May '09 Cow Working

On Saturday, Dan, Doyle, Blaine, Kyle & Blake penned the cows and worked them all through the chute. We gave each cow Eprinex Pour-On for worms, lice, grubs and flies. We retagged one of our cows as No.1 and we retagged 2 of their cows. 5 calves needed working-all were tagged and vaccinated for Blackleg. 3 were bulls and were castrated. Blake did her first full castration with a knife and did a great job. All 21 calves on the ground were vaccinated for Blackleg, too. After working the cows we moved them all to the Fire Pasture and Terraced Pasture.

Dean pulled up during the post-cow work beer drinking and bullshit session. He had broken down at Corsicana the night before and had to spend the night there. Got the car fixed early Sat morning and pulled up just after we finished. we were sure he had been waiting down at Mill Creek road gate watching for the right time to drive in. Dan told a great story about one time when he and Dot took apples, oranges and a pecan pie down to Paul Krivacka, the old guy who lived by himself on Mill Creek road and who worked on our lawnmowers and tractor years ago. After knocking on the door for a while, they heard a "Hold on! I'm comin'
from inside. After a bit the door opened and there was Paul, stinkin' drunk. As he greeted them, he leaned against the wall for support, then finally just slid down the wall all the way to the floor. He was celebrating Christmas. They put him to bed and left.

We need to pen the cows in June to pull off our calves to sell. Should be 8 of them. They need another month of grass.