hello welcome to Kate's Ag today i'm going up to see mrs field our fabulous neighbor
and she's just the nicest lady ever she has lots and lots of calves so you're going to
learn a little bit more about how operation and all the calves she has and they're super cute
so i'm so excited to take you along right now we're on the drive up make sure to subscribe
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to teach people about how their food gets to their table thank you so much all those
deer out in the field that is absolutely crazy aw they're so cool a whole herd of
them
welcome to kate's egg today i'm here with joyce field and she has the most wonderful
cow operation so kind of a neighbor well far away neighbor and we're going to be
exploring and taking a wonderful tour so thank you and learning all about the cow operation
oh here's a fresh one there's a little baby right there there's the newborn one very cool
oh my gosh they are so cute
they're adorable
the views are phenomenal it was really nice this morning because
the mountains were so blue and clear yes and then about 7 30 the wind came
it's over in this um this had barley in it but we call it the boat pasture and that's
where we keep our bowls out there over there okay and we noticed that the other day they
were over in the fence so they're wanting to get to the cows and we have about 260 cows
that's awesome
wow the heifers are the ones that are they've never had a baby that's what they call a heifer
my husband's friend justin comes and ai's the okay and these calves are over a week old yes
yeah the ones in the barn would have been born in this past week or just this week and then
how many calves would you say you have so far
oh there's 260 cows so he's about half a little over half done wow oh one under there that's
so cute oh one in the cap one break yeah wind protection up here is pretty big deal
it yes to be so the old barn is that big silver building up over there and it didn't have a lot of
wind break and of course he'd have some cows that would decide to have their baby out on a snow bank
and then they would get all cold and froze oh that's very bad and especially how much
wind we get in montana and you get so much more wind than we get and i feel like i
can barely stay on the ground when we have windy days so i can't even imagine so cute
oh they're just adorable
oh my gosh
there's a whole bunch of them but not whitbreak oh wow that's awesome
we're gonna stay right here i would too maybe he's switched it up this year because there's
some white tags out here those must be the girls it's really really quiet
yeah they must love the sun coming out
hey
oh look they're running back for their
babies smell each one and figure out which one is there
so this cow right here is a little green thing in her nose oh yeah she tends to suck on other
mother cows oh so even though she's a full-grown cow herself she still sucks and so we put a little
nose thingy with um little pokey things that stick out of it it's called the cow sucker stopper thing
um my gosh so that's why she has the green thing in her nose so that she's not sucking
on the other cows that is absolutely crazy yeah it seems like he's had quite a few of
those this year in last year really wow i don't know if it's a genetic thing or what the deal
what's your favorite part about having the cow operation um watching the babies yes i
enjoy the branding part of it and moving them out to pasture is probably my most favorite
because it's in june and it's beautiful and it's warm and we trail them all the way from here
up west and then out north we've got pastures up north here and then having the boys and the
neighbors come because we have actually any time that we mess with the cows it's a community thing
like the neighbors come and help brands that is amazing they move the cows and they help
help each other ship the cows that's the best part so yeah just the whole community part of it
and the family time we enjoyed
the hardest part is you're stuck with cows 24 7 365 days out of here yeah you never get a break so
you don't ever get a break and when we decide to go camping or whatever chris has to he'll join his
camping and then he comes home every day and does chores or whatever he's got to do whatever's going
on at that time of year yes definitely and that's what is so different about farming is harvest is
your biggest time of year where you do the 100 hour weeks and then after harvest it's you still
have things to do but a lot less great and so we do both we farm and we ranch we pretty much get
done with the cows for the most part in june and then it's time for putting salt and mineral out
there's always fencing to do so then june is kind of our slowest time and then july comes and then
it's haying time uh hanging and camping so chris comes back and forth hay and then camping with us
and then once we're done in july with hanging then it's august september please usually
hang in from july through august and then it's time for to harvest their crops that's awesome
and then once he's finished with harvest then it's time to bring the cows home and and get
him ready for a ship it's definitely a whole year cycle it is definitely a year cycle yes so october
is usually when he ships his cabs um usually ships the he always sells the stairs and then
if the buyer wants the heifers uh he'll buy the heifers but he usually keeps about
