The Hawkeye Ranch

05/21/2024

Happy birthday Tevye!!

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05/15/2024

First 3 babies of 2024

03/07/2024

Say hello to Tamaharie!

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02/29/2024

IT’S AI DAY!!!

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02/28/2024

Join the journey as I pick up the straws for tomorrow’s artificial insemination day!

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02/27/2024

The Longhorns took a turn through the chute for AI prep really early this morning! They’re ready for the vet on Thursday.

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02/27/2024

The Highlands went through the chute early this morning to get prepped for AI.

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02/27/2024

More AI prep

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02/27/2024

AI prep day 2!

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02/22/2024

Happy National Margarita Day!

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02/20/2024

It’s prep day for artificial insemination! The vet will come in about a week and a half to do the actual insemination using some of our frozen straws.

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02/19/2024

Camel update!

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02/12/2024

A camel adventure today!

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01/24/2024

Last week, Heather got to spend time at the American Highland Cattle Association’s national show and sale at the North Western Stock Show in Denver. She helped some friends get their cattle ready, and even got to walk a heifer in the show ring! She was so busy she didn’t get a chance to take many pictures, but here are a few she snapped. Hopefully we’ll have a few heifers ready to show of our own next year! Thanks Josh and Bruce for letting me help!

10/24/2023

It’s been a crazy summer and early fall here at the ranch.

In June, we had a wild wind storm that blew down a lot of our outdoor structures. Fortunately, no animals were hurt. We’re still in the process of rebuilding those. Animals have been shifted to different pastures to keep them safe from the barns that were falling down.

Then, in July, we had a flood in the house. ALL rooms (except one) have water damage to some extent. We are still working through the insurance/demolition process before we can start rebuilding. In the meantime, we’re sleeping on floors and in livestock trailers. I’ve included some before and current photos. We can walk through walls in many rooms and all flooring is gone.

We’ll build back bigger and better, but it’s going to be a long road.

04/21/2023

Last weekend, Hayden and I took a class on how to artificially inseminate cattle. We learned how to inseminate, do pregnancy checks, draw blood, and lots about cattle anatomy. (Yes, shoulder-length gloves were involved, and we both came home covered in fluids and smelling terrible.)

We aren’t quite ready to do our own insemination, but we learned a lot about the process. 

I’ve posted the “clean” photos below. I’ll save the action shots for another time. Facebook would probably block them for inappropriate content. 😂

04/13/2023

Tonight’s little ranch project:
320 feet of concrete footer for future reindeer/wallaby pen
476 bags of concrete
28,560 pounds (dry)

03/30/2023

All set up and ready for the South Central Route 66 Highland Classic! Circle V Finest Hour is excited for her show debut!

03/02/2023

The three amigos took a little stroll this afternoon. (From L to R, Kubota-Highland bull calf, Sarabi - Watusi heifer calf, Ferguson - Highland bull calf)

02/09/2023

Loaded up the Longhorns today to take them in for pregnancy checks. It was nasty muddy, but that’s the way it goes.

11/20/2022

Our girls take their hay seriously.