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Saddle
Up the Horses
Beefalo
Roundup
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With
over 300 head of Beefalo spread across several farms and the rugged
terrain of the Cumberland Mountain foothills separating the herds,
there is only one way to roundup these cattle....on horseback!! 
There is usually a spring round up in late April and another roundup in October. The drives and working the cattle usually takes a little over a week during each season to work through the entire herd. In the spring all the new calves are brought in and matched up with their Mom's. We send them through the chute, give them identification tags, immunization shots, a pat on the butt and send them back into the green pastures. Occasionally there will be one or two youngsters too feeble to make the entire journey over the hills and ends up catching a ride up in the saddle with one of us. And there's always the rebel who decides to break from the group and make his own path. In the fall the roundup tends to be somewhat more challenging since everyone is a little bigger now and full of summer grass. This time in the chutes we dehorn, brand and replace any lost tags. When we're done the cows are brought back to the fields and the calves are moved to their own pasture for a couple weeks, where they learn to live without Momma's milk. There are always friends and neighbors that show up during these weeks to join in as well as friends of friends and folks that are driving through. By the end of the day everyone has made new friends, becomes a little bit closer and has plenty of saddle stories to share as we sit around the BBQ enjoying our Beefalo hamburgers. 
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info@butterflyhollow.com
Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563