Russell Ranch OK
  • Home
  • About Murray Grey Cattle
    • RR Murray Grey Bulls
    • RR Murray Grey Cows
    • RR Murray Greys for Sale
  • Pasture Raised Beef
  • Equine
  • For Sale
  • Blog
  • Contact us
  • Home
  • About Murray Grey Cattle
    • RR Murray Grey Bulls
    • RR Murray Grey Cows
    • RR Murray Greys for Sale
  • Pasture Raised Beef
  • Equine
  • For Sale
  • Blog
  • Contact us

My favorite time of the year... Spring!

5/29/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Gorgeous Oklahoma sunset
As you may have noticed, this is a hard time of the year to keep up with a blog... There's so much to do and enjoy outdoors!  :)

We spend almost every minute outside, either taking care of, or just enjoying the animals and all the little ones around the place, or simply being outside in the wonderful weather of Spring.


Calving season is winding down since the spring calves have pretty much all been born - except for Hope's calf due in June. Everyone is happy, healthy, and growing like weeds.
Picture
Tatiana's newest bull calf
Picture
Miss Emily, the Guernsey heifer
Most the goatie kids have gone to their new homes to learn how to be show goats. We miss them, but did keep four beautiful doelings this year, so we still get to enjoy their antics. :)
Picture
Missy and Tiffany
Picture
Natalie and Tiffany
Picture
Our young friend loves his goat :)
We are very excited about our new buck! Since we have kept several of Roy's offspring, we started looking around for a buck with some different bloodlines than the ones we have been breeding the last several years. We were lucky to find a great guy that has an amazing pedigree and was shown as a youngster, so he's very easy to handle and used to being with people.

Introducing 2DOX Big Event... We'll be adding new pictures and his impressive pedigree to the website soon.
Picture
Our new Boer buck...
Picture
2DOX Big Event
And of course RR Roy Rogers will still be with us. He truly makes some amazing show goats for our young 4-H and FFA friends.
Picture
RR Roy Rogers
We have little chicks and guinea keets that are hatching this week... Ahh, the joys of chasing those quick, little ones through the grass, trying to catch them as their very protective mamas are trying to keep you from catching them! Looks like we have lots and lots of guinea eggs being hatched this year.
Picture
Buff Orpington mama hen hatching eggs
Picture
Buff Orpington chicks also
Picture
guinea keets and chicks
Picture
lots of them... and more to come!
The gardens are planted and doing very well. We are already enjoying fresh asparagus, lettuce, bokchoy, chard, radishes, onions, spinach, mustard greens and yummy strawberries.
Picture
Sweet corn coming up
Picture
growing garden
Picture
fresh strawberries :)
Picture
and asparagus!
And just for the human kind, we finally got the deck built on the pool. Cousin Mike did a great job for us and we are looking forward to many years of enjoyment with it! Thanks Mikey. :)
Picture
start of the deck project
Picture
Almost finished deck!
Just to share... some pictures of the lovely sunsets we've been having this week, along with a full rainbow!
Picture
OK sunset
Picture
rainbow
0 Comments

Our first FB Murray Grey calf...

11/4/2012

1 Comment

 
Picture
Patticake cleaning her new baby
And it's a heifer! Frazier Creek Patticake's little girl was born October 29th in the middle of a lovely warm fall afternoon. 

Her sire is Frazier Creek Garrett from Frazier Creek Ranch in Rattan, OK

Patticake had a normal and uneventful labor -  thank goodness! and is very proud of her new daughter. :) Both momma and baby are doing well. :)

We hope to have many more Murray Grey babies on the ground in the next year.

FYI - We are in search of any interested young people that are heavily involved in 4H or FFA that are looking for quality show calves. Please contact us if you may be looking for a unique and easy to handle show calf that present well in the show ring. To learn more about the Murray Grey breed, please look over our MG page. Murray Grey cattle are a great breed. :)

Picture
Patticake with her 2 hour old baby girl
Picture
Uncle Gideon watching the little one run around
Picture
First time being handled by people
Picture
Patticake and her little girl - 1 week old
Picture
and her neck scratches feel so good!
Picture
Little one getting her belly scratches
1 Comment

Celebration!!!!

