Welcome to the 6 Ranch web site. This blog will keep those of you who are interested informed on what has been happening here on the ranch. We'll provide you with links to other sites which provide information on grassfed beef, Corriente cattle, events and healthy foods. Adele, a recent graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute will share recipes for you to try with our lean beef. If you have ideas or recipes, please send those to us and we'll share them here with other customers, too!

We have finished weaning our calves this week. Early winter is Nature's time to wean young grazing animals from their mothers. By weaning later than common industry practises, we've found that many of our cows have already weaned their calves, so the stress on both is less. We also start feeding hay before we separate them, which reduces stress on the calves when they are on their own. They'll be in a pen for about 4 days, then we sort them and they are turned back out to pasture for the winter.

The weather has at last warmed up to above freezing. For two weeks the temperature had stayed below freezing, and was often below zero. One of our cows fell on the ice and wasn't able to get up again; she froze in a matter of four hours. Winter is a long, hard season in Wallowa County - our best efforts aren't always enough to keep these animals healthy. This is an unsung reality of ranch life.

Between keeping the ice broken, so everybody could drink, and feeding hay, there hasn't been too much daylight for anything else. We'll have the whole family home for Christmas, and are looking forward to that time together and Adele's cooking!

Thanks for checking in with us! We wish you all a warm, delightful holiday!

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