Dave
Well-known member
Nothing like a good January branding. No dust today. The calves being drug the fire just slide easy in the mud. The sun goes down early letting you know it is time speed up so you can get finished before dark. The calves have lots of hair to burn through so you get to make more smoke. When the sun goes behind a cloud or the hill it cools right down which keeps you from sweating too much. A good time was had by all.
B had about 150 fall calves who hadn't been worked yet. Some of them are getting pretty large so it had to be done. It started out as a nice sunny day. It got a little cool by the time we finished. I had one calf in the mess. One of last year's old cows didn't calf until mid July. As a result she didn't get shipped. The pair got kicked in with B's fall calfers. He was without a doubt he is the biggest calf we worked today. The young guys wrestling were happy when he fell over as the ropes came tight. I don't think they were looking forward to tipping him over.
B had about 150 fall calves who hadn't been worked yet. Some of them are getting pretty large so it had to be done. It started out as a nice sunny day. It got a little cool by the time we finished. I had one calf in the mess. One of last year's old cows didn't calf until mid July. As a result she didn't get shipped. The pair got kicked in with B's fall calfers. He was without a doubt he is the biggest calf we worked today. The young guys wrestling were happy when he fell over as the ropes came tight. I don't think they were looking forward to tipping him over.