Working together

This time of year is the Farmers down time for most but my Farmer its the opposite due to our cows. We have a cow sale in March that we sell our cows at and it has gotten bigger and bigger each year. This year we have more cows than we have ever put in there and so that means double the work. Nick and I are fortunate that we can work together. I think it is because we don't mind being around each other days on end. I mean lets face it we are hardly ever apart. We have been getting our cows ready and sending in paper work, catalogs passing out, advertising, updating our own H5 website, making brochures, taking pictures, getting tables and tablecloths ordered for our H5 table, making gift bags for our buyers, designing and ordering hats, pens, and koozies, and that's just a small bit into out "cow sale" ready life lately. We still have a lot more left to do but we are making progress and checking it off our list. We still have tons of work left to do on the website but we are slowly coming along.

March 12, 2016 Catalog (PDF)

We have also been artificial inseminating some of our heifers. This is our first time dealing with A.I. It's been an interesting last few weeks to say the least. My whole schedule has been around the heifers. I had to reschedule some appointments due to these heifers having to be given shots at a specific time. Nick and I have learned so much and I will say it wasn't without a lot of laughs and I hope I'm doing this right with a few cow in heat jokes here and there.





 

We were talking while one of our lunch dates about who would of thought in 2004/2005 when we talked about how we would love to get a few cows as a hobby and how that few grew and as we grew even more and found our true love in the cattle industry: Registered Black Herefords. In 2011 that's when we sold our herd and went head registered black hereford only. It's crazy to think we went from 1 child building a fence for a few cows we had dreamed of having as a hobby to now 3 kids and a full time cattle operation. This is why I tell my kids anything is possible with God on your side and ambition to go for what you want.  

 

 

 we all know the girls and I couldn't have just a black and white plain jacket...