Oops, hit the post...
So his big nutcase idiot fence jumping B@&%# hereford heifer weighed 1115, and brought 2.05 or something.. he got back what he paid for her when he bought her along with the 2 hereford cow/calf pairs... did not get back the feed costs... but the WITCH is gone... no more riling up eveyone else she is in with and making them nutty too... He has a steer to kill for the July date, and old Red is going to go for the Sept date .
We came back from unloading in the morning... no wait to get backed up and unloaded... wonderful. DS was going to feed and go to Colt's last game... T-ball ... and asked if I wanted to go... I said I would....
So I did chickens and he picked me up at 10:30 or so... They don't keep score in T-ball... and all the kids get up to bat a couple times... they pitch 3 times then if the kids don't manage to swing and connect, they use the T-post until the kid gets a hit... then they run the bases like a regular game...
Like DS said, for the most part it is like "herding cats"... the attention span is miniscule... so they get coached at each base when to run or not... and when the kids play the field... when a ball gets hit there are 6 kids running to it, no one guarding their base to tag a runner... and a couple would get the ball and then hold it... like a prize... so funny and so cute... some are clueless... but it was fun to watch them... and there were a couple that were pretty good... Colt and one other boy were pretty good hitters... good eye/hand/ball coordination... and some could barely hit the ball off the T.....
Finally got home around 1:00... everyone has to stand around and gossip after the game... and DS is as bad... lots of family drama going on all the time... the sisters are at odds and not speaking barely civilly... what a bunch of BS for 40 and 50 yr olds... DS and I dropped the friend's trailer off at his place on the way back from the game... right near there... Was glad to get back...
Did some puttering... dumped more containers of old soil from the planters... Want to get them done today if I can.. Soaked all the Dahlia bulbs in water for a couple hours... then pulled them so they wouldn't get too waterlogged. Plan is to go out and get them done today.
Finally left for the sale at 4... Sister was late coming to get Colt as he wanted to come to the farm with BZ...(DS's nickname)... she is ALWAYS LATE... never comes on time to anything... Colt was helping DS with servicing the disc bine... he would get under and use the screwdriver to get out some junk from joints, then used the air hose to blow it out clean... DS said he was a big help, and Colt was having a blast using the air hose to blow all the stuff out...
We had dropped our trailer at the sale.. that morning.... then came home with 2 trucks and one trailer.. This was saving fuel to not haul the trailer all the way home and then all the way back... we never hardly ever go to a sale without a trailer... but why waste the gas. The truck I was driving was hooked to the friend's trailer he borrowed...
So got back there and they were still on sheep... they had over 700 head sheep and goats.. no sale next Sat the 23rd on account of memorial day weekend... and some ethnic holiday... so they had advertised a "special sheep and goat sale"... and boy was it full....
Finally got some small steers selling and then they had the graded sale at 7... that 's when all the ones we took were sold... EXCEPT idiot heifer as she was too big ... they stop the graded "qualifications" for anything under 1,000.... so she went in the regular sale... Which ,meant a REALLY LATE night.
During the sheep sale, DS actually bought 2 rams with some pretty nice horns... look like Dall's... but their horns were in very good shape... and he is thinking resale.... not the wide spread that his have, but still respectable heads... paid 350 each and they ought to bring 6-800. Good thing is they don't eat alot so they will not cost a ton to keep.... they will eventually get turned out at the farm with whatever cattle are there... where he kept his other rams that have all been sold... but with no ewes around, they do not get into "head smashing" near as much... The other rams are at his house, and the ewes and their lambs are out at another pasture.... When he weans the ram lambs off, the younger rams get put in with the "bachelor" group... and some will go with these rams too... if the young ones are "young enough", they don't try to get into contests, and most will get along okay...
Anyway... after all the graded cattle were sold, they got back into the regular steers, and then they sell the "head cows"... ones with calves, breds etc... and DS wound up buying one with a steer calf... There were about 6-8 there from one farmer... they announced that he is overstocked, out of grass, the lack of rain has made him sell off some animals... so she was one of them. There were 2 nice black cows with nice calves... brought over 4700 each... a couple of bred way too small heifers... one was very pregnant.. one had a calf... the heifer with the calf didn't weigh 650 lbs... decent calf considering, and she was putting her all into being a momma... but she also brought over 2000... and the other bred too young one brought about the same... NO and Double NO... Not taking a chance on losing her... she might do fine... and "back when" taking a chance for $6-800 would have been plenty...NOT doing it at 2,000....
Sold a couple more and they were thin... brought in the 25-3500 range. I think DS paid 2800 for this pair. Cow looks to be "old", but calf is rounded out good... and with some grass she might just do okay with him... We will get her in and mouth her, give her a shot of Triangle -10, black leg the calf... and go from there. She weighs over 1100 so will be good as a cull cow if she is too old to breed... or will go with the small group of old cows and get a chance... Worst is she doesn't breed and she gets culled after she raises this calf.
So, finally got the idiot sold and then we loaded the cow/calf pair, and the 2 rams and came on home...
He let the 2 rams out into a little pen for the night, cow/cf pair in the immediate barn lot where the VT heifers had been... and went to his house to sleep as he never would have made the drive to her house... he said he was not getting into the middle of their problems either...
So this morning, he calls, about my opinion on some hay...this years first cutting.... and says he is finishing up servicing the discbine to cut the wheat at doug's in the back field... after a whole long discussion.... I finally told DS to go buy 2 rolls of the hay this guy has offered... bring it back, unroll it for the cows, look at it real good. If he likes it then get 50 rolls or something... I mean... really???? You go buy hay sight unseen and now you need my opinion???? We got into some words last night... and he got ticked off... and this is his way to try to "make up to me for his temper tantrum"....
Decided he will let me know later when he gets done and wants to do the cow and calf... etc...
So, I just ate and am going back outside to get the tractor/mower... take the cart full of soil to the garden to spread... maybe mow the lawn since it is growing from the rain we had last week... get the planters filled and get the dahlia's and stuff planted... got lots to do... might even try to burn the pile this evening... not much breeze today...
Just go down the list and try to do another job... GOT PLENTY to pick from...
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