I recieved a text yesterday afternoon saying that Kelly had sold out. I was later told more and then I read Coltin’s post about the Mike Kelly family selling their entire herd. The Kelly’s had built an unmatched show wether producing herd. They are the ones that introduced POWER to
Inbred, linebred, stacking genetics, etc. Whatever you want to call it. Linebreeding goes on a lot in the stock show industry. Sometimes it works, sometimes it is as screwed up as a pile of coat hangers. Mike Kelly has obviously perfected the art of stacking 900 genetics. Some of them
There are lots of things that I would like to do yet in life. I may not get to do these things, but I can dream. 1–Pet a Koala. That is a cool looking animal. Big fluffy ears. They are cool. Kela recently got to do this. I don’t think
We survived a marathon trip to Texas this weekend. Gallagher had a really good set of goats and they sold really well. It was perfect weather Saturday morning for a goat sale. It didn’t get hot until later. As soon as the sale was over we headed to Cooper’s. Didn’t
With respect to Mr. Milligan’s word of the day posts, I bring you Kelln’s word of this day–REPO. As in repossession. I had traded for and subsequently sold a pair of swathers. I sold these swathers via the internet in mid April. The customer came to Woodward and hauled them
I have really liked the wether feed bill the past two months. Why? Because there hasn’t been hardly any wethers on feed at our house. But, that is getting ready to change. I think all of the kids were glad to have a break after OYE with no wethers to
The busiest goat buying time of the year is rapidly approaching. I’m ready for it because it means that 1–I’m addicted to the thrill of the hunt and 2–I will soon be eating at Cooper’s BBQ in Llano. Yes!! One of the most common questions that I am asked is
Obviously, I have been spending a lot of time at work. It is good to be busy, especially after the past two years of little rain. The Dragon Lady has been taking care of does and kids. I’ve been doing the rest in the dark in the morning and in
It is a sunny May day with temperatures nearing 90 degrees. It is 2:30 in the afternoon. Mandy, the secretary, is gone to lunch. That means that there is no line of defense for my office. A man walks through the front doors, looks at her empty desk and then
I haven’t seen any combines yet, but it won’t be long. There is wheat that is really close to being ready around Alva, Fairview and Okeene. It is probably two weeks away out west and also over by Enid. Most of the canola has been swathed and there is a
