Surprise Lamb, Bull! Wooly Lawnmowers

Today started out rather interesting. We had planned to make a trip to Grand Junction to do the in between batches fo lambs shopping but had to change our plans.

First we had a surprise late lamb. 9 pounds 9 ounces and doing fine. Mom had him up dry and nursed when we found them. I didn't take any pictures because the next bit of excitement was this bull.


He had smashed down the wire fence in the back corner. We got him back out the gate and with the cows and called the owner to tell him about the problem. This is the same owner whose cattle break into the hay field every single year. We explained that he'd be getting a bill for the fence repair and replacement wire as soon as we got it done. Colorado is an open range state but if you have a legal fence in place and an animal breaks it down you can get it repaired by the livestock owner.

Since the shopping trip was kaput we decided to do the Friday scheduled work today instead. Main task was getting the lawnmowers working around the main house lawn.



We have to use jug panels to keep them off the porch or we'd have sheep into the house if they could manage it.

County Fair & Porch Work

We went back to the Delta County Fair to see how I did with my cloak and take a look at all the exhibits. My cloak took a first prize. I'll get a picture when I pick it up on Sunday. It's a lot smaller this year compared to last year. There were far fewer 4-H animals.


This picture sums up how everyone feels during fair week. Sound asleep on their steer.


Meanwhile Bill and the rest of the crew are busily working on the decking.


Looking west towards the garage back door.


Looking east towards the cedars pasture.

Spare Bovine

We had a spare bull show up at the house yesterday. The neighbor had borrowed a bull to breed his two cows and the bull decided to go on a walkabout around the entire mesa. He visited several places including us.

After strolling past the house he went back to harass the guard dogs. He then walked along the edge of the mesa and was last seen heading north. I have no idea whether the neighbor ever caught him or not but at least the bull has not been back to visit us!