Monday morning bright and early Toni and dad ran Jackpot in to Othello to get Coggins and brand checked. We are waiting on a check from TX, but he might be headed South. Ben texted pics of new calves that were born, Monday was the due date for the AI cows, they have already started, but Monday was the official day. Dad made an appt for the red trailer to get rhino lined, it gets a little slick in there when it is wet. Toni started working on the next two foals, For and Ghost, in the mud. She said it was not pleasant.
On Tuesday Ben opened a box because it had his name on it, it was from our friends Terry and Erina, and had some really cool mugs in it with our brand. A handful more calves on Tuesday, one of which being a clubby heifer out of Foxy with lots of chrome, this is our second clubby, but the first one is solid black. Our neighbor Cicely came over with baked goods and to see the horses. The yearling fillies really liked the kids and were sad they did not stay. Toni hooked Ghost up to Tulip, Tulip was not thrilled. The money for Jackpot came in the mail on Tuesday, so we pulled the trigger and wired the money to Davis Ranch on the grullo stud.
Wednesday morning Ben and dad took the trailer in to get rhino lined after Ben checked the cows. Only 1 calf so far on Wednesday. Toni hooked For up to Tulip on Wednesday, it was muddy and neither were impressed.
On Thursday morning Mr Dansie’s parents, Charlie and Carol, came out and look at the long yearling colts, and took all 4 plus the filly Joss. They also took Jojo and PBJ home with them for their grandson Willy to break. Jojo is pretty started, but PBJ is just lightly started. We had two new Hereford calves and two Angus calves on Thursday. Mom and I went in and got our hair done. Ben was buiding hot fence around the corn field, so I got home and went out and helped him, them we tagged some calves. Toni and I worked on For and Ghost, Toni had tuned Tulip out since it was so muddy.
Dad and Ben went and picked the trailer up on Friday, it looks really good. We had two calves on Friday. Ben and I finished the fence and turned the cows over to the new section, they were pretty happy. Marlo came and all three of us worked on For and Ghost in the mud.
Tall John stopped by on Saturday, and helped Toni worm the long yearling fillies and they worked on Ghost and For. Then Toni, John and I hauled Cappy and his mares down to mom and dads house, in preparing of our new stallion coming Christmas Eve/Day. McCall and Mckenna stopped by on Saturday, McKenna was up for the weekend. Anna took them out to see Foxxy’s calf, Tweety, and 006’s calf. McKenna talked to Baby Cow to see if she wanted to show cow/calf, Baby Cow ignored her. I stayed with grandma Saturday night.
Merry Christmas Eve. No new calves on Christmas Eve. We checked, did chores, turned Ghost and For out. Then went to BB for the Christmas Eve party. We do white elephant and had a great time. Midnight Cat DR showed up at 11:19 that night and Toni and I met them in Connell, we were really excited to get him home.
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