this is as close as we come to some real deal, yee-haw, cowboy antics.  a three hundred yard cow move, bringing the herd home to welcome the new arrivals.  we are taking advantage of this moment of integration—new steers—to accomplish a couple other things on the list.  one, we are sending them from one side of the farm, all the way to the opposite end of the pasture—grass they haven’t grazed in many months.  secondly, we are providing the herd with an exercise on running everyone to home base.  never a bad thing to master.

several hours of set up, fence checks, watering hose maneuvers, and alleyway modifications resulted in an icy smooth move.  despite all human efforts, however, managing a mini-stampede still requires well mannered animals to prevent potential chaos.

watch the video, our guys are just having a blast.