Cattle, continued
Completing the previous status, I got them sorted into breeding pastures and put the Angus bull in with his girls yesterday. He had a big smile on his face today. Lambert still has to wait on the result of one test, but speaks lovingly to the cows (and heifers--his daughters!) who come up to visit. He probably has another week to wait.
Austin's and Travis's cows are 2 of the old ones I need to sell, so here are the 2014 heifers that now wear the green and orange.
Weather
Over the weekend there were 2 nights where strong storm fronts lined up all the way from south Texas into Oklahoma or Kansas, moved through threateningly, and we got nearly no rain. Last night, for a change, a relatively small storm system (left) had us squarely in its sights (right) and we got 2.7" in a heavy 2-hour downpour.
The tanks are nearly full, Sycamore creek roared for a while, and people are walking around smiling. It's not a drouth-buster but it's a welcome prelude to summer.
Chickens
The chickens continue to thrive and their winter-diminished egg production is ramping back up. We originally ordered 10 Rhode Island Red hens as day-old chicks in April 2013, figuring we'd surely have some loss to disease, dogs, varmints and mysterious causes. I celebrated their 2-year birthday today by feeding them--all 10 of them!--their favorite snack, a big bunch of grapes.
We could undoubtedly go to the store and buy eggs for less money and less effort than these birds cost us, but their urgent clucks when I let their feeder run low and their joyful noise and excitement when chasing grasshoppers (or grapes) are priceless.
The eggs are just a bonus.
Life is good. Come on down and we'll have steak and eggs for breakfast.
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