Nelson Ranch 2016 Branding/Turnout Time
Welcome to the Nelson Ranch's picture story of 2016 Branding and Turnout. After the long calving season the calves are then branded and vaccinated. It takes several weeks to do them all, most of April and May. Then in June the cattle pairs are gathered from the local pastures and then turned out on the Forest Service Permit which takes about 2 weeks to complete.
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| Ready to Go |
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| John and Tyler pushing calves to chute. |
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| Nick Branding |
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Cynthia Vaccinating
It was a very wet Spring Season!
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| Helping with Gate |
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| Averie, Katie and Grandpa Brian |
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| Averie and Katie checking out Calves at Corral |
After Branding in May the Cow pairs are then gathered and taken to the Forest. 614 pairs are turned out in June.
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| Billie helping gather pairs from local pasture |
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| Gathering Cow Pairs from Newman's pasture |
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| John Looking for Cow Pairs |
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| John and Emitt on "Hank" |
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| John and Emitt helping sort Pairs in Corral |
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| Billie helping sort Cow Pairs |
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| Cynthia and "Magic" sorting Cow Pairs |
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| Nick and "Jessie" |
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| Great Cow Horse: Jessie and Nick |
After Cow pairs are sorted, they are trailered to the Forest for the summer grazing time.
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| Lovely Green Grass |
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| Finally going in the Forest |
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| Out they go! |
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| John making sure they go down trail |
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| Brian checking out Path |
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| Another Batch Out |
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| Crew Warming Up |
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| Averie and Jessie |
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| Matt, Katie and Averie |
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| Turnout Trailer Crew at Squaw Camp |
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Squaw Camp Turnout
June is also Baby Foal Time at the Nelson Ranch
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| Grace and Red Dun Filly born June 2, 2016 |
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| Beautuful! |
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| Awesome Fall Calf |
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| Another Fall Calf |
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Missy and Colt born May 28,2016
Stay tuned for the next update from the Nelson Ranch blog: Haying Season!
Cynthia Nelson, Nelson Ranch
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