Thanks I will get an account set up. This car is getting expensive. I had to get 8 staples in my head when I cut my head on my buddies ratrod. I was measuring his tranny (in a hurry) and slid into the exhaust turnout right off the header. Have fun sledding Jay.

 

you just get the staples today?

 

Good evening everybody! Been a busy day, just finally got in now. Time to get some supper I think. How much snow did you get Steve? I dont mind the snow but I am ready for spring anytime. Sorry Jay.

Where are you going sledding Jay? Have fun!

Dang Mike that must have hurt. Makes my head hurt just thinking about it. Once you get some pics uploaded be sure to post some of your ratrod. I know what you mean by getting exspensive but they are fun and remember its only money.

 

Staples on tues 10 min after I got off work.

 

Thats a lot of staples for your head!

 

Good morning all!!

TGIF!!!!!!!!

 

Hello all.

Mike. All I can say is OUCH!!!!!!

Going up to the Motley area. Friend has a cabin in Leader.

 

Good Saturday morning everyone.
Sounds like we'll be headed to the Motley area tomorrow to get one of the wife's horses back from a lady that was boarding him.
My 6 year old boy had a reading get to gather at school yesterday morning. When I came home after that I noticed that one of my cows had a calf. It was just laying there on the ground and I figured that it was dead. I walked up to it and it was still alive, so I picked it up and brought it under the lean to so it was away from the other animals. It's mom didn't even seem to care about it, she was to busy eating the afterbirth. After I got her in the lean to with the calf, she still didn't pay any attention to it. Usually she's a good mother, and licks, and cleans her babies off well. This time she didn't want anything to do with it. I told myself that this year I wasn't going to intervene, I was going to just let things happen.
I went to the junk yard to get some parts, and when I got home I noticed that the calf hadn't moved at all. Usually the calves are up and walking around within a half hour, eating from mama. So here I go, I went to the house and grabbed a bottle. I milked the cow into this bottle. I got 2 pints out of her. And proceeded to teach this calf how to eat. Once she caught on she finished that bottle up pretty fast. Here I'm thinking "ya I wasn't going to intervene, now I'm out here milking this stupid cow".
I went out there last night to milk her again and feed the baby, but the baby was up and walking around. It looked like she had been nursing finally, and she was pretty spunky. So I just let them be. I had the attitude this year of if the cows and calves are to dumb to take care of them selves, then they will die. It's natures way of weeding out the weak ones. I couldn't sit there and let this calf die. Maybe it wouldn't die,and I worry to much. Who knows. I only have 3 cows left now, I sold a few last fall. I wanted to go in a different direction in life, and not have to worry about these animals, but it looks like that's not going to happen. Maybe there is a reason why I'm not in Texas right now working...

 

Good Morning All!


and Happy weekend!

 

Morning Toby, Steve and everyone else!

So Steve how much snow did you end up getting? Are you out playing in it?


Hey Toby good job with the calf! Did ya get some of those projects done on your other trucks or your tractor?

 

we got a little less than 2', but the wind did a job and we had 3' - 5' drifts. it's pretty much cleaned up, were supposed to get more next week sometime.

 

Is it spring yet?

 

22 more days until it's officially spring!

 

I love it, the jobsite had mud! beautiful weather and couldnt be happier unless all the ice and snow left!

 

i was enjoying sitting outside and having a few without a cooler!