Ranch Wife Tales

Those of you that follow my page on Facebook have seen my comments and posts dealing with a science class that I am currently enrolled in that has taken a not so pleasant turn. During the class discussions the topic of farmers, ranchers, meat production...

Okay so yesterday I wrote about one of my chickens hatching a brood of chicks. She has finally let me get around her with a camera so here are the whole 3 pictures she let me have before she tucked them back under her!
For those that are wondering, yes this is the same hen that sat on eggs and hatched some during this last winter that never came....

Well it is branding time here. The hubby and our oldest daughter spent this past weekend branding at the ranch that my father-in-law manages just outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. It was a long and hot two days for them and they were very glad to be back...

So March was not a good month for us here and I was not sorry to see it go. April on the other hand has started out much better and I have all intentions of it finishing that way!
The cows are still having their calves and it looks to be a good crop this year. We have gotten a few snow storms and one good thunderstorm the other afternoon....