Cows

Cows

Winter of 2010 we got Little Man, a Ayrshire steer. Mark though that he would be a good friend for our horse Dora (and eventually a nice addition to our freezer). I reminded him that Dora hated cows. Once again he doesn't believe me....

So we put him in with Dora, with him on a halter so we can pull him out if needed. Dora snorts & squeals...after about half an hour Mark thinks it will be fine HA! He lets Little Man loose & Dora pins him in a corner...biting, kicking, squealing (neither one of us want to get in the middle of that), but it was Mark's idea so he rescues the steer & follows my initial recommendation and puts him in a separate pen.

Fast-forward to fall 2011. Mark works out a great deal to get two young Herford Heifers. The only problem is they are WILD!!! The owner suggest we leave our trailer there and when he has two in the trailer he will call us. Sounds great....two months later he has a bull...Hmmmm not exactly what we were thinking but we go look. In our trailer is a very mad 800lb bull. He is thrashing our trailer. I look at Mark and say "NO WAY", and for once he agrees with me! A few weeks later he calls to tell us that he has two calves that he tranquilized and has on our trailer. Perfect..except one is a bull...whatever after 3 months of waiting we will take what we can get. We welcome home Bubba & Bailey. (more to follow about the day we brought them home on the pig blog)

P.S. I do have to give Mark a little bit of credit....eventually Dora accepted the cows...She now lives with Little Man & our ram Dave...we call them the Misfits!!!

Carter welcoming our newest calf. K3 named him Little MJ