We started clipping at Remington this week but the weather hasn’t been kind at all. We’ve had heaps of rain through the week (unusual for this area) which keeps interfering with our clipping work. Nevertheless we worked our way thru last year’s fall heifers at the main ranch; then we moved out into the pastures and took all our panels, S races, chutes etc and built a clipping setup out there. We’re ‘slick clipping’ - taking all the hair off. We run 2 clipping chutes (a cross between a chute and a crush) and work in pairs, one each side of the animal. It’s a great way to see all their cattle as they come through - they all still have a thick, winter coat so there’s quite a transformation when they’re done. Above is a 'before' and 'after' shot of Red Label. All up there’s about 1800-2000 head to be clipped!
Today was really wet again, so got to spend a day in the office helping get the catalogues ready for their sale - great to get some experience working on their computerised herd recording systems. My plans have been somewhat affected by the weather; I had planned to spend a week shortly at Soo Line in Sasketchewan, however they had a huge storm during the week and are completely flooded, so will have to give that a miss unfortunately. Last night Peak Dot Ranch also copped a big downpour, but I am still planning to head there next Monday & spend 8 or 9 days with them which I’m really looking forward to.
