Papa helped Colter round up all the cows on the ranch in January. Along with several of Colter's relatives (Dad, Uncles, Grandfather...) they separated the calves to be weaned from the mother cows. After pregnancy checking, they separated them further, mother cows that stay on the ranch, steers and heifers to be sold, and they sold the mother cows that were not pregnant right away. They held back 53 first year heifers, to grow on the ranch for another several months until ready for breeding. All the steer calves and some of the heifers were sold to a beef company in Minnesota in early March.
The 53 first year heifers are in the pasture nearest our house. There are also 19 new to the ranch, mother cows in the Buck Knob pasture, near our house. We see cows every time we look out the window or go on a hike. We have cows all around!
