Shipping Photos

November 4, 2010 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 1 Comment

I know it’s been a couple weeks since we shipped, but hey, what can I say, I’m busy. Anyway, I wanted to share some of the photos I took on shipping day. I didn’t get to take any during the gather, and didn’t get the camera out until the end of the day, but there was still plenty of action to see.

I’ll try to walk you through the afternoon when necessary. Some of these pictures speak for themselves.

A pretty, newely weaned, heifer says- this hay is good!

Mama! Mama! Where are you Mama!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! The boys were standing there looking at something having what appeared to be a serious conversation. From L-R (Bud, Zach and their cousins, Burt-our hired hand, and Grant)

Another pretty heifer:

Well, hello there mama! Hot-wire fence is really handy when you need a temporary holding pen.

More mamas. Some of them knew their babies were just in the corral below.

Zach pointing at what appears to be a bummy, red heifer calf. We call our calves that either have a poor doing mama, or no mama, bums. If we find them early enough we bring them in and bottle feed them. This year was an anomaly for us, as we got a bunch of new cows in the middle of calving and as such it made for some poorer doing calves- as they were shipped at their mama’s side which is hard on them. So it was hard to tell what was what.

That will wrap up this tour of photos from shipping day. We have about 65 heifer calves in our corral now, and the mamas are back to pasture and have already forgotten the babies, and the babies have forgotten their mamas.

Questions anyone?
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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.