Bailey Farms

02/24/2020

The first lamb of the year always reminds me of "Tiny", the special little lamb many years ago.

10/08/2019

The weather finally cooperated -- the Williams Welding crew came today to erect the new elevator leg, replacing the one damaged last year.

10/05/2019

Finished treating calves yesterday at the north place corral. Pic 1- cows wanting their calves back. Pic 2 Alex & ? pushing calves in the chute. Pic 3 Jackson running the backup bars, Scot helping the Vet & headgate gal.

09/30/2019

View of 5 rows going to the chopper. And a picture of the chopped field in Skunk Hollow

09/22/2019

08/19/2019

Making progress on the new grain elevator leg.

08/05/2019

Making cattle water tanks from construction equipment tires. We buy them with one bead cut out and then make a removable concrete "cookie" with inlet pipe and drain. The blocks hold up the plywood temporary floor with holes for pipe and drain. The metal band ring is the form for the cement cookie.

08/05/2019

Installing one of four "I" beams and anchors for the new grain elevator leg. We filled the hole around the legs with cement.

07/31/2019

Starting to dig the pits for the elevator leg anchors. There will be four 24' "I" beams, buried 6' in concrete, attached to cables in four directions to hold the elevator leg exactly vertical.

07/31/2019

The new elevator leg to replace the one damaged last summer has arrived.

07/29/2019

Installing the overhead doors. Building almost done!

07/07/2019

The little Monarch butterflies that hatched last week are growing. These are the first I have seen feeding on milkweed bloom.