The Red Poll Cattle In September

We've had comfortably cool, sunny weather and the pasture is growing faster than the cattle can eat it. Winston has grown so big that I need to make plans to sell him. That involves getting him into the barn and then trapping him there - but not before I have a buyer lest he refuse to ever go in there again:

 As you can see, these bovines have not been missing any meals and many are obese despite not getting any grain in about a year:

 But Rosella needs to be inseminated again and Scarlett needs to be separated from her calf so that I can tattoo the calf. Both jobs require that I get the herd to start coming into the barn again - and that means luring them with grain:

 The day before calving, Scarlett was lying down in the shade and her udder was huge:

Rosella is looking fit and ready to become pregnant for next year:

 These girls live a life of comfort and ease:

 The fly population is their only discomfort, and that will end soon - with the first killing frost:

 This is the view from the county road, what most people see as they drive by:

When Ruby was born, her mother kept her hidden most of the time (you can see her in the grass behind Scarlett):

 But little Ruby has grown bigger, stronger and bolder. Winston wants to hang out with her, but so far she hasn't been interested:

 But she sure is a beauty. Now I need to get her ears tattooed so I can register her: