fair. as the cleaning wound down we looked out to see dark clouds filling the…