They're Turning Bulls into Steers 

A couple weeks before we plan to work cows, we start feeding them in the corral. They get used to it, and the last time, it's easy to just shut the gate. We do this with 100 to 125 head.

I'm really glad Jimi is going to be a bull, even if you're not keeping his entire genome in your herd. That dude is massive and good-shaped, having him sire more cattle is gonna be a positive addition to wherever he ends up.

Hey Morgan...make a few stop gates along your race way. These are gates that fold open forward and then if the cows turn around you pull the gate back to close the gate across the race to stop the cattle flowing backwards. That way you have some stops along the way to keep the cows from coming back out as you add more cattle to the raceway.

Happy to hear Jimmy Hendrix will be courting the ladies at another farm. Great to hear the vet thinks you are doing a good job, it must be a relief to know you are on track. Looks pretty cold over there, try and keep warm, and hope to see you soon!

Congratulations to Jimmy Hendrix for keeping his 🏀 ⚽️ and his future of baby cow making! ❤ I’m happy for him. Thanks for the updates on the SNIP and vet visits. I love this herd and you and your farm. ❤❤❤

So entertaining with you explaining the story using the names of the cows because it just seems hysterical with your little blurbs of music for Jimi Hendrix loving it

I'm so happy Jimi is going to be a bull. I think he's such a beautiful calf with a sweet personality, I'm glad the buyer saw the potential in him! I do hope the buyer gives us some updates on him in the future.

That is a great vet report! Glad to hear all your efforts have been going positively. 💖💞💖

Morgan, feel confident in your Luv for your animals and their well-being shining through ❤

Hell yeah! I don't know why I'm so happy that Jimi gets to live, but I am.

I love that Jimmy gets to spread the love to his harem 🤣 Man I wish the actual Jimi lived to a ripe old age….he was so freaking good .Glad my teens have fallen 🥰 in love with his music like their mama

Definitely bittersweet that Jimi is leaving. I was one of the people who suggested that as his name. I hope you can get video of him when he's full grown because I'd love to see how he looks then.

You have done a remarkable job your first year of cattle farming.

That's great, Morgan, that the whole herd is doing so well and you found a buyer for Jimmy. Before the next vet visit, maybe add an additional small pen at the beginning of the chute. Drive as many as you can into the original holding pen like you did today, close them in, and then drive the remaining into the next pen and close them in. And, maybe block off more areas with your poly rope. Also, for your own safety, please put the camera on a tripod so you have both hands free and are paying full attention to the task and not managing the camera. Or at least, wear the go pro on a harness instead of hand holding a camera. Makes me nervous when you have to be that close to them, especially in situations that make them nervous.

You need a Corgi, or a Heeler - great extra hand with the coos! My corgi, who was just a pet at home, was great with my friend's birds (turkey, chickens, and ducks). She was a shelter dog (small children dragged her around by ears, collar in her former life, so kidless home needed), didn't come from.a farm background, but boy, she knew how to work with those birds!

Bless Morgan's heart for being completely unprepared with more fencing and stop gates 20 minutes before the vet is coming all for our entertainment.

Jimi, the man, was a legend in the sheets as well as the stage.

Morgan, for someone that does not have a farm background you have learned so much and are doing such a great job taking care to be a good owner. Hats off to you friend.

Hi Morgan, you have come a long way with managing your cattle herd. I admire how you strive to make your farm profitable and self sustainable. You are reaching your farm goals while making sure your farm animals are raised ethically and healthy. You have a fantastic farm model.👍👍 You set goals, do the research and put in the hard work. Take care.

I love all the activity in the background while Morgan is holding forth. Toby Dog and Abby watching in the background. Our friend Alfred on his machine. Cats running amuck in the snow. Great stuff!

Such good news on Jimmy! He’s got some real potential!!!

Of course your herd is doing well, they have a farmer that really cares about them! :) you got snow!!!!!!!!!!!!

Truly impressive seeing you work with these massive cattle that could run you through on a bad day Jimi will be missed 🎸

Every time you talk about Amanda I laugh. Never gets old. Looks like Joey feels a bond with you now. How nice!

HI MORGAN!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!! Man I am so gosh dang happy for you. You have come into your own with your cattle. Fantastic words from the Vet on their condition. HECK YEAH you should be super proud of yourself I know I am for you! Fabulous that you have a buyer for Jimi Hendrix! I cannot hardly wait for the new momma and baby to get to your farm. You are gonna have great colors of cattle, I am PUMPED! Have a great day Morgan!

That Jimmy found a new home is awesome. Joey is so cute . It will be hard to see him go to freezer camp. 😕

Wingsandbeaks here ~ I love that you try so hard, learn from your mistakes, do the research, keep good books (financial), love your animals, and share with us. 😊

It's great when all your animals are happy and healthy. It's hard when there are so many, but you did a great job this year and looking forward to many more with happy healthy animals.

