Cowboy FUN!

Kyle called me yesterday and said

they were going to castrate a little 

bull calf at the city farm.

Did I want to come?

YES!

(I missed when they did it up at

the ranch and he said it was the

most fun he's had in a long time!)

So...

I got to the farm a couple of minutes

before Mason showed up.

He didn't bring his horse.

So it was Linda, me, Mason, Kyle and

Kyle's FAST side-by-side and

Linda's SLOW side-by-side.

And a bucket of feed.

Hahahahahaha

You know where this is going, right?

Yeah.

She has two cow/calf pairs right now.

One heifer and one bull calf.

We JUST needed the little bull calf.

She said until 3 days ago he wanted to

be her best friend. Came up and let her

pet him, licked her legs, etc...

And then 3 days ago he turned into a 

teenager and wants NOTHING to do with her.

The guys TRIED and TRIED to catch him.

Mason roped and missed a couple time,

Kyle nearly tackled him and missed by an inch...

So we decided to move them into another

pasture and try to get them into the "facility".

But they decided to run into a different pasture.

Kyle chased 'em down with his FAST side-by-side

and got them into a skinny ally.

Then Linda held the others at one end

and the guys caught the little guy and threw

him on the ground.

And then they realized they didn't have

enough hands.

So they recruited me to come kneel on his

neck and hold his front legs.

Kyle held his back legs stretched way out.

And Mason did the deed.

Kyle's right.

It was FUN!

Then we had to get them BACK into the

original pasture.

Mason backed his truck and stock trailer

into the other end of the skinny ally

and "Donna" and her little heifer calf

hopped right on in the trailer.

But "Margo" and her little bull calf were

having NONE of it!

We chased her over to the trailer and she

got half in and then turned and bolted 

to the other end of the alley.

We walked down and herded her back to

the trailer. She got half in and turned and

bolted to the other end of the alley.

We walked down and herded her back to

the trailer. She got half in and turned and

bolted to the other end of the alley,

But then she RIPPED THE CHAIN OFF THAT

WAS HOLDING THE GATE CLOSED

 and took off into the big pasture.

Stupid cow.

(grin)

(I was a little freaked out because I was last

one through that gate - did I forget to close it???)

But when I walked down there, she

pulled the fence staple right out of the wood.

(Plus she tried really hard to run Mason down...)

She was MOTIVATED!

Kyle got back in his FAST side-by-side

and rounded her up and herded her back 

to the gate to get to the original pasture.

But she decided she wasn't going to cooperate

with the humans any more today.

So she turned and took off.

Leaving her little calf.

Mason and Kyle worked for a couple of

minutes and finally tackled him.

Mason grabbed him by one hind leg

and DRAGGED him towards the gate.

Meanwhile the little calf was hollaring.

And Margo was mooing.

And then she came a'runnin'...

We were a little worried for Mason.

But he dragged the little calf up to the gate

and then let him go and he and Margo

ran right on into the original pasture.

And then we backed the trailer with the

other 2 in it over there and they hopped out.

Whew!

I didn't get any pictures.

Hahaha

But I DID take a picture of the nearly finished

pond - it just needs to be sodded and then

add some pond lilies and maybe some fish...

It's going to be beautiful and peaceful

when its all finished!