The Rice County Fair is fast approaching! There are less then 13 days until the cattle is getting loaded up and brought down to the fair. While Mary has been in DC Grace has spent several hours pulling the old girls around the yard.... in the pouring rain Mary had better be appreciative of it, however she will most likely reply with "It's pay back for the times I have walked hers!" Which is probably true but I am sure she didn't walk them in the rain. Walking heifers is quite the process, it goes a little like this...
- First you rope the beast... usually Mary runs it into a corner, at which point Grace throws a halter around its head and ties it to the fence quickly. (Repeat until all animals are caught)
- Then you let them stand there and pull until you have decided to find out if they have been tied up long enough.
- At this point one of several things can happen...
a.) They take off like a rock out of a sling shot and pull the rope out of your hand or you hold on and hope that you can stay on your feet, after all no one likes a rock burn haha
b.) They stand there and by stand there we mean don't move no matter how much persuasion is used.
c.) any combination of the other options
- After this method has been used several times either you have many bumps and bruises or rope burned hands or hopefully a well trained calf.
-When the calf is halter broke enough it is lead for hours, days, miles it feels like around the yard and several obstacle courses, like around the barn, through the trees in the wind break, around the lagoon, etc...
Overall it turns into a pretty exciting couple months before the fair, and that is only the heifer training parts, We have many exciting stories that will follow like the time Mary's heifer kicked her in the butt.... haha it makes me chuckle just thinking about it.
Look forward to more posts about funny calf walking stories and the life of G & M!
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