Ranching: Close Up
Last month, N. and I headed about 30 minutes from home to go observe my friend and her family work their “cattle”. We arrived for the tagging of the calves, vaccinations and … castration!
We had never been to such an event and arrived after lunch but we were able to get some dessert. This is a friend from running club so several of our group were there.
We first said hi to the horses that had been used to gather the calves. The calves were all gathered in one area and were mooing for their moms.
They knew they probably wouldn’t like what was coming up! The funny thing is that the female calves complained a lot more than the males even though all they got was their tags and some oral vaccine.
Two calves waiting their turn!
Calf is waiting for it all!
Drink up and get your ear tags!
All done!
This was an interesting visit. My son decided he wouldn’t come back next year! We missed the first part of the morning so I am not sure what else happened or if it was more exciting. As for me, I love seeing ranch life happen and learning about other ways of life so I thought this was a cool outing.
A bientĂ´t!
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14 Comments
Joanne
I’ve only ever seen ranching on TV or movies… and while I know I could never do it myself I do find it fascinating to watch.
mimifce
Exactly! I love learning about new things! I just asked my friend about coming to see her bee hives, and she is going to call me when they pull the honey! So that post will be coming up at some point this summer!
Jennifer
Looks like an interesting event!
Jennifer
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mimifce
Definitely something new for me!
Laura Bambrick
What an interesting activity to see! What an experience!
mimifce
It sure was!
jodie
I would love to see that. Especially as a reminder that I enjoy being a city girl, haha.
XOXO
Jodie
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mimifce
Me too! Love watching but not sure I could do it on the regular.
Shauna
I feel like I’ve only seen something like this on t.v.! 🙂 How fun for a visit!
Shauna
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mimifce
Exactly!
Grace
Wow I think that’s super cool! I might be making a trip to my friend’s ranch next weekend – I wonder if we would see similar things.
Miles of smiles,
Grace
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mimifce
Oh,that sounds like fun!
Marsha Banks
Now, this would be something I would love! I’m always so curious about how certain things are done. Poor calves, though! Thanks for sharing this, Mireille!
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mimifce
I am planning to see my friend go pull honey in a few weeks!