MONTHLY CACHE VALLEY HORSE SALES

Attention: We are holding our 1st monthly horse sale MAY 4th, 2013 @ the Smithfield Livestock Auction. Accepting Using and Loose horses. We have a nice working arena to preview the Using horses and we also have cattle available to work as well. Preview will start at 10:00 am, Tack and Horses start selling at 11:00 am. This is the first of several monthly horse sales, held through out the summer. They will consistently be the 1st Saturday of each month (May, June, August, September, October), same time, same place. To reserve your lot, get an entry form, or for more information go to www.smithfieldlivestock.com . You can also contact Lane D. Parker @ 435-563-3259 or 435-752-7701. We will be excepting entries till sale day.

" FEEDING "

The snow this winter has been great. We have been able to feed most of this winter with the bobsled. Jared and the kids have lots of fun with the teams. Sometimes Jared is unable to feed and the kids have to do it all. The boys are old enough that they can catch, harness and feed all by themselves. If you look close at the pictures you can tell that they also like to have fun while they do it, they each take turns riding in the sled behind the wagon, they get to do a little sledding while feeding, "kill two birds with one stone". Why Not??

The Newell Moss Horse Sale

We got the opportunity to do a horse sale for Newell Moss last month, in Salina, Utah. He had a great turn out and some really nice looking and well bred horses for sale. This was Newell's first herd sale and he was selling some Champion Reining, Cutting and Working Cowhorse bloodline mares, bred mares, weanlings, yearlings and stallions. Newell has been an AQHA production breeder for 30+ years. We were privileged to be part of this sale and to be able to associate with many AQHA breeders/producers like Newell. Thank you Newell, for letting us serve you. Here are a few pictures of the big day.

 

SPRING

Like most places, Spring is hitting the Logan River Ranch head on.  The grass is growing, winter clean up has begun, fencing projects are in full force and most importantly of all, BABIES are arriving.  First we had baby lambs (which Lane & Jared don't count as part of LRR, just Amy's project), then calves and now baby foals.  They are all so cute and the ranch is full of excitement.  We are still calving a few heifers and about 8 more horses, but we are pretty close to the end.

The boys have been out working to help clean up after winter.  Waylon loves to move manure, I know weird, but he has moved a lot of manure this spring already.  Ty and Virgil harrow every chance they get, they love driving the teams and seeing the way the pastures look after they harrow it, and how well the grass grows back after the harrowing is done. 

The picture makes it hard to see, but this is Virgil driving Terr and Thor a team that JP has been working with all winter for a friend of ours.

The mare in the middle is being broke to drive.  Hanger is a little filly that Ty is breaking.  She rides really well and now after a few days behind her under harness, she is going to be a nice little driving mare as well.    Hanger is 3 years old and is 1/2 Draft 1/2 QH filly.  She has been a good project for Ty.

Her is Waylon hard at work.  Even though he is pretty young, he is pretty darn handy with the skid sterr.

First Calf Heifers

At the first of March, the herd of first calf heifers we purchased in January, from Nevada started calving.  The weather has been great for calving but as always with first time heifers, you have to watch them like a hawk.  Although they are nice calves the birth weights are a little on the larger side and we are having to assist a lot of the heifers.  Lane and Jared are taking turns on the night shift and everyone is on call during the days.  Last Monday the kids were out of school and Shadie long with grandpa and Jared got to help run in a few pairs and a heifer that was in labor and needed some help.  Her horse Brownie was a little fresh from the winter months but she did just fine.  The family all got to watch this calf be pulled and Ty is becoming quite the little vet.  He really enjoys this process and loves to help.  Ty took the night watch with Grandpa one night last week and likes learning what to look for.  One time when me and Waylon were out making the rounds, even Waylon understood what to look for when the heifers where getting close.  We love our lifestyle and that we get to work so close with our family. 

Lane, Jared & Shadie

All the kids watching pull a calf

   

The after picture: nice, healthy heifer calf.

The herd of Heifers

"Freeze Branding New Herd"

We purchased a small herd of first calf heifers, at the first of January.  When we got them home we went right to Freeze branding them and getting them turned out on the bird refuge.  It has been such a mild winter for us here in Utah, which is good and bad, but we hope spring comes when it is supposed to.  As usual the whole family helped out.  The kids where still on Christmas brake and they where happy to be able to work the new cattle when they got here.  Overall very excited about the new additions to our cow/calf herd.

 

Feeding Protein at the BIRD REFUGE

Most of the cattle have been over at the Bird Refuge in Perry, since October.  A couple times a week we take over a load of protein pellets for the cows.  The girls and I went over to help Jared put them out a couple of times last week, and finally got a few pictures.  The cattle look really good and the calves look even better.  Very excited about the calf crop that is coming up.