Fall Cattle Work

Yesterday we separated all of the cows from the calves, vaccinated and castrated a couple of calves that didn't get banded. The vet earned his money having to assist in moving the cattle into and out of the shoot. We also ear tagged a few of the calves and one cow that didn't get tagged last year. It is very physical work and requires getting into the corral with the cows and encouraging them to get into the shoot. I moved the calves into the trailer and moved them over to Phil's place for weaning. Once weaned we'll bring them back, although I'm on the fence about holding back any heifers this year. It would be a lot easier to sell all of the heifers and to keep the bull for one more year, than to sell a bull this time of year. I guess I'll have to keep thinking this over to come up with a decision.