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Ridin' The Range
Hi there!! I found my way there from BYC.
My name is Kati. I live near Abilene, Texas, Where I'm a hand/manager on an Angus beef ranch where I currently care for almost 1000 head of mommas, babies and bulls. I am a dog mom to two rescues: The Widdle (4 yo, 6 lb chiweenie) and Wobble the Bobblehead (2 yo, 60 lb pitbull mix).
I own two heifers, Spot and Bubby, who live with the ranch herds. Spot is a yearling who passed her pregnancy test at the beginning of the month and will, God willing, become a mamma in the spring. Bubby isn't technically mine yet. I get pick of the crop as an annual bonus and Bubby has been on my radar since she was born. Now that we have weaned over 300 calves, she's got some competition. There's a particular baldfaced heifer I am falling in love with. If you see my video, she's the first calf in it. They are all Red Angus, which is commonly known in the beef industry as the "preferred female."
Spot has a white spot.
Bubby
The Competition
I'm a bovine foster mom, as well, to a heifer named Tiffany who was born a twin this Spring and rejected by her mom. She lives in a pen in my backyard and is unquestionably spoiled with the best feed and hay on the ranch. Since weaning, Tiffany has been joined by six "shorts," calves who are a bit too small to compete for food in the weaned herd.
Tiffany has the eartag.
I have been a chicken tender since October of last year (2023), when I took in Ethel and Lucy (young adult Leghorns) who were unwanted by their previous owner because they were getting into the garage and pooping on cars. Sadly, we lost sweet Ethel to predation in April. Dear Lucy has been a flock of one ever since.
Ethel (left) and Lucy
I am also Mother Hen to five hatchery chicks who are currently twelve weeks old and successfully integrated with Lucy about 2 weeks ago. Their breeds are are Buff Minorca, Colombian Wyandotte, Silver Lace Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Black Australorp. Hopefully they're all pullets!! I call them Kitty Foreman, Marion Cunningham, Edith Bunker, Peggy Bundy, and Morticia Addams.
All of my animals are pets. Pets are family. I suppose that about sums me up.
My name is Kati. I live near Abilene, Texas, Where I'm a hand/manager on an Angus beef ranch where I currently care for almost 1000 head of mommas, babies and bulls. I am a dog mom to two rescues: The Widdle (4 yo, 6 lb chiweenie) and Wobble the Bobblehead (2 yo, 60 lb pitbull mix).
I own two heifers, Spot and Bubby, who live with the ranch herds. Spot is a yearling who passed her pregnancy test at the beginning of the month and will, God willing, become a mamma in the spring. Bubby isn't technically mine yet. I get pick of the crop as an annual bonus and Bubby has been on my radar since she was born. Now that we have weaned over 300 calves, she's got some competition. There's a particular baldfaced heifer I am falling in love with. If you see my video, she's the first calf in it. They are all Red Angus, which is commonly known in the beef industry as the "preferred female."
Spot has a white spot.
Bubby
The Competition
I'm a bovine foster mom, as well, to a heifer named Tiffany who was born a twin this Spring and rejected by her mom. She lives in a pen in my backyard and is unquestionably spoiled with the best feed and hay on the ranch. Since weaning, Tiffany has been joined by six "shorts," calves who are a bit too small to compete for food in the weaned herd.
Tiffany has the eartag.
I have been a chicken tender since October of last year (2023), when I took in Ethel and Lucy (young adult Leghorns) who were unwanted by their previous owner because they were getting into the garage and pooping on cars. Sadly, we lost sweet Ethel to predation in April. Dear Lucy has been a flock of one ever since.
Ethel (left) and Lucy
I am also Mother Hen to five hatchery chicks who are currently twelve weeks old and successfully integrated with Lucy about 2 weeks ago. Their breeds are are Buff Minorca, Colombian Wyandotte, Silver Lace Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Black Australorp. Hopefully they're all pullets!! I call them Kitty Foreman, Marion Cunningham, Edith Bunker, Peggy Bundy, and Morticia Addams.
All of my animals are pets. Pets are family. I suppose that about sums me up.