Big Ben is 5 years old!

95,98,75,0,B, 68.25" tip to tip

big horns / little horns

Ben latest tip to tip measurement...67 3/8" - and he knows how to use them.  With age comes wisdom.  Brownie only has 1" horns and this is already the second time they have gotten him in trouble.  Kids will be kids.  65,75,32,0,B  

tip to tip

Ben just gets more lovable the bigger he gets.  66" tip to tip now.  Made a mad dash south today for some supplies - another storm in the forecast for tonight.  76,84,65,0,C

a new tip to tip...

Been 15 months since I have cuddled with Ben out in the pen.  I have been a little apprehensive to start again since he is quite a bit bigger now.  Finally ventured out and discovered he still loves me as much as he did 300 pounds ago.  Catching him during a cud chewing session when he is down works just fine since he is sort of in a trance.  Not quite up to running away from him yet if he is up and about out there - he used to like to chase me.  He even let me get a new horn measurement... 65 1/8" - and was able to get some overdue hoof clipping done.  His horns have curved up a lot since December 2014.  73,96,54,0,B   

tippy

Ben's December tip to tip... 58 3/4"  

58,72,43,0,B

Ben'n'Bud Day

Ben's August tip to tip...55"

Happy 2nd Birthday to Buddy! (he does not like to wear hats)

87,96,68,0,B

How to do a tip to tip

Ben's May tip to tip

51 1/4"

65,76,50,0,W

tip to tip

Ben's April tip to tip... 49 1/2".  81,94,46,0,B

horns'o'plenty

Ben's February tip to tip... 45 7/8" He is on track to hit the four foot mark by next month when he will be 1 year 8 months old. His mamma was 47 1/2" at 4 years old when she drowned.

On This Day in Field Lab History:  On this day we entered the great deep freeze of 2011.  68 consecutive hours of below freezing temperatures.  The high during that period was 27° and the low was 2°.  It took its' toll on the plants, wildlife, and plumbing of Brewster County.  There was also a drought with only 3.82" of rain for the entire year.  63,82,38,0,B

Ben's November Tip to Tip

66,79,55,0,B,0, 38 7/8"

J-B Weld

Gobbed on a bunch of J-B Weld to the two tabs that were broken on my tail light and let it cure for 6 hours.  Bolted it back in...so far, so good.  A couple days late for Ben's October tip to tip (my bum wrist was finally good enough to hold the camera).  36 5/8" now.  My boy grew almost 3" of horn since last month.  The secret to getting the tape measure on him is to wait till his afternoon nap/cud chewing session.  Then I go up and brush him for awhile. He gets so blissed out, he hardly notices the tape measure.  Bud still prefers the "just look and guess" method.  73,91,58,0,B,0

cheese and horns

48,60,37,0,B,0

first tip to tip...

Ben had his first tip to tip measurement today (it wasn't easy - 8.5").  He is inspired by this massive 5 year old steer at Dick Cain's.  60,70,49,0,B,0