Friday's Work

As I mentioned before, we worked another group of cattle yesterday.  J does a lot of prep work to make it easier on the rest of us.

 He already had the cattle in a smaller field near the barn.  V decided she would try out Hank for the cattle drive.  She got along fine with him.

 That left me and E on foot while J called them at the gate.

 He already had set up the portable electric fence to make a lane to the barn.  Once again, it was pretty painless.

 V did an excellent job on the head gate. This one is a little easier to work than the one from Tuesday.

 E doesn't like all of the bawling so she wore earplugs.

 I was the official eartagger and tail holder.  J didn't get kicked once.

 We would work a group of cows first then the calve.  The cows would wait at the door waiting for their calf to come out.  It took 6 hours from start to finish for 70 pairs.  I think we need to look into a different holding pen and chute system to make things work smoother once we get them in the barn.
Anyway, that's one more chore out of the way.