Bull Testing Day

Despite the wind that made our teeth chatter and tried to scatter our materials everywhere, we were able to get all the bulls tested today to get ready for Sale Day.  Thanks to a good crew from Bear River Animal Clinic, Jeff Robison and boys, Robert Briggs, The Ottley Crew, and Barker Bunch we got through another big job safely and with good results.

Bulls relaxing after their stressful time in the chute. 

Thanks everyone for a Job well done!

Flooding!

We seem to be getting all our moisture at once.  It rained all day yesterday, most of the night last night, and all morning long again today.  Here's some different views of the water boiling in the creeks & out!  Might need a canoe to get feed to the cows tonight.

Calving Season & Snow!

The babies are hitting the ground just as the snow is starting to come as well!  The Heifers were AI'ed mostly to Angus bulls Right Answer and Final Answer.  Liking how easy they are calving, but wish they'd come in the day time.   Temperatures were at 9 degrees last night. Checks made every 2 hours.

 Babies came to the incubator to get warmed up & then back to Moms.

Kamri with her heifer calf out of Z500 & Final Answer.

We need the snow, so we'll try not to complain too much!

Bull Feeding Time

The bulls are settling in at their new home in Malta, and this nice weather helped us to be able to get them all clipped up this week.  Now it will be Picture Time!  They know it's time to line up when  they hear Braden firing up the tractor and start mixing the feed.

Getting just the right mix

Come & Get it!

Success Story!

We received the following letter from Rick & Bailey Fernandes, Dos Palos, California.  Thank you for sharing the pictures and update on how things are going with your heifer you purchased.  We wish you the best in the showring and hope for more good "babies" to come.

" I wanted to let you know that the Monopoly heifer (WS511) we

bought back in 2010 is making some awesome babies for us and we are beyond

pleased with her. Her first calf is out of our Ali son calving ease bull.

Her second, and most impressive, is out of a HooDoo Charolais bull owned by

a local club calf breeder. We are hoping to show her this year. I attached a

picture of her and her first calf (both are heifers and will stay in the

herd). We loved how the HooDoo bull worked so we bred her back to him again. By the

way, about half of our herd is made up of Barker genetics :)"

Happy New Year!

Top 5 happenings at Barker Cattle Co for 2013

1.  Bull & Heifer Production Sale in March, 2013.  

Ruel, Tom, & Tyler pre-sale planning.

2.  Memorial Day Branding with the Barker Clan

Best Crop grown!

 3.  Fair time successes.

Tanner Maxfield, Grand Champion twice!

Ben Urricelqui, Reserve Champion

4.  Clipping clinic in conjunction with Steer & Heifer Sale, Fall 2013

Joel Judge presenting fitting tips.

5.  Purchasing Malta Property for new Expansion.

Looking Forward to the New Year of 2014 and the many good things to come at Barker Cattle Company!

CHECK OUT THESE GUYS!!

Started clipping some of the bulls to get pictured for ads.  You can't believe the Hair these guys have and WOW...do they look good!!  Come check them out for yourself.  Sale on TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 at the Burley Livestock Yards 1:00 pm.  Lunch served at 11:30.  

PB Angus AS703 O'Reilly Factor

Simmental: AYK240 Black Jack

High Performance Cross Bred AY67 Final Answer