Graham Ranch

05/27/2026

I really don’t have much to update on with Sam. Which is terrific! Coppers milk has come in enough for me to put more time in between his bottle feeds. He is putting on weight and filling out tremendously! Copper is still so happy to be his momma and has been a God send for us all involved!

05/25/2026

It was a long day, but Copper is now claiming Sam! Sam is still learning that he needs to nurse from Copper, and that she is now his momma and I’m not. I’m still having to supplement him with formula until her milk comes in fully, but we are making sure he latches her before and after each feeding. Copper has been such a sweet mare and such a trooper thru this whole process! We are now home and settled in and have them in a barn with cameras so we can watch them full time without him seeing us. Another thank you to everyone who helped and offered to help us with this process! And a huge thank you to everyone who put us in your prayers! I will still update as I can!

05/25/2026

Today has been a whirl wind of emotions for us here at the ranch. We went to check our broodmares and found one of our mares had passed while foaling. Thankfully we were able to find some milk and got the foal to take a bottle. And we had a friend with a mare in milk as well. We are working hard to get them acquainted with one another. Luckily the mare is letting us milk her out into a bottle until they do so. God is so good to allow us to have friends and family that dropped everything to help us out. On my way back to feed him tonight a Megan Moroney song came on the radio and said “life is hard on beautiful things” and that summed up our day perfectly.

05/14/2026

Nice little surprise today! 🥰

05/14/2026

04/27/2026

Officially on foal watch here at the ranch. Our sorrel mare is really starting to bag up and be more and more uncomfortable each day! Can’t wait to see what they give us this year!

03/08/2026

03/01/2026

This is about as easy as a pulling gets.

Billy and Jake found 346 off by herself this morning, a good sign that she would calve today. They checked her again this afternoon and she still hadn’t calved. Brogan and I went and checked cows together tonight, and she had her water bag out. Billy went back down about 45 minutes later, and she had one leg out.

Jake and Billy went back down around 30 minutes later to check her again and still only one leg. Jake called and told me she likely had a leg back and to bring a fourwheeler and the pulling supplies. I got down there and we got her in the catch pens and, as suspected, she did have a leg back. Jake got it up no problem, and the calf basically slid right out.

This is why we HAVE to be around during calving season, and why we check our cows multiple times a day. If we wouldn’t have caught this tonight, we would have lost the calf. If we wouldn’t have checked for a couple of days, we possibly could have lost them both.

02/21/2026

Tucked in nice and warm on this chilly February morning

02/19/2026

Finally dry enough to move the 3 pairs in the calving barn out to pasture