Introducing our Farm

[Farm Family]

Hello from Canada…our family has a small operation nestled in the foothills of the Rockies. We have a small purebred black Angus herd. We also raise commercial cattle - mostly Angus influenced but we do have "fun" throwing in the odd other breed. We utilize artificial insemination and Angus bulls for clean up. Purebreds and commercials essentially operate as one herd around here - no special treatment for those purebreds except they generally open the calving season. Life is busy, jobs off the farm on top of kids, cows, chickens, even a Kuvasz = chaos most days but we wouldn't want it any other way - crazy, eh!

 

[beefgirl]

Hello from Canada…our family has a small operation nestled in the foothills of the Rockies. We have a small purebred black Angus herd. We also raise commercial cattle - mostly Angus influenced but we do have "fun" throwing in the odd other breed. We utilize artificial insemination and Angus bulls for clean up. Purebreds and commercials essentially operate as one herd around here - no special treatment for those purebreds except they generally open the calving season. Life is busy, jobs off the farm on top of kids, cows, chickens, even a Kuvasz = chaos most days but we wouldn't want it any other way - crazy, eh!

Welcome

 

[A.J.]

Welcome!

 

[wbvs58]

Welcome, some photos would be good.

Ken

 

[Farm Family]

Welcome, some photos would be good.

Ken

Will try to do that Ken…stay tuned

 

[Farm Family]

Welcome!

Thanks AJ

 

[Farm Family]

Welcome

Thanks!

 

[Farm Family]

Here are some pictures…not the best but gives you a bit of an idea…cold this morning -27 C which I think is about -20 F give or take? We had no wind and it was snowing a bit when I took these pics, actually all in all a nice day. This gal is a commercial, 9 year old clubbie of all things, I know what you all are thinking but she has done extremely well for herself and us! A testament that they can produce, they can milk and they do have longevity IF you play your breeding cards right. My kids say this is a terrible pic of her and granted not her best angle, lol. I actually was looking at the scene behind her to show the topography. Calf in front of her is PB Angus twin A, two calves behind are Angus bred too.
I did not know if you knew what a Kuvasz was but in case…this is our two year old livestock guardian dog - working hard as always watching "her" herd.

Thought I would show you the commercial cow's calf…little "7" (reverse 7 that is) Sire is a PB Red Angus

A little taste of our farm this morning.

 

[coachg]

Welcome !

 

[Rancher]

Welcome aboard mate, I'm north west of ya a bit -37f week ago then 8" snow and now +18f. Nice looking calves btw.

 

[tex452]

Welcome.
I'm worried about 38* F next week.
Everything is greening up good here, and the cows have just about stopped eating hay.
I don't want to see a frost.

 

[Farm Family]

Welcome !

Thanks!

 

[Farm Family]

Agreed Tex452 I can see the challenge in that and fully understand poor timed frost and here in Canada a wallop of unplanned snow. A great source of stress, work and wondering "why do we do this." Lol

 

[Farm Family]

Welcome aboard mate, I'm north west of ya a bit -37f week ago then 8" snow and now +18f. Nice looking calves btw.

Thanks Rancher…oh the challenges. We sure are glad for this last snow tbh. The cold we could do without but we can't have everything

 

[wbvs58]

Don't worry, we can deal with the temp in Celsius OK, it is just the Mexicans south of you that can't handle it.
The scenery is very interesting thanks, the snow quite predictable for where you live. It will be nice to see it in a couple of months.

Ken

 

[Farm Family]

Don't worry, we can deal with the temp in Celsius OK, it is just the Mexicans south of you that can't handle it.
The scenery is very interesting thanks, the snow quite predictable for where you live. It will be nice to see it in a couple of months.

Ken

good to know at least one person who doesn't require a temp conversion

 

[dave_shelby]

Celcius OK. Couldn't find that on a map.

Welcome family farms.

 

[wbvs58]

good to know at least one person who doesn't require a temp conversion

I like to throw metric in, we gotta try and educate them on the proper way to measure things.

Ken

 

[Farm Family]

Got cows out last week! Thought I would share a picture.

 

[Rancher]

good looking cows and grass. I think u greened up two weeks before us.