Mending the Fences

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This week I was able to cover a lot of bases. I started the week fixing fence due to some of the yearlings got out the day prior. There were areas of the fence that were busted and I had to run around a group of houses locating and fixing those areas as ewes were running into people’s yards. It took quite a bit of newly-run wire to mend the large holes. While fixing the fencing, I quickly saw the benefits of having two fence stretchers handy.

I continued fencing for a second day but this time I was checking the rest of the pasture for bent over or rotted wood posts that needed replaced. Pairs were going to be trailed down road and into this pasture in the near future, so the fixes needed to completed rather quickly but effectively. Later that evening, I found a fox in the bum-lamb pasture, I took care of him before he was able to cause any problems with the lambs.

The late calvers/calves were worked Wednesday morning. We worked around a hundred calves – branding and applying pour-on to each of them. Along with the calves, we had about the same number of cows come through the chutes to receive their pour on as well. Upon finishing their branding and treatment, the cattle roamed in a pasture near the corrals until they were trailed and moved up the road. The new pasture they were placed in is one I had been fixing fence.

This week I started a project of revamping some cattle oilers. I was tasked with disassembling, inspecting the parts, and making a list of parts that were needed for them to be up and running again. This is a nice little project, it is more of a relaxed task that I work on after a long day and continue to get a little progress done. I truly enjoy tinkering and fixing things, so I enjoy this task.

I ended the week in the tractor. We are trying to get millet planted, so the chisel plow has been running hard the past few days. Getting the dirt turned over so Kevin or I can get seeds in the ground is a main priority right now. A little more dirt work and quite a few bags of seeds, and the planting will be done!

Submitted by: Jaxon Ondracek
Edits by: GrowinG Internship Team