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10/18/2026

Did you see our calving story from last night?! If not go check that out before you read the rest of this!!

The answer to our calving conundrum that left all of us scratching our heads at 2:30 in the morning was conjoined twins. We got together this morning to preform a necropsy so we could have some answers for our questions from last night. We have attached a photo in the below video but viewer discretion advised if you do not want to see a post necropsy image of a cow and calf please KEEP SCROLLING!

Conjoined twins in cattle is a rare 1 in every 100,000 but this type of conjoined twin, know as omphalopagus is even rarer. Closer to 1 in 550,00 to 1,000,000. While an unfortunate situation for cow and calf, knowing there was nothing we could’ve done differently did lift our spirits.

10/17/2026

It’s always on the nights you forget you’re wearing slippers while checking cows...

You’re going to want to buckle up for this story time.

Jacob and I (Allison) went out to check cows at 11:00pm. When I went to get the first gate I stepped out of the side by side looked down and said “crap, I’m wearing my house slippers.”

So naturally we found a cow in calving distress that needed brought into the corral. (So for your amusement please imagine me hopping through the field in the pitch black trying to dodge wet cow pies in my slippers 🙃)

Once we got her loaded in the chute, we realized we were going to have to assist her and pull the calf. So at 11:30pm we called Craig to bring more calving supplies- and a much needed pair of boots for Allison down to the corral.

After an hour of trying to get the calf out we had come to the conclusion that something was “off” with how many legs were in the birth canal. Unfortunately we had also realized that the calf was not alive either.

This is when our efforts turn to getting the calf out to save the cow. At 12:30pm we called the on call vet, Dr. MacInnes to come out and help us make heads or tails of the situation.

Dr. MacInnes came to the same conclusion as us… “something was off with this calf and the amount of legs present.” By 2:30 in the morning, with no luck despite all of our best efforts to get the calf out, the hard decision was made that we would not be able to save the cow either. This is never a decision we want to make but is the reality of owning and caring for livestock.

If you’ve made it this far in the story. We did a necropsy this morning. Any guesses on what we found? I’ll give you a hint, it’s a rather rare event. We’ll share the answer in the comments later.

Thank you to Hermiston Vet and Dr. MacInnes for coming out in the middle of the night to help us through this process.

Happy Birthday Craig Murstig!We are so thankful to have Craig helping around the farm! You can catch him stacking hay, d...
10/14/2026

Happy Birthday Craig Murstig!

We are so thankful to have Craig helping around the farm! You can catch him stacking hay, driving tractor, helping with mechanical work, and so much more! We were extra thankful for him last night when he assisted a heifer in distress and successfully pulled a live bull calf. It was a dirty job (as seen in photo one) but he did it with a smile!

10/13/2026

“Ya, we’ll be right over for dinner.”

Famous last words of a rancher during calving season. Naturally he stopped to check the heifer group on the way to family dinner forgetting he was holding the guacamole in the other hand. 😂

10/12/2026

Spend a minute tagging the first calf out of our heifer group with us on this beautiful fall evening

10/07/2026

Rounding out the growing season with some cover crops where we grew summer annuals. This helps us reduce risk of erosion while having something growing in the cool spring months that helps crowd out weeds and provides some early forage for livestock.

10/06/2026

Has anyone seen a naked porcupine running around lately? These unfortunately curious steers got a face full of ouch from a stab rabbit. Think they learned a lesson? 😂

09/26/2026

As the seasons change, so too does everyone’s chores/routine. This time of year you’ll likely catch Robert working on stockpiling wood for the 3 wood stoves we use to heat our homes here on the ranch. A little teamwork provided by Aiden makes this task go faster. Can you guess how many cord of wood we use a winter?

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76270 Rosenburg Road
Echo, OR
97826

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

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