Cattle Pictures.

It cooled down a bit and we got some snow. It is warming up again now though.

Here are a few pictures of some of our cows.



Our heifer calves (coming yearlings)...


The steers had to chase Sam. (Click to enlarge)



DJ

Another Update

Well, it is the 13th of February and it got to 40 degrees today. The forecast shows upper 30s for the next 7 days. There is no snow to speak of. We are really thankful for this weather.

Here are some pictures that were taken a little over a week ago.




These were taken yesterday when I fed the calves with Dad. (We feed with a pickup with a bale-unroller on it) The calves in the pictures are some of our heifer calves.



DJ

Phenomenal Wheather

Well, for a week or so it got pretty cold but it is back up into the 40's and 50's. Yesterday it was 52 and today was 46. There is no big cool-down in sight. After last winter, we are so thankful for the beautiful winter.

This was last winter, around this time.

This was taken yesterday.

Record Temperatures.

Today it hit 64 degrees. That is over 10 degrees over the record for the fifth of January as well as a record high for January. We have been taking advantage of the weather and today we [with the exception of me (I was sick)] weaned calves. We are extremely thankful for the beautiful weather. It is supposed to cool down a bit, but we aren't complaining.

DJ

Update

Recently we got our house jacked up because it had settled 3 1/4 inches. It had been settling over the years, but this year it settled so much we couldn't open the doors or windows on one corner. We found a company that screws steel piers down and then jack up the foundation. Here is a picture of what they screw down.


Here is a picture of them screwing the piers in. Normally they can hit something solid at 15 feet or so, but they had to screw them down to 60 feet here.


This is what sits atop the pier. They put a hydraulic jack in the open space and jack it up until it gets where it needs to be then tighten down the nuts.


Here is the gap that was left after they jacked the house up.


This is a crack in the wall before they jacked the house up.


And the after picture.


Now, all our doors and windows open.

However, to have the house jacked up, the deck had to be taken off. We managed to take it off in just two pieces. It was a job, but not as bad as trying to take it off board by board.

We also had to put it back on. Luckily we had really nice weather. Here's some pictures of us putting the deck back on.




We are so thankful for the beautiful weather. Today it hit 54 degrees.

There is barely any snow, which we are extremely thankful for. It looks like the weather is going to stay good into January. They are forecasting mid 40's
in January.

Since these pictures were taken the snow has melted even more.


This picture was taken December 6th 2010... Over a year ago. I'm so glad it doesn't look like that now.



We are leaving our calves with our cows while the weather is still nice. It seems to be working quite well.


DJ