I'm so glad for Jimmy

I'm very happy for Mr Hendrix, he is going to enjoy life much more!

I have a severe chronic pain condition & the first time I heard Jimmy Hendrix play, all my pain went away for the length of the song. It didn’t keep working but I still think that’s an incredible testament to his talent RIP 🪦 ❤

Yay happy for Jimi! I think he will be a great sire 🎉

Aw, it was funny to see him go under!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I loved the good news!!! Now the Moo Crew deserves their treats! They earn it!

I'm so happy for Jimi that he will mature into a breeding bull. He's extra special and it took me this long to ever watch this video because I just didn't want to see him get snipped. Then I watched some of the farm meeting replay and you mentioned he would be leaving the farm, which I knew could only really mean that he had indeed found a buyer. So that's cool! p.s. I also haven't watched the weaning video because it tears me up to hear the moms and babies wailing. best wishes, glad to hear the vet was impressed with your efforts!!!! It was always the case that the farmers who stayed up on the current learning, while also not just leaping into every passing fad and who also retained all of the best from tradition, were the ones who have done the best over time.

Your plan worked out pretty good. No problem tweaking the set up.

Glad everyone is in great shape! You're a great cattle dad.

Spring Shampoo Party for the Cows!!!

Great episode. You can really see how your knowledge of the farming business and livestock management has matured. Really enjoyed this one thanks!

Just lovely viewing Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Herding the cattle was about like trying to get the last of the drunks to leave when the party is over.

proper infrastructure is definitely a game changer! we built a little wire fence chute for the sheep so we can run them along the fenceline into the chute to catch them for shearing and checkups. before we did that, we would run out of steam trying to catch them in the open field haha! also, with the chute its a lot less stressful for the animals. altogether, its a win-win to have proper infrastructure set up. cheers Morgan!

Omg Morgan don't scare us! The phrase is put UNDER. Being put down is a very different thing.

The Hendrix segment may have been your best 20 secs ever. Awesome, Heck yea Jimmy

Congrats on the clean bills of health! What did you elect to do that made a difference? ☑️ Rotational grazing for best quality forage ☑️ Rotational grazing for parasite control ☑️ Fly control for parasite control ☑️ Rotational grazing for high quality milk for calves ☑️ Low stress lifestyle ☑️ No overcrowding ☑️ Pastured life rather than containment, which is natural Good job, Morgan!

A couple stop gates would help. Since you're feeding alfalfa cubes, consider feeding those in the chute system on a regular basis. One of the things that can be critical if you have an injured or sick animal is being able to catch/contain them. A few minutes every week or so will make it routine for them.

Advice, advice, advice, lol. There is a tool that looks similar to a pliers but has 4 prongs on it. The prongs are used to stretch a "cheerio" ring wide open, when the calves are young (under 1 month, younger the better) you take the tool and the rubber cheerio and place it around the testicles as high up as it will go, close the tool prongs and the cheerio squeezes the blood vessels and such and eventually, the scrotum and all it's contents fall off. I am sure your vet can show you how. It is much less stressful than surgical castration and costs much less. Just a suggestion. They are used extensively here in Alberta. Happy New Year

Perhaps practice with them running them through the handling system? The more they do the easier it will get as they'll know what to do.

So happy the “coos” all all healthy! They are beautiful!

Make the chute to have 2 closing gate, one in the middle and one at the end. Once you have part of the herd in after the middle gate, you can close it to keep them in. Then you can try to herd the one or 2 remaining cows in and close the end gate. Then open the middle gate to join back the herd. Put your wire strings for the areas which you do not want the cows to go to. I’m not a farmer but this seems a good plan.

Happy to hear, Jimi is going to remain a bull. Great milestone selling calves from the farm.

I just have to say that the thumbnail photo you chose is amazing and print worthy

Good job Morgan, and nice to see he will go on to Bred, Herd Health is so important,

I think Jimmy will be a very wonderful looking bull.

Doing good Morgan! You came a long way from the 1st day with the cows.🤗❤️

Aye the Adventures of Morgan Shaw as he gathers his cattle down the Corral Shoot. Reminds me of the old 1910s movies of Mack Stennett Keystone Kops" movies. Just heard about them way before my time closer to my grandparents childhood. I was a product of the 1950s.

Good morning (ish) moo crew! We'll miss Jimi but good to see that Joey's sticking around.

Hearing my name in context of cattle.. " Nope, Amanda's not havin' it." Oddly accurate! 🤣

⚘Thx morgan.

10:00 i see your buddy Alfred working.

We do all that ourselves. But still need a vet once in a while

Luv it... crazy cow town!

Hi.... Morgan nice to see you love watching your videos homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐩🐩🐈🐄🐝🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍

Ouch😢 Has to be done. 👍 you really care about your animals. 👍😃

Ooh the big snip snip🍒✂️✂️

Jimi lives! Far out man!!!!

