My Sam heifer (my avatar) has done something to her foot.
At first it just looked majorly swollen between the toes.
When "walk her to the barn" turned into run up the hill, around the yard to the back 80, back to the corral, all over the corral and finally into the barn, it seems the swelling...
So, Hubby called around this morning to find the fencing we need.
He finally made a deal with one feed store, but the guy said he only had some of the posts we needed, so we would have to wait til he got more in or pick some up from one of their other stores. No biggie, another store was on the...
My A/C was making making squeaky noises!
It's a million degrees out there, I can't live with out my A/C!
I could just picture me melting into my dirty floor!
Then it hit me(Yea I'm slow)
There is a baby quail talking to me from the bator!
I guess today is hatch day?
Mr X calls today, somebody was on their way to bring me some quail eggs to hatch? I have never had quail, I know nothing about quail! They only want 2 females, I can keep the rest? What do you do with quail?
When the quail people got here, they tried talking me into taking some other guys dog...
I have 3 front yard roosters, 2 of them are best buds and are always picking on my little rooster Deisel!
Last night I pulled 2 hens off of their nests of air and put them in the Asparagus bed slash weed patch! And I put Diesel in there with them!
It took him all morning just to come out of the...
It was so hot and muggy, the dogs didn't even have the umph to swim when I took then down to the creek a little bit ago. Not even a breeze!
Just walked back into the house, stirred dinner and sat down and all heck broke loose!
Wind kicked up, temp dropped, stuff was blowning off the deck...
Waco calved!
Don't know what it is yet.
The only reason I was out there was because the birds were having a fit.
I missed the coyote! The dogs went nuts, running all over the place trying to find it.
Waco,(her name says it all) grabbed her calf and headed to the back 80!
We will have to keep...
The board changes are interfering with the peace of my happy home!
I say I miss my goats, Hubby says no!
I say I miss my sheep, Hubby says no!
I say I want an alpaca! Hubby says no!
It seems like all he ever says to me these days is NO!
Now it's getting worse!
I was reading about pigs last...
I think it's time to do some changes in the herd, trying to figure who I should look for without my rose colored glasses! I'm not planning on doing over night, but am trying to think ahead!
How does every body else make the decision to cull?
Other than Hubbys "floppy ears"
And the boys "they...
Hubby wants me to get back into canning this year.
(Still waiting to hear if he's planning on helping me)
I think my house was designed for people who don't eat! There is really not much room for food storage. I doubt we will ripping out the wall and making my dream mud room anytime soon.
So...
The neighbors asked me about a 1 year old steer they have.
It's eating good, slow to get up, slow moving and stiff, almost like it has arthritis?
Any thoughts?
I opened the big field for the big cows!
We put the heifers in Smokey's pasture!
I only have 2 more to calve, they are both out there some where! 1 is Waco, if she needs help, she's burger! The other one might need milked, so I saved a few bales for her!
Other than giving Smokey her grain, I...
I got a report that Mr. X's and the nephews dogs, have been bugging the herd when they are at that end of the farm!
So, I went down to talk to Mr. X!
He tells me that his dog NEVER goes past the gate?
He tells me, that his dog can't hurt the cows?
I remind him of all the things that can happen...
Years ago dad wanted to AI some cows Hereford, I wanted Brahma!
We ended up agreeing to breed some of his Brahma and some of mine Hereford!
Dad was never around when the AI guy came out, so the guy would breed whatever to whoever I told him too!
The guy had been out a few times and already had...
I'm pretty sure you have already guessed I might be a little weird, so I figured I would just confirm it for you!
We stopped locking Brusier up in his kennel awhile back. He was waiting until we were asleep, then just sneaking into our room to sleep next to the bed. He had been doing good, we...
In pen no. 1, we have Babbet!
She's the one that I have been watching all week!
From behind, she has been loose forever! I swear if she coughs, the calf will shoot out! She has an udder, but every time I think it can't get any bigger, it does!
In pen no. 4, we have Sam! (my avatar)
Just brought...
The other night when I was trying to match mooing mamas with mooing babies, my bull acted like he was about to come over the fence.
Today as I was trying to move some cows to the other side of the barn, he came off the slab, looking at me with "the look"!
What do yo think?
Our weather today is just plain nasty today! Rain, hail, wind, and just enough sun to lure you out into it!
When I came into the yard after feeding, my escapee hen came running up to me. Without even thinking about it, I walked with her to the hen house, and I held open the door, so SHE could...