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Tucker and chicken class – #2
Tucker checking out the chickens at the pond Tucker seems to be getting the hang of the chicken thing. Here’s a video I took on his fourth day in with the poultry: Tucker: Lesson 2 with chickens. He’s...
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Tucker – English Shepherd – Chicken class #1
I must apologize to my readers, as I had honestly thought that I had posted how I was going to work on training my English Shepherd, Tucker, how to guard the chickens. But after I had posted Chicken...
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Cows and horses and mules
Bally and Wink Now that March is over, we have only had the twin calves born here so far. Two of the cows out in the main pasture have slipped (aborted) their calves, for unknown reasons. We took the...
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Fence Work
Pasture fence Yesterday I took apart more fencing. This time it was a fence out beside the paddock area. It was a bit of a challenge, as most of the fence posts were not really in the ground that deep,...
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Rat Terrier puppies, new goslings and irrigating
Some new happenings have occurred over the passed week here at Singing Bull Ranch. EmmaLee had a litter of three male pups last Sunday, our goose hatched out 5 of the 9 eggs she was laying on, and...
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Update on Rat Terrier pups…
Not much going on here at the ranch, although Chris and I have been plenty busy. Irrigation season has started, and for the moment, we’ve got a lot of water to play with. They’ve added pipe where I’m...
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Two new calves
Kauai and her new little bull calf When we called “Uncle” David last Sunday as we boarded the cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, he told us that one of our cows had calved earlier that morning. Of...
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Late summer update
I know it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. Mostly this is because I get in the house pretty late at night now, and don’t have the energy to write up something. We’ve been busy, although not...
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All is quiet on Singing Bull Ranch
CJS Twila – Dexter cow Fall and winter have been pretty quiet here on the ranch. We’ve sold all of our cows, but still have two of our bulls, Elliott and Reno. Chris bought me a Dexter cow with a...
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Thoughts of spring a comin’!
Clouds over the West Elk Range The temperatures are warming up after our frigid December and early January days. Right now, I’m looking out my window at partly cloudy skies, with most of the clouds...
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New calf at the Singing Bull Ranch
After much anticipation, Twila finally had her calf. It’s a very beautiful red/fawn colored heifer. She’s big too, and looks well built with a pretty face. Her sire is the Jersey bull, Reno, that we...
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Herding Evaluation for Tucker – English Shepherd
I had the opportunity to attend a herding clinic put on by Falkenhoff Kennels here in Delta, CO, this weekend. The owner, Marion Lewis, had invited Val Manning of Terre Norte Kennels, Wellington, CO,...
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New Dexter bull calf
Twila had her bull calf on June 20, a nice looking dun bull calf. He is by Blue Creek Elliott, who is now in Parachute, CO.
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Little dun bull calf – 5 weeks old
Here’s a few photos of the dun bull calf that I took this morning. He’s looking good. Healthy, running around and enjoying life. We are considering keeping him and selling his dam after he is weaned at...
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Damage to gate by bull
Ok, somebody has got to go away. Reno has slowly destroyed one of our gates. It needed replacing, so maybe I should thank him for ripping it out for me, but I would have like to have done it on my...
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Moving day for my chicks and poults
As the chicks and poults were outgrowing their home in the stock tank, I have moved them into a bit larger area where I will keep them until they are big enough to not slip through the fencing in the...
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Goat weed mitigation venture
Thomas, my new Saanen/Nubian cross wether It has been a long time since I have posted anything here on my ranch blog. Mostly because there really hadn’t been anything happening. Since we sold off the...
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A goat named Dawg
I am now the proud owner of a goat named Dawg as well as a goat named Inu. Inu being the Japanese word for dog, so he fits in well with Dawg. They are both Nigerian Dwarf goats, about a year and a...
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Goat pictures in the evening
Happened to have my camera with me one evening when I had the goats out so I thought I would play around with some shots, since it was such a gorgeous day. (Please be polite and if you would like to...
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One more new goat!
A few weeks ago I posted on one of the local agriculture Facebook groups that I belong to that I was looking for some goats, preferably wethers. A young gentleman contacted me and said he had two...
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