New calf. Desires this, I am told.
All new calves must get the "First Working".

Shots and a brand.

Cinch up the squeeze chute a bit for this one. Run her through the lot, up into the corral. She hesitates at the head-gate. Give her a tap with the hotshot. Catch the head, squeeze the body. This one looks docile so I don't have to use the nose clamps this time. I see this little heifer doesn't like the look of the needle and branding iron. It'll be over before she knows it. Quick shot of vitamins in the left ass cheek. Tie the thighs to the chute to better hold her. Lay the brand on the right ass cheek. Rocking-V. It'll heal in a week or two. She's one of the herd.

Young heifer gets bottle fed for a month or so. Every morning and every evening I mix up her formula and put the big red-orange nipple into her mouth as she eagerly sucks her dinner. Milk shits are the worst. I clean out her stall with a few cuss words thrown into the mix. Fresh hay, water.

Yearling now. Time for grain and mineral. Eating out of a trough isn't so hard, Bessie. Go on, now try and lick on that mineral block a few times. Its good for you.

Spring working. Fly tag and horn trimming - no horns that I can see but she's in need of a bit of shearing. Your new orange tag looks good in your ear.

Too much ale and whiskey in the barn with the boys. "Let's get that heifer there caught in the head-gate and have a go at er'..."

Pasture grazing. I can smell the blood. Time to get bred.

This bull is awfully big. Fine specimen. Angus.

Going to be a big calf.

Good to have fresh milk again.