4R Ranch

We had a calf that had not been doing well for a couple of days.  This morning, we spent over and hour in the rain looking for it, then anot...

The video speaks for itself.   I guess the transfusion bought enough time for the calf’s bone marrow to catch up on making red blood cells a...

We had a 10 day old calf that had gotten off to a great start. Then he suddenly started staggering, falling and laying around. I decided he ...

The calf that was on IV's then turned back out with her mother Tuesday, took a turn for the worse Thursday.   We ended up tube feeding h...

Since we had pulled a calf Sunday, I had done the barn laundry and put on clean clothes. Then yesterday I was cleaning the poop that Draper ...

Joe already had this heifer in the lot because she had been trying to steal another calf.  When Joe checked her Sunday morning the water bag...

Not jacked up, jacked out.  It is usually not a good sign when this comes out.   When Joe was checking the cows yesterday evening, a second ...

I was doing a little Christmas shopping for Sadie and Allie when I ran across some Barbies at Rural King.  Sadie and Allie love playing with...

I went to a continuing education meeting in Asheville this weekend.  The first night I stayed a the hotel.  Then the next 2 I spent with Emi...

Things don't always work out like you want so you adapt.   We had a first calf heifer Joe thought was thinking about calving Thursday mo...

My horse vet had eye surgery and hasn’t been able to come out and check Draper until yesterday.  I wasn’t in a hurry because if she didn’t t...