40 replacement hempers okay very interesting thank you and then he'll start feeding about
depending on the weather about november is when he starts today november
december
a bunch of deer yes that is very cool also we have a lot of deer but a lot of
we usually have quite antelope few animals but this year last year it's like we had a lot of deer
and there was a bird bigger than this it was right in our yard right around the haystack and
really just kind of coming through the yard and stuff like man they really like it right here yes
i'm not sure what they're finding god
well you have the cutest cows yeah so these are all angus cows they're not registered but we do
uh i'm not even sure that the bowls are registered but they are all
whole bread angus cows awesome oh yeah once they get old enough they'll kick them all out there's
a haystack right over there or wind break um and that's that's where he'll move them to um
once the babies are old enough and the babies have such cute personalities yeah they do
and then especially in the fall that'll be very interesting
they're usually pretty curious to capture yeah they're all looking that's amazing thank you
that one is great just because it's very similar to alfalfa except you don't have the clothes from
and it gets that really pretty pink flowers on it and when chris goes and swats it and then
in july august the comma or the swather is covered in this yellow
pollen wow it looks very yellow that is very very cool
and there's the rocky mountains
oh yeah i see it that's awesome
very cool we purchased from a neighbor east of um was selling bulls and he sold out so now his
the guy that he sold to i think we're gonna buy probably some more balls from him um and then we
also buy bulls from conley's of that balear okay which is they're having their sale on tuesdays
yeah bulls look pretty happy yes they do they don't have a lot of protection here but they
do have a little bit of a windbreak over there and then they they'll spend time down in here
out of the wind which is nice it's just a gravel pit it works pretty well for them that's amazing
um so chris ai's the heifers and sometimes they don't all catch so
we'll put the smaller bowls in with them for the cleanup they call it cleanup so they can
finish bringing them up if they didn't get caught with those ai okay very interesting
they look like they're really having a good time yeah they they kind of like it here and
when the wind changes they'll smell the cows over there and then they'll go check them out
i want nope it's time to go visit them yet they got a lot of a little while away it's always
important to have water and yes that's really really important accessible feed and stuff chris
brings them up bail and puts it in here about once a week i think the bale lasts for them
and then they've got water there's a spring just over the hill over here they're making the water
okay when stuff starts greening up in the spring they'll pick around and whatever becomes green
oh my gosh
oh that was so cute
like frozen ears they don't like frozen noses so then they dock you on your check oh wow i
didn't know that yeah and frozen tails feet any of that kind of stuff so but especially
the frozen ears if they um they don't like the frozen ears so we try to make sure they're ear
i don't know if it just makes them think that we take better care of them or what the deal is but
they don't like frozen ears the meat's still good it doesn't affect them very interesting thank you
they're so cute when they run it's always a nice sight
and usually when he's buying bulls he usually wants to check all their um the bull stats so
that he tries to get bulls that will throw like 70 pound weight calves because if they're like the
charolais ones they're really big like the calves come in their 100 pound calves wow and that's it's
hard so the 70 pound he likes to stay around 70 pounds for the calves at birth time and then it's
easier for the mom then he doesn't have to pull so many of them we have some neighbors and even
down at the feedlot they they run the charlays and they have the bigger calves do a lot of pulling
that's very interesting gosh there's so much to learn there is a lot yes it's an all year
thing
should match the tag wow and chris can pretty well look at the calf and know
which mom it belongs to because he spends so much time with him really
how old would you say these baby calves are uh they're probably the stuff over east those are
they're probably about a month okay still very young oh yeah yeah we won't brand until middle of
april
no bottle babies this year for you so really no he hasn't had any bottle babies wow is that unusual
um it just depends it varies from year to year sometimes he has to if they're not getting up
and sucking on their mom they'll have to tube them which is like a bladder bag with
calf replacement milk okay and then he'll stick the tube down and get him fed and then he just
works with the cow and the cat he'll put the cow in head catch and then he'll get the calf
to get on a nurse sometimes they don't figure it out yes but he hasn't had a lot of those
either which is nice yes definitely if they can mother up on their own that's usually the best
thank you so much for the tour you're welcome it has been absolutely fabulous and you have
the cutest cows and it's just phenomenal yes and also thank you for watching bye