3/4/2012

2 Comments

 
Picture
Tatiana was standing up on her own this morning when I went down to feed her!!! She even walked a few steps by herself!!! She still looks a little ragged, but continues to eat, drink, poop and pee well. Her eyes are bright and she loves company.   I am leaving her in a lot by herself (which she doesn’t like) because I don’t want the other cows knocking her down. We go down several times a day to visit her.

Just to update... we had been standing her up with the tractor using hip  lifts for a week. She had gotten so sore and bruised from the lifts that she was fighting them and ripped the hide off her hips. We decided to give her a few  days off the lift to let her heal, but we placed her feed and hay in different  places to
where she would have to move to get to it. Every time we went to check, she was in a different place, so we knew that she was still moving  around... no bloating, etc.

It's so funny now... it's almost like she's had enough of us. She sees one of us coming and up she stands and turns her back to us. She wants nothing to do with us anymore. LOL I think she's afraid we'll give her another shot or poultice. It's  good to see her getting better. :)
Picture
Picture
2 Comments

Some good....some no so good...

2/23/2012

0 Comments

 
Good news first. :) Mike traveled to Antlers, Oklahoma last Sunday to pick up the rest of our Murray Grey heifers. Thanks Larry and Ron! Everyone made it home safe and sound. The new girls have settled down and today we turned them out in the big pasture. Cows are so funny to watch. :) They ran, jumped, bucked, and played as hard as they could and then ran straight back to the lot and wanted in. Dolly, the Guernsey milk cow, was right there with them all...bucking and kicking like a youngster - NOT the very pregnant cow that she is! LOL We enjoyed their antics for quite some time before they decided to settle down and graze. It looks like they will all be fine and they seem happy with their new home. I will try to get pictures of them all posted this weekend.

Well, the bad news... One of our new MG girls from the first trip, Tatiana, went into labor this morning. Although she tried valiantly, she was unable to deliver the calf herself. Mike stepped in to help her, but he ended up having to take her to the vet. Tatiana was in a lot of trouble. It took four of us working with her another hour and a half to get the calf pulled. The vet said the calf weighed about 110 lbs.…much, much too big for a heifer as small as she is.

We were greatly surprised as MG's normally have easy births and are known for their low birth weight calves. At this time she is unable to stand. We are hoping that she will recover and that her legs are just paralyzed from the trauma of such a hard birthing. 
Tatiana is such a trooper. She is trying to get up, and is eating and drinking now that we have her home. We are hoping that she makes a full recovery and in time will have more little ones that will race across the pastures kicking and playing. Her friend Poppy is keeping her company, standing watch over her, licking and comforting Tatiana during this sad and stressful time. Animals never cease to amaze me with their compassion and understanding. They are a joy to my heart. :)
0 Comments
    Picture

    About us...

    Russell Ranch is located in beautiful NE Oklahoma, just a few miles from the Illinois river in Green Country. There are lovely rolling hills, lots of wonderful lakes and rivers, and forests full of wildlife.

    We share this life with our animal family... 8 equine, 30 plus registered Murray Grey cattle, 12 Boer goats, 1 Lamancha goat, 5 dogs, and 1 lone cat along with a bunch of chickens and guineas. Life is good!



    Archives

    June 2018
    March 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    July 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    November 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012

    Categories

    All
    4 H
    4-H
    All Natural
    Arizona
    Babies
    Beef For Sale
    Birthing
    Boer
    Boer Goats
    Boers
    Calves
    Calving
    County Fairs
    Cows
    Doeling
    Drought
    Family
    Farm
    Farm Life
    Ffa
    Flowers
    Garden
    Gardens
    Goat
    Goats
    Goat Shows
    Grass Fed
    Heat
    Heifer
    Herbs
    Kidding
    Kidding Season
    Kids
    Lamancha
    Lamancha Goats
    Lamanchas
    Loss
    Milk Cows
    Mommas
    Murray Grey
    New Mexico
    Oklahoma
    Planting
    Purple Martins
    Rain
    Raised Bed
    Ranch
    Rosie
    Show Goats
    Showmanship
    Shows
    Spring
    Strawberries
    Thanksgiving

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.