The latest “project”…

…is a new shed covering the working chute.  Farm manager Duane Ard sets the posts while, once again, I do the hard part.  Taking the picture.

The previous shed was destroyed by fire, probably a malfunction of the electric fence charger because of a lightning strike.  The idea is to shade the cows (and me) while they’re waiting for new ear tags.  We’re also adding a new scale downstream.

We used to have the scale positioned just before the squeeze chute but some of the cows balked at walking onto the metal, adding a minor bit of stress and delay to the proceedings.  That can be problem when you’re working 30 cows or trying to separate out calves.

I’m thinking we’ll have a shed-warming in about two weeks.  Whoops, bad choice of words.  Let’s say:  shed open house.