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acrosstherange) wrote2008-02-03 10:41 pm
acrosstherange) wrote2008-02-03 10:41 pm
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Weekend
Where did the weekend go? I was going to get a bunch of stuff done and, well, I guess I didn't. :P
Saturday morning the waterer overflowed at Graham's. Dad called Erin and I to come and help so he could clear the water/slush/ice out with the tractor. Part of the float had melted because it got to close to the heating element due to the water level being set lower and the cattle drinking it down too quick. So, Dad gave the float a half turn and got it working again. Half way home Dad realized he didn't have his glasses so we turned back and checked where he had been working but no sign of them. Thankfully he had just gotten another pair but you still hate when that type of thing happens. The waterer was still working last night but then sometime this morning the float must have filled with water turning it back to the spot it was before causing the second "flood." :P With the freezing temperatures it is kind of an icy mess and Dad noticed a couple calves walking stiff from probably slipping on the ice.
Dad's big steer pen is being shipped tomorrow. He sold them earlier on this week. This weekend they spent hanging a few gates and getting the load out area set up for cattle liners. Graham sold his heifers last week and they will be shipped out on Wednesday.
My steers aren't big enough to go yet. The price stinks right now so hopefully it will rise by the time they are ready. I had a calf die on my last week. :P So, it has all been kind of blah but I am an eternal optimist. To quote my uncle, "I'm an optimist and that is an awful way to go through life." Haha!
Erin made Kifli tonight...Mmm, it was good, especially because we haven't had it for a while. I made cheesecake of which I need to go put it in the fridge and then get to bed because we have to be up early tomorrow!
Saturday morning the waterer overflowed at Graham's. Dad called Erin and I to come and help so he could clear the water/slush/ice out with the tractor. Part of the float had melted because it got to close to the heating element due to the water level being set lower and the cattle drinking it down too quick. So, Dad gave the float a half turn and got it working again. Half way home Dad realized he didn't have his glasses so we turned back and checked where he had been working but no sign of them. Thankfully he had just gotten another pair but you still hate when that type of thing happens. The waterer was still working last night but then sometime this morning the float must have filled with water turning it back to the spot it was before causing the second "flood." :P With the freezing temperatures it is kind of an icy mess and Dad noticed a couple calves walking stiff from probably slipping on the ice.
Dad's big steer pen is being shipped tomorrow. He sold them earlier on this week. This weekend they spent hanging a few gates and getting the load out area set up for cattle liners. Graham sold his heifers last week and they will be shipped out on Wednesday.
My steers aren't big enough to go yet. The price stinks right now so hopefully it will rise by the time they are ready. I had a calf die on my last week. :P So, it has all been kind of blah but I am an eternal optimist. To quote my uncle, "I'm an optimist and that is an awful way to go through life." Haha!
Erin made Kifli tonight...Mmm, it was good, especially because we haven't had it for a while. I made cheesecake of which I need to go put it in the fridge and then get to bed because we have to be up early tomorrow!