Although I understand the casteration of the bulls, makes them more docile when they finish growing, at least Jimmy H. will have his own harem. Seems fitting for such a big boy with his moniker! I will admit I also am learning via you although I know I will never have the luxury of owning any large animals let alone a beautiful highland cow. So like many I live vicariously on a varied farm through you. THANK YOU for being willing to share your farm life with us "voyeurs" as it is most appreciated. I also wish you a very HAPPY and profitable NEW YEAR as we at the gates of 2023.

I would try to hold a gate to drive cows it works for us.

Excellent news for Jimmy Hendrix. So glad the rest are really healthy.

Hey Morgan a suggestion for herding your cattle. I’d get either just a couple long stick or those long whips just to give you a bigger arm reach and it should help guid them all in to the pen.

Happy news about the future of you-know-who. Thanks for showing us all this.

Highlands are so cool looking

We used a pretty large funnel of panels to work the cows into the chute area for a bit. We also used a large circle of panels and we'd walk them in that circle and open a panel to the chute when the ones we wanted were coming around. But that takes more than 1 person. Using a big funnel shape worked best for 1 person to get them where we needed them. You did well though, it sounds like.

oh my goodness ... uff da !!

Bulls to Steers! Good Morning, Morgan! Jimmy wants to devour the camera! Good Morning, Abby , Toby and the Barn Cats! Good Luck 🍀, Morgan! Herding the Herd! Joey and Jimmy are Steers! Snowflakes ❄️! Ear Tags! Poor Joey! Jimmy isn’t a Steer! You stole Jimmy to a good Farm! Great Informational Video! Thank-you! Happy New Year!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

All right lucky Jimmy Hendricks! He is one stocky big boy. He will add great genetic to his upcoming herd.

"The business end of being a bull..."🤣🤣🤣 I think I'll avoid that.

At last Jimmy will do what he need to do......he is a beauty... I am happy for him❤️

Job well done, awesome

Come up with a sure fire system and start practice running the cattle through the chute with lots of positive reinforcements aka yummy snacks. It will help sooo much! 🕊️♥️🥞

"Uff-Duh" 🤣

You’ve got an awesome herd

Moo....lol 😆 get Abbey to help herd them...

Love your videos been a fan for almost two years now keep it up!

Hear me out: You've got a "waiting room" area right before the chute, but what if you made a secondary sort of "after visit" area once the vet treats them. Maybe it could lead into the barn, and you can close it off with more gates or that white rope fence you use. That way cows treated can't get back into the open area, and anyone who you couldn't herd that are sitting around out there like Amanda and Anna Green can be herded into the "waiting room" with help from the vet and whoever else is there. I think that'd be a pretty good way to go about it. The herd can't mix back in with the cows that haven't been seen by the vet, but the ones that have will have a nice large area to wait in before you let them back into the open yard. Just a thought.

We need to meet jimmy in his new home!

Morgan, you might wanna try and get hold of two lengths of semi flexible plastic pipe, the type the utility companies lay underground about 1 1/2" thick and about 3 feet long each, usually blue or yellow, I've seen farmers in the UK use them as an extension of their arms to help move the cattle by making yourself wider they don't go around or double back, they also use them to tap them in the behind to help move them,.

Such cute cows!

Yay for your healthy cattle!

I can just see the farm shop advert "Bulls Balls" one previous owner, never used still in the bag 😜. Seriously though it's all part of running a farm your boys have to stay boys. In the UK cattle get a pair of ear tags one on each side in case they rub them off which they love to do.

Lucky Jimi! Gonna miss him though...

I was so worried that you had given Jimmy Hendrix the snip. I was so relieved when you said that didn't happen.

Tell Toby Hi for me! And the cows!

Morgan, perhaps if you made it a routine habit to get the cattle into the penned area once in a while, just to create good memories for the cows, using treats to entice them. That is what a friend of mine has done with her animals, she routinely worked with her animals regularly, and they became so relaxed about going into the pen and into the grab cage, that she only has to shake a bucket with treats in it and they happily follow her straight in without hesitation. I think, as you rightly said, they are afraid and suspicious of the gated area. Also, when you are herding the cattle, PLEASE, PLEASE put the camera on a tripod. If one of those cattle kicks you or runs into you, or worst of all, gores you, you would be in a very bad way! Always have your mobile in your pocket too, so that if you are ever injured on the farm, you can call for help. Health and safety FIRST Morgan! We don't want you injured and alone. God bless you and all those you love. I hope you had a great Christmas and that you will have a very Happy New Year!

Nice to get that done. I do mine at 3 days old. Alot easier to handle them. But I also don't have a nice shute and head gate like what you have.

It has been my pleasure to watch the flow of ingenuity on this homestead. Peaceful caring family relationship and care and attention to living farm animals. Organizational know how. A good cup of coffee and peace in my home‼️. Happy New Year everyone‼️👍⭐️

Little Jimi Hendrix is one of favorites. Glad he is going on to be a dad!

Cow's are so cute

Love the video!

I love this