This morning, we all bundled up and headed outside before the sun was up so as to load several steers and an old cow for my dad to take up to a butcher shop near Harvey. Thankfully, that went pretty well, outside of one of the steers getting past us the first time we tried. Some friends of ours are buying all of those animals, so they'll be picking up the beef from there, once it's ready.
When my dad returned from that trip, he headed south to a farmer friend of ours to get several bred heifers that we're taking on shares. We've had cows on shares with this farmer for years, although we don't have nearly as many of his as we used to as we've been building up our own herds. I'll try to remember to get a picture of them in the morning. It was dark out already when I got home tonight.
Yesterday and today I babysat most of the day for Zach & Paula's 3 "Littles".
Tomorrow I'll be doing so again. Johanna is turning into quite the helper with dishes, and Tracy loves taking a cloth and dusting everything in sight. Vonn just loves being held and held and held...!
That sounds like a busy day, Cora! Would love to see some photos of the heifers when they come :-). Isn't it exciting, waiting for the calving to start. I'm waiting for a cow to calve (she is overdue), and she is really taking her time!
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