Gibson Cattle Farm

11/06/2024

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10/31/2024

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween🎃👻🐮!

10/22/2024

This is a sad representation of what is happening to farming.

How is the farming community in the United States doing? Well I’d say other than cattle it’s not good.

08/11/2024

Working the calves we weaned earlier this week. Vaccines and banding horns.

06/25/2024

Please return form to round file next to desk, thank you.

And the added notation that this doesn’t pertain to all vegans. Some are very nice and friendly because they don’t care what others choose to eat.

06/01/2024

Here's a throwback back from our dairy days.

04/22/2024

Isn't this spot on

Guilty as charged on all counts 😆

04/08/2024

It isn't always as it seems.

03/24/2024

Busy day on Saturday sorting cow/calf pairs, vaccinations, brands, some horn trims and family togetherness. Love the help, building memories and strong work ethics!!

02/17/2024

Cougar killed one of our calves last night. I’m sure we’ll lose more now that the cat has discovered them.

02/04/2024

So tired 🥱

02/04/2024

Why?? When they come in they ALWAYS want to lay right in front of the sink.

01/21/2024

When the neighbors are setting off fireworks and the dogs come in.

01/19/2024

10 Ranch Women Facts

1. Always load your horse last in the trailer so it is the first one unloaded. By the time he's got his horse unloaded, you will have your cinch pulled and be mounted up ready to go - lessening the chance of him riding off without you with your horse trying to follow while you are still trying to get your foot in the stirrup.

2. Never - and I repeat never - ever believe the phrase "We'll be right back," when he has asked you to help him do something out on the ranch. The echoing words, "this will only take a little while" have filtered through generations of ranch wives and still today should invoke sincere distrust in the woman who hears them.

3. Always know there is NO romantic intention when he pleadingly asks you to take a ride in the pickup with him around the ranch while he checks waters and looks at cattle. What that sweet request really means is he wants someone to open and close the gates.

4. He will always expect you to quickly be able to find one stray in a four-section brush-covered pasture, but he will never be able to find the mayonnaise jar in four-square feet of refrigerator.

5. Count every head of everything you see - cattle especially, but sometimes horses, deer, quail or whatever moves. Count it in the gate, out the gate or on the horizon. The first time you don't count is when he will have expected that you did. That blank eyelash-batting look you give him when he asks "How many?" will not be acceptable.

6. Know that you will never be able to ride a horse or drive a pickup to suit him. Given the choice of jobs, choose throwing the feed off the back of the pickup. If he is on the back and you are driving, the opportunity for constant criticism of speed, ability and your eyesight will be utilized to the full extent. "How in the *@* # could you NOT see that hole?"

7. Never let yourself be on foot in the alley when he is sorting cattle horseback. When he has shoved 20 head of running, bucking, kicking yearlings at you and then hollers "Hold 'em, hold 'em" at the top of his lungs, don't think that you really can do it without loss of life or limb. Contrary to what he will lead you to believe, walking back to the house is always an option that has been used throughout time.

8. Don't expect him to correctly close the snap-on tops on the plastic refrigerator containers, but know he will expect you to always close every gate. His reasoning, the cows will get out; the food will not.

9. Always praise him when he helps in the kitchen - the very same way he does when you help with the ranch work - or not.

10. Know that when you step out of the house you move from the "wife" department to "hired hand" status. Although the word "hired" indicates there will be a paycheck that you will never see, rest assured you will have job security. The price is just right. And most of the time you will be "the best help he has" even if it is because you are the ONLY help he has. ~ Julie Carter, author