Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

Smooth move....the shepards hook ...masterd.....

Spending time with them sure pays off.

Yes it does make a difference. When we were gonna move the cows and calves last Sunday, my son had set up the catch pen outside the pasture along the driveway due to the wet and slippery muddy conditions. There were 33 or 34 cows and 32 calves I think. He got all them in the catch pen but 5 calves, just calling them in to get grain. He then took the 4 wheeler out, around the calves and slowly "herded them" up to the pen and had left the gate open just a little, and right in they went. One was a wild one, and tried to go through the panels to get back out, but in about 20 minutes had 60+ head penned. So nice to not "chase" them and have a rodeo.... We do give them some grain as a treat in the pastures so they keep coming when we call. The calves also learn that it is a good thing to come to us when we call too. Plus I know for a fact that at my age and with my joints, chasing after them is an impossibility.
Work smarter, not harder.

Work smarter not harder...isn't that the truth !

farmerjan said:

Work smarter, not harder

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Definitely!

farmerjan said:

Work smarter, not harder.

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Dang, that leaves me out!

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Even The Guinea Crew will come to me asking for corn.

It has been raining non-stop since the wee hours of the morning. As light as our Polaris is, it's still leaving tracks 4" deep in the lanes heading out to feed. I need to take it in for routine service but then the only way to get out there is the tractor and that will sink a foot.

A friend of ours just called and said they are putting one of their houses on the market. He has several hundred feet of Black Walnut that he needs to find a home for so I'll go pick that up in the next few days.