On Cinco de Mayo we had the opportunity to go to a ranch near town while they were branding the new crop of calves. "Branding" is actually a fairly complex operation, involving elaborate critter management, branding itself, inoculation, dehorning and ear-notching. I avoided the blood-spurting, flesh-flaming pictures!
This is an old ranch, and the old wooden corral fences, the apple trees and the fields stretching toward Point Lookout and the sunset make it a beautiful setting. The cowgirl in the pink cap, looking out through the fence with a calf, is 86! tv
2 comments:
Your shots and the equipment the cowboys use remind me of the days of dehorning cattle....I hated that part of farm life (along with docking lambs tails).
You sure have a variety of things to keep you occupied out that way!
Yeah, I'd been around branding before, but the dehorning ... with flames shooting up from the calf's head ... was a little startling! In truth, though, they don't seem to suffer from the pain long.
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