we did buy something besides the Christmas tree last Friday. We bought 3 calves as well. Here’s 2 of them:
Because we lost 3 calves earlier this year we had to buy 3 in order to make our goal of having 8 feeders for sale next fall, an increase of 2 over this year. That puts a big ouch in the cash flow. The white one is a Charolais-Angus cross. Never had a white calf before, so that’s fun. I think I’ll call him Whitey Ford.
My dad’s cousin had some late-bred cows and agreed to sell us 3 bull calves. They were freshly weaned when he brought them over, which is good because they’re presumably bringing some immunity with them. Calves are susceptible to “shipping fever” simply from the stress of being moved. You get it a lot when you buy bottle calves from the sale barn. So far no problems with these.
While Lyle and Tom were here delivering the new calves they helped Matt get our late-born calf, Spunky, away from his mother. So he’s now weaned as well and in with the rest of the calves. So we endured some bellowing over the weekend, but nothing nearly as bad as last year when they kept the neighbors awake.
They are nice looking ones!Thanks for telling us what kind of rooster that was in the other picture. He reminds you of Jimmy –does he say, “Dynomiteeee!!!”
Oh, the white one is really cute… but look at how studley the black one looks… so sturdy and stoic standing there in the cold! Every time I read your blog I want to run right out and buy a farm. Mostly I want the wide open spaces and the sweet animals. Especially those funky haired chickens and maybe a llama… I hear that they’re very sweet animals… okay — enough of my wishing out loud… super pics — good luck with the little bulls!
They look settled in already..