The Native Iowan

Summer is coming. You can feel it. The heat. The humidity. The flies…

My cattle are not too bad, yet, but the flies are coming on. We last “treated” the herd for pests and parasites last May. It’s been a very good, long run. This past “winter” has been very, very copacetic.

But the rainy season is here. The storm season is here. We’ve had over 75mm/ 3inches of rain in the past couple weeks. Nothing big and harsh, but lots of nice rainy, grey, drizzlie soakers. And a few fierce squalls.

My herd is kinda hapi. I decided the other day to sell my calves. What I call “teenagers”. Between 6-8 months old and they start causing trouble. So I did some separating and ended up with 10 I’ll sell. I’ll keep two very young calves and the 16 mamas, and the big arsed bull, Hank.

The warmer it gets the lazier the dogs becomes.

And the lazier I become.

Smiles all around.