It’s amazing how deep the snow is on the level – mostly the cows just stay where it’s plowed but today some got adventurous and went cross country. Wasn’t long before they got back in the plowed trails!
Month: February 2018
Bringing Horses In
Rode out today and brought the older horses in so we can feed them hay. The snow is just too deep to leave them out on their own. We are seeing the tips of some sagebrush now, but in the horse pasture, there was nothing but snow as far as I could see.
Bugaboo With Her Baby Girl!
Our buckskin baby came into a bitter cold world this morning with deep snow and -15. She got a little chilled and is still needing help to suck. But she’s dried off, warmed up, has some good Jersey milk in her belly…and she’s getting lots of love from me and mom!
A New Short Story
Just added a short story to my web site. It’s about record keeping for our first experience with DNA testing on replacement heifers. It was extremely stressful, and in retrospect, humorous. But that’s life, isn’t it? Anyway, here’s the link to the story – The Follies – Genomic Record Keeping.
Winter Wonderland
Last week our first snow was about 6″ and the second about 5″, on top of a crusted 4″. We shoveled our way to the cattle to feed hay but followed a tractor plowing a path for feeding cake. Worked well though as cows got their cake just before another frigid night. It is beautiful – but another 5-10″ forecast this week – there’s only so much beauty we need! The true blessing – at least we’re not calving yet.
Story Published
My Mom tells me that my story “Winter Ranch Olympics” was published in this week’s Western Livestock Reporter! We haven’t gotten our paper yet, but you can bet Sonny won’t be the first one to read this issue-
And I’m proud to be sharing print space with my brother-in-law whose story on his rope horse “Tommy” is in this issue as well. I didn’t know Lee in the days he had Tommy, but Lee’s story makes me wish I had known this horse.
Sandy Snider Stahl 