Picture Time!

Our favorite thing to do...pictures for bull sale catalog.  We were able to get alot done yesterday.

The 3 stooges, Brodey, Call, & Cash were the attention getters.

Braden & Robert had the crew of girls..Charlee, Kamri, & Bella cleaning & clipping.  Aubrey overseeing the work. 

Doing whatever it takes to get their attention. Bowdrie playing kitty kitty...

No one move...we are going to get that shot!

New Heifers coming in

We have been getting ready for awhile for the new heifers to arrive.   The first group of 25 came in on Saturday, and a second group of 73 came last night.  One more group to come on Monday.  The plan is to get them bred up and sell as a nice group of bred replacement heifers.

Fresh off the truck and ready to find some pasture.

New water trough installed

New Manger completed. 

Clipping bulls...the fun it is!

Beautiful "spring" weather today helped us get 10 head of bulls clipped in fairly fast time.  Only 74 head left to go now!

Tom & Braden in the front chute clipping & burning.  Robert & Sally were in the back chute cleaning.

These bulls are feeling their oats with the nice weather. 

When they get up close to you, it makes you a little nervous wondering if they're going to stop or just keep coming.  There are some "big boys". 

Highlights of 2014....Here we come 2015!

Calving Season began.

Raft River FFA check for kickback from Bull Sale. 

Bowdrie Ottley Grand Champion Born & Raised Cassia County Fair

Bull & Female Production Sale...Great turnout and Sale! 

New Blue Tractor arrived in Elba

Branding & AI season completed. 

Memorial Day Branding crew.

Barker Cattle Co. Top Breeder Cassia County Born & Raised

Weaning 92 bull calves

Charlee Barker-Reserve Champion Utah State Fair

Clipping clinic at Steer & Heifer Sale

Taking Cows to the Forest.  Breakfast on the mountain.

Making new mangers for heifers at Malta.

Display at Utah Cattlemen's Convention.

Driving cows to Malta pasture. 

Surprize!

Woke up to a surprize this morning.  New baby bull calf in the field.  Mom & Baby both doing well.  Not supposed to start with calving until Jan 20. 

Here they are!

Drum roll please....2015 upcoming Herd Prospects that will be in our sale, March 3, 2015 in Burley, Idaho.  It was a hard day to get good pictures, but we continued on and got through a few.  There are some "beefy" boys, and it's exciting to see them develop.  

Getting them to pose and get just the right shot to show off their best features is not an easy task!

B8042 Net Worth Bull (PB Angus)

BR440 Game Day Bull  (PB Angus)

BS221 Maker's Mark Bull (3/4 Sm 1/4 Ma)

BT77 Game Day Bull (PB An)

BZ240 Game Day Bull (1/4 Sm 3/4 An)

Braden & Tyler Torching the hair for the finishing touches. 

Kamri, Charlee, & Cash getting them cleaned before they head to the finishing chute. Brodey, Call, & Ryan Loughmiller were all hanging out helping too. (All under the age of 13!)   Pulling poop tags, blowing, clipping, waving flags, standing in corners  in the cold weather makes for good kids in the end. 

BZ865 Final Answer Bull (3/4 An 1/4 Ma)

Getting ready to start feeding hay

Brodey, "Queenie", Kamri, & "Annie" climbed up on the stack of straw bales to run for a while after setting up the picture pen for tomorrow's project.  We'll start clipping up the bulls and taking pictures/videos.  Let the fun begin! 

We have been enjoying the mild weather so far, but know that the time is soon coming that we'll have to start feeding the cows.  Although, the cows should be grateful they are in Malta right now and not in Elba as we got quite a bit of snow with this last storm.  The cows at Malta were spread out and grazing today when we went down to weigh the bulls.

Weighed 90 head of bulls and averaged 1088 lbs. They are bigger than you think when you get behind them and start pushing them up the chute. 

We had to finally get another Dodge truck to replace the good Ol' Tank!  The guys have been in process of switching over the hydra-bed and attachments to get it ready to go.  Not an easy task. 

R.I.P!