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  1. rancherswife

    Premise ID @CO.state fair

    Someone sent me this link this morning. I hope it works. I feel for the kids :( http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1188382427/5
  2. rancherswife

    early AM surprise

    Went out early this morning and Looky what I found! Little heifer calf.
  3. rancherswife

    Fair finally over!!!!!

    I thought I would let you all know how my Grandson did with his steers. I don't have any pics yet but as soon as I do I will post them. Steers were in two different weight classes and they both got 2nd places. There were about 15 steers in each class so we were really thrilled at 2nd. He had...
  4. rancherswife

    6 weeks to go

    My Grandson is getting down to the wire on these 2 steers. He's got 6 weeks to fair. We are pouring the feed to them and even put some lights up to get them to eat at night. It has been in the 90's here and they eat, but just not with as much enjoyment as usual :lol: How do they look?? He...
  5. rancherswife

    surfs up in cali :)~

    It has been so warm here the past few days. When my kids were younger they would swim their steers for exercise and it also helped wear them out alittle when they wanted to take off. So over the weekend we decided to try it with the Grandsons steers and they had a ball!! The bald face calf is...
  6. rancherswife

    Longhorn colors

    Here are a couple of our May calves. Most of the ones out of our bull are like the ones on the left. We got a few solid colors too. Then we got the one on the right. Just goes to show...ya never know what ya might get! I think it might take me a while to figure out the description on her...
  7. rancherswife

    We're thinking about him??

    My Grandson found this steer and is really liking him. This is the only pic I could get so I hope it is enough to get some of your expert opinions on him. Thanks
  8. rancherswife

    New Longhorn Girls

    Tell me what you think!
  9. rancherswife

    Club Calves from Colorado

    I need alittle help here :lol: We are making a trip to Colorado over Labor day to pick up some longhorns we bought at the Select sale. Our Grandson is looking for a steer and we figured we might have some better luck out of state. Our kids always raised just good honest steers from a local...
  10. rancherswife

    Longhorn Baby pic

    My Grandsons heifer had her first baby yesterday and he is a very proud Papa!! Little heifer calf and I do mean little. This is the start of his own little herd and he missed the birth by about half an hour. Oh well he has 4 more to go so maybe he will be there for them.
  11. rancherswife

    Rocky Mountain Select sale

    Any of you Longhorn breeders ever been?? We are thinking of going on Vacation in August and thought it might be worth taking the trailer. We were headed that way anyway (in-laws are in Monument) so....thought we might check it out. Anybody know anything? BTW I was reading the april Trails...
  12. rancherswife

    Dumb chicken question

    I know this is a cattle board but.... My daughter bought my Grandson some chickens to show at our county fair. The problem is we have no idea how you show a chicken :oops: :oops: Does anyone know of a website that could help us? We have found alot that tell you how to raise them but I...
  13. rancherswife

    He just quit eating milk

    My grandson is raising 2 market calves for his county fair in May. He has a holstein and a swedish red holX. The holstein is eating 3 bottles twice a day and so was the other one but now he has just quit! He will eat maybe half a bottle once a day. They eat grain and alittle hay. He doesn't...
  14. rancherswife

    what are you neglecting...

    I was just sitting here reading and posting. Then I started thinking I should be working on getting everything ready for the tax guy. Then I'm thinking I really should go get a load of grain. I do have some laundry to do....I should be raking the dog "gifts" up out in the yard nawww the wind is...
  15. rancherswife

    Please help the Dummy!

    I can't figure out how to shrink my pics. I load them straight from my camera but I am a computer dummy. When I download them to photo bucket they are HUGH. Is there a simple way to make them smaller? I mean that a dummy like me can understand. Maybe if one of you can explain it to me in small...
  16. rancherswife

    Tell me bout Wyoming

    My hubby is talking about taking a new job there. Just outside of Cheyenne some where. I'm alittle nervous because I'm a desert rat and I hate to be cold. I love the heat. I guess you can aclimate yourself to anything but I don't know anything about that area. I have been looking for...
  17. rancherswife

    Should I keep her??

    My husband hates this heifer!!! I love her. Don't ask me why because I really can't tell you what it is about her I like. She has crappy horns, she's not the best put together and she is spoiled rotten. I just have a feeling about her. She's going on 2 and should have a calf in early May. He...
  18. rancherswife

    What the heck is a swedish red??

    Is it the same thing as a red swiss??? Sounds kinda like a dumb question but the dairy we got this calf from says no. I don't know much about dairy breeds. This calf is jet black and looks more like an Angus/HolX. The dairyman says noooo he's a hol/swedish red X. Can anyone explain this to...
  19. rancherswife

    Holstien Day old calf ??'s

    My little grandson is going to raise a day old calf for his first 4-H project. They call them market calves here and they have to be a dairy breed. The only thing we can get is a holstein. Anyway we have raised them before but we are having to pay 200.00 for it of the grandsons money and I am...
  20. rancherswife

    Hope this works

    I thought I would try and post a pic of our bull Atticus.
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