On Friday Steve and Guy shod one hoof on two of our horses so that they could be rideable. I believe that will be all that the newly trained horseshoers will do in the future is here and there a shoe, while fully shoeing the horses will have to be left to some hired hands until Chris returns.
Ginny and Steve then unloaded a trailer-full of hay which Ginny had purchased in the valley. An additional trailer-full remains and will be brought up another weekend. Steve and Ginny then rode the east pasture (east of Jenny's pasture) on quads and pushed the few cattle there onto Jennys.
On Saturday Cody Weagant, Ryan Garner, Steve Nicoll, Alisha Baker, Ashlee Nicoll and a friend rode Jenny's pasture by horse while Ginny and Russell rode quads and rounded up and pushed the cattle directly to the Knoll's pasture and to the large mill where we cut off the unbranded calves. Turned out to be 19 of them that we had to throw and brand on the ground which was definitely a workout. A long day got us back to the ranch at 4 pm.
The cattle look good and there is good feed at the Knolls so they should be looking good in October for the sale.
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