Things are happening at our farm...

I caught all of our weaning age bull calves on Wednesday to take to the sale. I show up to the sale on Thursday morning to drop off and I notice a big load of good looking mature longhorns in the back getting ready to be sold as well. After I dropped off my calves I circle around to park and see a trailer that belongs to another longhorn breeder I know. I give him a call assuming he might be selling out. He says, "Come meet me in the cafe, I got a tip for you..."

I go in to talk to him and he tells me the reason he and another breeder are there is because another breeder is selling out and they're there to pick through the herd. All the mature cows, about 20 of them, are registered.

I was already there with my trailer so I hung around. The other breeders bought most of the herd, but I held back and kept my powder dry before I fired. I bought what I think was the best one of the bunch.

NR Little Brooke is in our pasture!



So with the new motivation, there is another project I've been wanting to do.

The first pic is an aerial view of our working pen and attached cattle panels as it was until yesterday. The second pic is how we added seven 12 foot panels and re-arranged the existing panels we already had. The blue line indicates panels, the yellow line is where we split the water tank by connecting panels with two 2x4's. The green lines are just to indicate pasture and that panels are no longer there. The newly formed pen is much larger and now includes a big shade tree.





Shits getting serious around here.